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The more experiences and experiments accumulate in the exploration of nature, the more precarious the theories become. But it is not always good to discard… — Georg C. Lichtenberg
To trace the series of these revolutions, to explain their causes, and thus to connect together all the indications of change that are found in… — John Playfair
If we wish to foresee the future of mathematics, our proper course is to study the history and present condition of the science. — Henri Poincare
It seems perfectly clear that Economy, if it is to be a science at all, must be a mathematical science. There exists much prejudice against… — William Stanley Jevons
Now, the causes being four, it is the business of the student of nature to know about them all, and if he refers his problems… — Aristotle
...we are all inclined to ... direct our inquiry not by the matter itself, but by the views of our opponents; and, even when interrogating… — Aristotle
It is the nature of an hypothesis, when once a man has conceived it, that it assimilates every thing to itself, as proper nourishment; and,… — Laurence Sterne
If it sounds like writing, I rewrite it. Or, if proper usage gets in the way, it may have to go. I can't allow what… — Elmore Leonard
When we borrow trouble, and look forward into the future and see what storms are coming, and distress ourselves before they come, as to how… — Henry Ward Beecher
The good Education of Youth has been esteemed by wise Men in all Ages, as the surest Foundation of the Happiness both of private Families… — Benjamin Franklin
Great genetics are not necessarily a precursor for success in the game. Brazilian Legend PelÃ© has often said that soccer stars are not born. Without… — Pele
Addiction is not something we can simply take care of by applying the proper remedy. For it is in the very nature of addiction to… — Gerald May
...that though they may refuse to grow wise, they must inevitably grow old; ...that the proper solaces of age are not music and compliments, but… — Lyndon B. Johnson
This bill would renounce the safe, proper, and acceptable role for Government as a referee of disputes between the governed. It would interpose the Government… — Strom Thurmond
Those that think that wealth is the proper thing for them cannot give up their revenues; those that seek distinction cannot give up the thought… — Zhuangzi
Jesus died to save men - a small thing for an immortal to do - and didn't save many, anyway. But if he had been… — Mark Twain
At the moment I am looking into astrology, which seems indispensable for a proper understanding of mythology. There are strange and wondrous things in these… — Carl Jung
It is obviously good and proper to respect the U.S. flag, perpetuated with the blood of American heroes. On the other hand, it can be… — Sherman Skolnick
Until we have a natural, that is, a conscientious world, it cannot be known by experience what natural law will do for the gratification of… — Joseph Cook
My deepest impulses are optimistic; an attitude that seems to me as spiritually necessary and proper as it is intellectually suspect. — Ellen Willis

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