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- We are always more anxious to be distinguished for a talent which we do not possess, than to be praised for the fifteen which we do possess.
- Mark Twain (1835 - 1910), Mark Twain's Autobiography
- To see what is in front of one's nose needs a constant struggle.
- George Orwell (1903 - 1950)
- There are no whole truths; all truths are half- truths. It is trying to treat them as whole truths that plays the devil.
- Alfred North Whitehead (1861 - 1947)
- The only way to make a man trustworthy is to trust him.
- Henry Stimson (1867 - 1950)
- Everything is vague to a degree you do not realize till you have tried to make it precise.
- Bertrand Russell (1872 - 1970)
- The most savage controversies are those about matters as to which there is no good evidence either way.
- Bertrand Russell (1872 - 1970)
- The one serious conviction that a man should have is that nothing is to be taken too seriously.
- Nicholas Butler (1862 - 1947)
- The greatest challenge to any thinker is stating the problem in a way that will allow a solution.
- Bertrand Russell (1872 - 1970)
- It is a waste of energy to be angry with a man who behaves badly, just as it is to be angry with a car that won't go.
- Bertrand Russell (1872 - 1970)
- If people never did silly things, nothing intelligent would ever get done.
- Ludwig Wittgenstein (1889 - 1951)
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