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- It is the mark of an educated mind to rest satisfied with the degree of precision which the nature of the subject admits and not to seek exactness where only an approximation is possible.
- Aristotle (384 BC - 322 BC)
- What is life? An illusion, a shadow, a story,
And the greatest good is little enough: for all life is a dream, and dreams themselves are only dreams. - Pedro Calderon de la Barca, Life is a Dream
- As Mankind becomes more liberal, they will be more apt to allow that all those who conduct themselves as worthy members of the community are equally entitled to the protections of civil government. I hope ever to see America among the foremost nations of justice and liberality.
- George Washington (1732 - 1799)
- If we deny love that is given to us, if we refuse to give love because we fear pain or loss, then our lives will be empty, our loss greater.
- Unknown
- I am enough of an artist to draw freely upon my imagination. Imagination is more important than knowledge. Knowledge is limited. Imagination encircles the world.
- Albert Einstein (1879 - 1955)
- The most beautiful thing we can experience is the mysterious. It is the source of all true art and science.
- Albert Einstein (1879 - 1955)
- The Tao that can be told is not the eternal Tao.
The name that can be named is not the eternal Name. - Lao-Tzu (604 BC - 531 BC), Tao Te Ching
- Technology is dominated by two types of people: those who understand what they do not manage, and those who manage what they do not understand.
- Putt's Law
- The greatest lesson in life is to know that even fools are right sometimes.
- Sir Winston Churchill (1874 - 1965)
- So, rather than appear foolish afterward, I renounce seeming clever now.
- William of Baskerville, The Name of the Rose
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