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    Isaac Newton
    “I can calculate the motion of heavenly bodies but not the madness of people.”
    ― Isaac Newton
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    Thomas Aquinas
    “Beware the man of a single book.”
    ― St. Thomas Aquinas
    tags: books-reading, ignorance, illiteracy, limitation
    488 likes

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    Robert Orben
    “If you think education is expensive, try ignorance.”
    ― Robert Orben
    tags: education, ignorance, misattributed-derek-bok
    362 likes

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  • #4
    Winston S. Churchill
    “Occasionally he stumbled over the truth, but hastily picked himself up and hurried on as if nothing had happened.”
    ― Winston Churchill
    tags: ignorance, truth
    290 likes

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  • #5
    Voltaire
    “He must be very ignorant for he answers every question he is asked.”
    ― Voltaire
    tags: ignorance, wisdom
    265 likes

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    G.K. Chesterton
    “Humor can get in under the door while seriousness is still fumbling at the handle.”
    ― G.K. Chesterton
    tags: humor, ignorance, knowledge, wisdom
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    Margaret of Navarre
    “People pretend not to like grapes when the vines are too high for them to reach.”
    ― Marguerite de Navarre
    tags: achievement, effort, french, grapes, medieval, troubador, vines
    147 likes

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    Richard Lederer
    “There once was a time when all people believed in God and the church ruled. This time was called the Dark Ages.”
    ― Richard Lederer, Anguished English: An Anthology of Accidental Assaults Upon Our Language
    tags: christianity, dark-age, history, medieval, middle-ages, religion, scepticism
    111 likes

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    Susanna Centlivre
    “Lying is a thriving vocation.”
    ― Susanna Centlivre
    tags: lies, lying, medieval
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    Oscar Wilde
    “I am so clever that sometimes I don't understand a single word of what I am saying.”
    ― Oscar Wilde, The Happy Prince and Other Stories
    tags: intelligence, self-deprecation
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    André Gide
    “It is better to be hated for what you are than to be loved for what you are not.”
    ― Andre Gide, Autumn Leaves
    tags: life, love
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    Maurice Switzer
    “It is better to remain silent at the risk of being thought a fool, than to talk and remove all doubt of it.”
    ― Maurice Switzer, Mrs. Goose, Her Book
    tags: misattributed-to-abraham-lincoln, misattributed-to-mark-twain, remaining-silent, wisdom
    44325 likes

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    Groucho Marx
    “Outside of a dog, a book is man's best friend. Inside of a dog it's too dark to read.”
    ― Groucho Marx, The Essential Groucho: Writings For By And About Groucho Marx
    tags: animals, books, dogs, friends, humor
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  • #14
    Steve Martin
    “A day without sunshine is like, you know, night.”
    ― Steve Martin
    tags: humor, obvious, simile
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  • #15
    Woody Allen
    “I'm not afraid of death; I just don't want to be there when it happens.”
    ― Woody Allen
    tags: death, fear, humor, life
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    Douglas Adams
    “The story so far:
    In the beginning the Universe was created.
    This has made a lot of people very angry and been widely regarded as a bad move.”
    ― Douglas Adams, The Restaurant at the End of the Universe
    tags: humor, scifi
    23463 likes

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    Bill Watterson
    “Reality continues to ruin my life.”
    ― Bill Watterson, The Complete Calvin and Hobbes
    tags: calvin-and-hobbes, humor, life
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    George Carlin
    “The reason I talk to myself is because I’m the only one whose answers I accept.”
    ― George Carlin
    tags: humor, insanity, lies, lying, self-indulgence, truth
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    Terry Pratchett
    “Give a man a fire and he's warm for a day, but set fire to him and he's warm for the rest of his life.”
    ― Terry Pratchett, Jingo
    tags: humor, proverb
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    Mark Twain
    “Substitute 'damn' every time you're inclined to write 'very;' your editor will delete it and the writing will be just as it should be.”
    ― Mark Twain
    tags: humor, writing
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  • #21
    Friedrich Nietzsche
    “It is hard enough to remember my opinions, without also remembering my reasons for them!”
    ― Friedrich Nietzsche
    tags: humor, philosophy
    8080 likes

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    Bertrand Russell
    “I would never die for my beliefs because I might be wrong.”
    ― Bertrand Russell
    tags: paraphrased, philosophy
    1348 likes

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  • #23
    Groucho Marx
    “Time wounds all heels.”
    ― Groucho Marx
    tags: paraphrased
    368 likes

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  • #24
    Scott Adams
    “I get mail; therefore I am.”
    ― Scott Adams
    tags: humor, paraphrased
    56 likes



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