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Men grind and grind in the mill of a truism, and nothing comes out but what was put in. But the moment they desert the tradition for a spontaneous thought, then poetry, wit, hope, virtue, learning, anecdote, and all flock to their aid.

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Optimization hinders evolution.

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A scholar tries to learn something everyday; a student of Buddhism tries to unlearn something daily.

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Something the heart must have to cherish, Must love and joy and sorrow learn; Something with passion clasp, or perish And in itself to ashes burn.

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An orator or author is never successful till he has learned to make his words smaller than his ideas.

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A good programming language is a conceptual universe for thinking about programming.

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We are the hollow men We are the stuffed men Leaning together...

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Erudition, like a bloodhound, is a charming thing when held firmly in leash, but it is not so attractive when turned loose upon a defenseless and unerudite public.

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Examinations, sir, are pure humbug from beginning to end. If a man is a gentleman, he knows quite enough, and if he is not a gentleman, whatever he knows is bad for him.

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There were no object lessons, and the studies of bookkeeping and French were pursued (but never effectually overtaken.

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All that's different about me is that I still ask the questions most people stopped asking at age five.

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A man should carry nature in his head.

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Read at every wait; read at all hours; read within leisure; read in times of labor; read as one goes in; read as one goest out. The task of the educated mind is simply put: read to lead.

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And simple truth miscalled simplicity

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Such labour'd nothings, in so strange a style, Amaze th' unlearn'd and make the learned smile.

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The greater the scientist, the more he is impressed with his ignorance of reality, and the more he realizes that his laws and labels, descriptions and definitions, are the products of his own thought. They help him to use the world for purposes of his own devising rather than understand and explain it.

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Men of polite learning and a liberal education.

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We are the hollow men We are the stuffed men Leaning together...

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No matter how much we learn, there is always more knowledge to be gained. In this connection I am reminded of a short poem that has been in my mind over the years. It reads as follow: I used to think I knew I knew. But now I must confess. The more I know I know I know I know I know the less.

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Learning teaches how to carry things in suspense, without prejudice, till you resolve it.

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