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Selected from Michael Moncur's Collection of Quotations - May 16, 2026
Science is nothing but trained and organized common sense, differing from the latter only as a veteran may differ from a raw recruit: and its methods differ from those of common sense only as far as the guardsman's cut and thrust differ from the manner in which a savage wields his club.
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Thomas H. Huxley (1825 - 1895)  
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Life improves slowly and goes wrong fast, and only catastrophe is clearly visible.
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Edward Teller (1908 - 2003)  
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If you watch a game, it's fun. If you play at it, it's recreation. If you work at it, it's golf.
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Bob Hope (1903 - 2003)  
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All truth passes through three stages. First, it is ridiculed. Second, it is violently opposed. Third, it is accepted as being self-evident.
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Arthur Schopenhauer (1788 - 1860)  
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