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“Ars longa, vita brevis, occasio praeceps, experimentum periculosum, iudicium difficile" (Life is short, [the] craft long, opportunity fleeting, experiment treacherous, judgment difficult)”
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“Thoughts drawn on the string
of endless questioning”
― In the Dark Body of Metamorphosis and Other Poems.
of endless questioning”
― In the Dark Body of Metamorphosis and Other Poems.
“a science is said to be useful if its development tends to accentuate the existing inequalities in the distribution of wealth, or more directly promotes the destruction of human life”
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“Nobody ever figures out what life is all about, and it doesn't matter. Explore the world. Nearly everything is really interesting if you go into it deeply enough.”
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“I recognize the desolate country
of our birth without a beginning,
of our death without an end.”
― In the Dark Body of Metamorphosis and Other Poems.
of our birth without a beginning,
of our death without an end.”
― In the Dark Body of Metamorphosis and Other Poems.
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