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“If knowledge is not put into practice, it does not benefit one.”
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“One must not permit oneself excesses, except with persons whom one wishes soon to leave.”
― Les Liaisons dangereuses
― Les Liaisons dangereuses
“Natural science, does not simply describe and explain nature; it is part of the interplay between nature and ourselves.”
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“No one can construct for you the bridge upon which precisely you must cross the stream of life, no one but you yourself alone.”
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“But Nature granted to gold and silver no function with which we cannot easily dispense. Human folly has made them precious because they are rare. In contrast, Nature, like a most indulgent mother, has placed her best gifts out in the open, like air, water and the earth itself; vain and unprofitable things she has hidden away in remote places.”
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