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- The ultimate result of shielding men from the effects of folly is to fill the world with fools.
- Herbert Spencer (1820 - 1903)
- Some have been thought brave because they were afraid to run away.
- Thomas Fuller (1608 - 1661)
- Fanaticism consists in redoubling your effort when you have forgotten your aim.
- George Santayana (1863 - 1952), Life of Reason (1905) vol. 1, Introduction
- Patience has its limits. Take it too far, and it's cowardice.
- George Jackson (1941 - 1971)
- Many would be cowards if they had courage enough.
- Thomas Fuller (1608 - 1661)
- There is nothing more dreadful than imagination without taste.
- Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749 - 1832)
- To avoid situations in which you might make mistakes may be the biggest mistake of all.
- Peter McWilliams, Life 101
- Reality continues to ruin my life.
- Bill Watterson (1958 - ), Calvin and Hobbes
- Statistician: A man who believes figures don't lie, but admits that under analysis some of them won't stand up either.
- Evan Esar (1899 - 1995), Esar's Comic Dictionary
- Most new books are forgotten within a year, especially by those who borrow them.
- Evan Esar (1899 - 1995)
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