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"Which is the best man to deal with,-he who knows nothing about a subject, and, what is extremely rare, knows that he knows nothing, or he who really knows something about it, but thinks that he knows all?"
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"My favorite words in the world are these: in conjunction.They question curiosities in simple form and function. is a query of broadest scope. is wonder that fuels all hope.Together they lasso the mind like rope, and spur the wildest deductions!"

"To free a person from error is to give, and not to take away."

"The pursuit of knowledge for its own sake, an almost fanatical love of justice and the desire for personal independence -- these are the features of the Jewish tradition which make me thank my stars that I belong to it."

"Everything I know, I know because of love."

"Experience teaches us that the world is not a nursery."

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"I say beware of all enterprises that require new clothes, and not rather a new wearer of clothes."

"I believe that the mind can be permanently profaned by the habit of attending to trivial things."

"Genius is not a retainer to any emperor, or is its material silver, or gold, or marble, except to a trifling extent."

"I am sorry to think that you do not get a man's most effective criticism until you provoke him. Severe truth is expressed with some bitterness."

"True friendship can afford true knowledge. It does not depend on darkness and ignorance."

"Man is an animal who more than any other can adapt himself to all climates and circumstances."

"A distinguished clergyman told me that he chose the profession of a clergyman because it afforded the most leisure for literary pursuits. I would recommend to him the profession of a governor."

"Our inventions are wont to be pretty toys, which distract our attention from serious things. They are but improved means to an unimproved end."
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