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The mathematics is not there till we put it there.: Sir Arthur Eddington (1882 - 1944), The Philosophy of Physical Science
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For the truth of the conclusions of physical science, observation is the supreme Court of Appeal. It does not follow that every item which we confidently accept as physical knowledge has actually been certified by the Court; our confidence is that it would be certified by the Court if it were submitted. But it does follow that every item of physical knowledge is of a form which might be submitted to the Court. It must be such that we can specify (although it may be impracticable to carry out) an observational procedure which would decide whether it is true or not. Clearly a statement cannot be tested by observation unless it is an assertion about the results of observation. Every item of physical knowledge must therefore be an assertion of what has been or would be the result of carrying out a specified observational procedure.: Sir Arthur Eddington (1882 - 1944), The Philosophy of Physical Science
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Progress, far from consisting in change, depends on retentiveness. When change is absolute there remains no being to improve and no direction is set for possible improvement: and when experience is not retained, as among savages, infancy is perpetual. Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it. In the first stage of life the mind is frivolous and easily distracted, it misses progress by failing in consecutiveness and persistence. This is the condition of children and barbarians, in which instinct has learned nothing from experience.: George Santayana (1863 - 1952), The Life of Reason, Volume 1, 1905
If all the world hated you and believed you wicked, while your own conscience approved of you and absolved you from guilt, you would not be without friends.: Charlotte Bronte (1816 - 1855), Jane Eyre pg. 61
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Power tends to corrupt, and absolute power corrupts absolutely.: Lord Acton, Letter to Bishop Mandell Creighton, 1887
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The end always passes judgement on what has gone before.: Publilius Syrus (~100 BC), Sententiae (c. 43 BC)
The result justifies the deed. (Exitus acta probat): Ovid (43 BC - 17 AD), Heorides (c. 10 BC)
The line, often adopted by strong men in controversy, of justifying the means by the end.: Saint Jerome (374 AD - 419 AD), Letter 48
The first sign of corruption in a society that is still alive is that the end justifies the means.: Georges Bernanos (1888 - 1948), "Why Freedom?" The Last Essays of Georges Bernanos, 1955
Never, never, never believe any war will be smooth and easy, or that anyone who embarks on the strange voyage can measure the tides and hurricanes he will encounter. The statesman who yields to war fever must realize that once the signal is given, he is no longer the master of policy but the slave of unforeseeable and uncontrollable events.: Sir Winston Churchill (1874 - 1965)
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