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The difference between a tool and a machine is not capable of very precise distinction; nor is it necessary, in a popular explanation of those terms, to limit very strictly their acceptation. ↗

— Charles Babbage

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The proportion between the velocity with which men or animals move, and the weights they carry, is a matter of considerable importance, particularly in military affairs. ↗

— Charles Babbage

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The human mind, if it is to keep its sanity, must maintain the nicest balance between unity and plurality. ↗

— Irving Babbitt

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The true humanist maintains a just balance between sympathy and selection. ↗

— Irving Babbitt

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A skilful leech is better far, than half a hundred men of war. ↗

— Samuel Butler

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When a person is down in the world, an ounce of help is better than a pound of preaching. ↗

— Edward G. Bulwer-Lytton

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That's why it's called Sebastian Bach. I mean, it's a permanent band, pretty much, but if I jam with other people, it just makes a better album, I think. ↗

— Sebastian Bach

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Better to be without logic than without feeling. ↗

— Charlotte Bronte

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I do support a constitutional amendment on marriage between a man and a woman, but I would not be going into the states to overturn their state law. ↗

— Michele Bachmann

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I do better on the first three takes; I won't be better at 20 takes. ↗

— Kevin Bacon

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