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'Tis an old maxim in the schools,
That flattery's the food of fools
Yet now and then your men of wit
Will condescend to take a bit.
- Jonathan Swift

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Whenever anyone says, "theoretically", they really mean, "not really".
- Dave Parnas

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Men in authority will always think that criticism of their policies is dangerous. They will always equate their policies with patriotism, and find criticism subversive.
- Henry Steele Commager

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If we did all the things we were capable of doing, we would literally astound ourselves.
- Thomas Alva Edison

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If you think education is expensive, try ignorance.
- Derek Bok

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One could not be a successful scientist without realizing that, in contrast to the popular conception supported by newspapers and mothers of scientists, a goodly number of scientists are not only narrow-minded and dull, but also just stupid.
- James Watson

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Either God wants to abolish evil, and cannot; Or he can, but does not want to; Or he cannot and does not want to. If he wants to, but cannot, he is impotent. If he can, but does not want to, he is wicked. But, if God both can and wants to abolish evil, Then how come evil in the world?
- Epicurus, 350-270 BC

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[Your] horrid image doth unfix my hair.
Shakespeare, "Macbeth"

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He that lives upon hope will die fasting.
- Benjamin Franklin

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Go west, young man!
- Horace Greeley

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I would thou didst itch from head to foot and I had the scratching of thee!
- Shakespeare in "Troilus and Cressida"

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I regard you with an indifference closely bordering on aversion.
- Robert Louis Stevenson

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May you be cursed with a chronic anxiety about the weather!
- John Burroughs

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The universe is not hostile, nor yet is it friendly. It is simply indifferent.
- J. H. Holmes

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For there was never yet a philosopher that could endure the toothache patiently.
- William Shakespeare, "Much Ado About Nothing"

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I start with the premise that the function of leadership is to produce more leaders, not more followers.
- Ralph Nader

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By neccessity, by proclivity, - and by delight, we all quote.
- Ralph Waldo Emerson

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Always go to other people's funerals, otherwise they won't come to yours.
- Yogi Berra

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It is no use saying, 'We are doing our best.' You have got to succeed in doing what is necessary.
- Winston Churchill

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Perhaps nothing has changed in the course of history as much as historians.
- Franklin P. Jones