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> [Dumbness and silence are two different things.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-iles/dumbness-and-silence-are-two-different-things/)

[George Iles](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-iles/)

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## More by George Iles

> [Nothing cools so fast as undue enthusiasm. Water that has boiled freezes sooner than any other.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-iles/nothing-cools-so-fast-as-undue-enthusiasm-water-that-has-boiled/)

[George Iles](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-iles/)

> [Discovery begins by finding the discoverer.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-iles/discovery-begins-by-finding-the-discoverer/)

[George Iles](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-iles/)

> [They will listen with both ears to what is said by the men just a step or two ahead of them, who stand nearest…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-iles/they-will-listen-with-both-ears-to-what-is-said-by-the-men-just-a/)

[George Iles](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-iles/)

> [Is any knowledge worthless? Try to think of an example.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-iles/is-any-knowledge-worthless-try-to-think-of-an-example/)

[George Iles](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-iles/)

> [We despair of changing the habits of men, still we would alter institutions, the habits of millions of men.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-iles/we-despair-of-changing-the-habits-of-men-still-we-would-alter/)

[George Iles](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-iles/)

> [Evolution pays and that is why there is evolution](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-iles/evolution-pays-and-that-is-why-there-is-evolution/)

[George Iles](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-iles/)

> [A calculating engine is one of the most intricate forms of mechanism, a telegraph key one of the simplest. But compare their value.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-iles/a-calculating-engine-is-one-of-the-most-intricate-forms-of-mechanism/)

[George Iles](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-iles/)

> [“Hope is faith holding out its hand in the dark.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-iles/hope-is-faith-holding-out-its-hand-in-the-dark/)

[George Iles](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-iles/)

> [When we try to imagine a chaos we fail. ... In its very fiber the mind is an order and refuses to build a chaos.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-iles/when-we-try-to-imagine-a-chaos-we-fail-in-its-very-fiber-the-mind-is/)

[George Iles](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-iles/)

> [Ignorance may find a truth on its doorstep that erudition vainly seeks in the stars.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-iles/ignorance-may-find-a-truth-on-its-doorstep-that-erudition-vainly/)

[George Iles](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-iles/)

> [No gun is perfectly true. So the marksman, that he may hit the bull's-eye, points elsewhere.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-iles/no-gun-is-perfectly-true-so-the-marksman-that-he-may-hit-the-bull-s/)

[George Iles](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-iles/)

> [Degree is much: the whole Atlantic might be lukewarm and never boil us a potato.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-iles/degree-is-much-the-whole-atlantic-might-be-lukewarm-and-never-boil-us/)

[George Iles](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-iles/)

> [Error held as truth has much the effect of truth. In politics and religion this fact upsets many confident predictions.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-iles/error-held-as-truth-has-much-the-effect-of-truth-in-politics-and/)

[George Iles](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-iles/)

> [Ten builders rear an arch, each in turn lifting it higher; but it is the tenth man, who drops in the keystone, who hears…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-iles/ten-builders-rear-an-arch-each-in-turn-lifting-it-higher-but-it-is/)

[George Iles](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-iles/)

> [Nature is full of by-ends. A moth feeds on a petal, in a moment the pollen caught on its breast will be wedding this…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-iles/nature-is-full-of-by-ends-a-moth-feeds-on-a-petal-in-a-moment-the/)

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