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The folly of mistaking a paradox for a discovery, a metaphor for a proof, a torrent of verbiage for a spring of capital truths, and oneself for an oracle, is inborn in us. ↗

— Paul Valery

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Let your Discourse with Men of Business be Short and Comprehensive. ↗

— George Washington

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The thirst to know and understand, a large and liberal discontent. ↗

— William Watson

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I don't know which is more discouraging, literature or chickens. ↗

— E. B. White

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These rare senses and powers of reasoning were given to be used freely, but not audaciously, to discover, not to pervert the truth. ↗

— William John Wills

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On my passage thither, I discovered nothing remarkable in the features of the country. ↗

— William Henry Ashley

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The spirit is there in every boy; it has to be discovered and brought to light. ↗

— Robert Baden-Powell

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When you dream, you dialogue with aspects of yourself that normally are not with you in the daytime and you discover that you know a great deal more than you thought you did. ↗

— Toni Cade Bambara

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Use anything you can think of to understand and be understood, and you'll discover the creativity that connects you with others. ↗

— Martha Beck

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Nothing seems to me more doubtful than Aristotle's remark that it is probable the arts and philosophy have several times been discovered and several times lost. ↗

— Julien Benda

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