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- The power of hiding ourselves from one another is mercifully given, for men are wild beasts, and would devour one another but for this protection.
- Henry Ward Beecher (1813 - 1887), "Proverbs from Plymouth Pulpit", 1887
- When you think of the long and gloomy history of man, you will find more hideous crimes have been committed in the name of obedience than have ever been committed in the name of rebellion.
- C. P. Snow (1905 - 1980)
- Not everything that can be counted counts, and not everything that counts can be counted.
- Albert Einstein (1879 - 1955), (attributed)
- Each problem that I solved became a rule which served afterwards to solve other problems.
- Rene Descartes (1596 - 1650)
- The only way to get rid of a temptation is to yield to it.
- Oscar Wilde (1854 - 1900), The Picture of Dorian Gray, 1891
- Philosophy is a battle against the bewitchment of our intelligence by means of language.
- Ludwig Wittgenstein (1889 - 1951)
- Never interrupt your enemy when he is making a mistake.
- Napoleon Bonaparte (1769 - 1821)
- A good many young writers make the mistake of enclosing a stamped, self-addressed envelope, big enough for the manuscript to come back in. This is too much of a temptation to the editor.
- Ring Lardner (1885 - 1933), "How to Write Short Stories"
- It is unbecoming for young men to utter maxims.
- Aristotle (384 BC - 322 BC)
- Good teaching is one-fourth preparation and three-fourths theater.
- Gail Godwin
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