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Mark Twain
“Herodotus says, "Very few things happen at the right time, and the rest do not happen at all: the conscientious historian will correct these defects.”
Mark Twain

Herodotus
“It is better by noble boldness to run the risk of being subject to half of the evils we anticipate than to remain in cowardly listlessness for fear of what might happen.”
Herodotus, The Histories

Herodotus
“Of all men’s miseries the bitterest is this: to know so much and to have control over nothing.”
Herodotus, The Histories

Edward O. Wilson
“People would rather believe than know.”
Edward O. Wilson

Aristotle
“All human actions have one or more of these seven causes: chance, nature, compulsion, habit, reason, passion, and desire.”
Aristotle, Selected Works

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