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Hippocrates: Science is the...

Hippocrates: Science is the...

Science is the father of knowledge, but opinion breeds ignorance.

Source: The Canon...

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Hippocrates: Life is short,...

Hippocrates: Life is short,...

Life is short, art long, opportunity fleeting, experience treacherous, judgment difficult.

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William Osler: No bubble is...

William Osler: No bubble is...

No bubble is so iridescent or floats longer than that blown by the successful teacher.

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William Osler: Look wise, say...

William Osler: Look wise, say...

Look wise, say nothing, and grunt. Speech was given to conceal thoughts.

Source: In...

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William Osler: There are only...

William Osler: There are only...

There are only two sorts of doctors: those who practice with their brains, and those who practice with their...

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John Arbuthnot: All political parties...

John Arbuthnot: All political parties...

All political parties die at last of swallowing their own lies.

Source: In Life of...

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Edward De Bono: Creativity involves breaking...

Edward De Bono: Creativity involves breaking...

Creativity involves breaking out of established patterns in order to look at things in a different...

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Austin O'Malley: If you keep...

Austin O'Malley: If you keep...

If you keep your mouth shut you will never put your foot in it.

Source: In Correct...

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Sivananda: Meditation is the...

Sivananda: Meditation is the...

Meditation is the dissolution of thoughts in Eternal awareness or Pure consciousness without objectification, knowing...

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Thomas Browne: All things are...

Thomas Browne: All things are...

All things are artificial, for nature is the art of God.

Source: Religio Medici,...

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Claude Bernard: Observation is a...

Claude Bernard: Observation is a...

Observation is a passive science, experimentation an active science.

Source: In The...

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Thomas Szasz: Every act of...

Thomas Szasz: Every act of...

Every act of conscious learning requires the willingness to suffer an injury to one's self-esteem. That is why young...

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Alfred Adler: The chief danger...

Alfred Adler: The chief danger...

The chief danger in life is that you may take too many precautions.

Source: In The...

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Alfred Adler: It is the...

Alfred Adler: It is the...

It is the patriotic duty of every man to lie for his country.

Source: In The...

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Maria Montessori: The first idea...

Maria Montessori: The first idea...

The first idea that the child must acquire, in order to be actively disciplined, is that of the difference between...

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Pierre de Coubertin: The most important...

Pierre de Coubertin: The most important...

The most important thing in the Olympic Games is not winning but taking part . . . The essential thing in life is not...

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Sylvia Ashton-Warner: I see the...

Sylvia Ashton-Warner: I see the...

I see the mind of a 5-year-old as a volcano with two vents: destructiveness and...

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Diogenes: Those who have...

Diogenes: Those who have...

Those who have virtue always in their mouths, and neglect it in practice, are like a harp, which emits a sound...

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Diogenes: As a matter...

Diogenes: As a matter...

As a matter of self-preservation, a man needs good friends or ardent enemies, for the former instruct him and the...

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Jacques Maritain: The poet knows...

Jacques Maritain: The poet knows...

The poet knows himself only on the condition that things resound in him, and that in him, at a single awakening, they...

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