Read not to contradict and confute; nor to believe and take for granted; nor to find talk and discourse; but to weigh and consider. Some books are to be tasted, others to be swallowed, and some few to be chewed and digested: that is, some books are to be read only in parts, others to be read, but not curiously, and some few to be read wholly, and with diligence and attention.
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Where it is a duty to worship the sun it is pretty sure to be a crime to examine the laws of heat.
We believe at once in evil, we only believe in good upon reflection. Is this not sad?.
We believe at once in evil, we only believe in good upon reflection. Is this not sad?.
History is on every occasion the record of that which one age finds worthy of note in another.
History is on every occasion the record of that which one age finds worthy of note in another.
It is not only fine feathers that make fine birds.
It is not only fine feathers that make fine birds.
If the triangles made a god, they would give him three sides.
If the triangles made a god, they would give him three sides.
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The unpredictability inherent in human affairs is due largely to the fact that the by-products of a human process are more fateful than the product.
The 'missing link' between ape and man will probably never be found- because it was an embryo.
The 'missing link' between ape and man will probably never be found- because it was an embryo.
Without a struggle, there can be no progress.
Without a struggle, there can be no progress.
