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• I have never been able to understand why perfectly sensible people waste time being wittily obscure instead of just saying what they…
• Our senses are woefully limited. Our brains are but tiny candles flickering in an infinity of darkness. Our only wisdom is to…
• A fool will study for twenty or thirty years and learn how to do something, but a wise man will study for…
• I shall clasp my hands together and bow to the corners of the world. May your villages remain ignorant of tax collectors,…
• The supernatural can be very annoying until one finds the key that transforms it into science," he observed mildly... "Come on, Ox,…
• Error can point the way to truth, while empty-headedness can only lead to more empty-headedness or to a career in politics.
• Fable has strong shoulders that carry far more truth than fact can.
• 'Immortality is only for the gods,' he whispered. 'I wonder how they can stand it.'
• The emotional health of a village depended upon having a man whom everyone loved to hate, and Heaven had blessed us with…
• Don't be ashamed of reliving your childhood, Ox, because all of us must do it now and then to maintain our sanity.
• Blessed are the idiots, for they are happiest people on earth.

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