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"For I am not so enamoured of my own opinions that I disregard what others may think of them."
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"Do not do unto others as you expect they should do unto you. Their tastes may not be the same."
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"Most redoubted lord and right sovereign cousin, may the Almighty Lord have you in his keeping."

"Prior to any questioning, the person must be warned that he has a right to remain silent, that any statement he does make may be used as evidence against him and that he has a right to the presence of an attorney, either retained or appointed."

"It may be proper to observe, that I had now passed the utmost frontier of the white settlements on that border."

"You create a pile of dirt and then drive over it. We may have to learn to drive all over again."
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"It is good for us to keep some account of our prayers, that we may not unsay them in our practice."
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"I shall now recall to mind that the motion of the heavenly bodies is circular, since the motion appropriate to a sphere is rotation in a circle."

"We regard it as a certainty that the earth, enclosed between poles, is bounded by a spherical surface."

"For it is the duty of an astronomer to compose the history of the celestial motions through careful and expert study."

"More stars in the north are seen not to set, while in the south certain stars are no longer seen to rise."

"Moreover, since the sun remains stationary, whatever appears as a motion of the sun is really due rather to the motion of the earth."

"Not a few other very eminent and scholarly men made the same request, urging that I should no longer through fear refuse to give out my work for the common benefit of students of Mathematics."

"Although all the good arts serve to draw man's mind away from vices and lead it toward better things, this function can be more fully performed by this art, which also provides extraordinary intellectual pleasure."
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