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A subtle thought that is in error may yet give rise to fruitful inquiry that can establish truths of great value. ↗

— Isaac Asimov

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Negation is the mind's first freedom, yet a negative habit is fruitful only so long as we exert ourselves to overcome it, adapt it to our needs; once acquired it can imprison us. ↗

— Emile M. Cioran

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The moral and social aspiration proper to American life is, of course, the aspiration vaguely described by the word democratic; and the actual achievement of the American nation points towards an adequate and fruitful definition of the democratic ideal. ↗

— Herbert Croly

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The only fruitful promise of which the life of any individual or any nation can be possessed, is a promise determined by an ideal. ↗

— Herbert Croly

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Politics ought to be the part-time profession of every citizen who would protect the rights and privileges of free people and who would preserve what is good and fruitful in our national heritage. ↗

— Dwight D. Eisenhower

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Material blessings, when they pay beyond the category of need, are weirdly fruitful of headache. ↗

— Philip Wylie

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One of the secrets of a long and fruitful life is to forgive everybody everything everynight before you go to bed. ↗

— Bernard Baruch

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Give me a fruitful error anytime, full of seeds, bursting with its own corrections. ↗

— Vilfredo Pareto

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Give me the fruitful error any time, full of seeds, bursting with its own corrections. You can keep your sterile truth for yourself. ↗

— Vilfredo Pareto

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While we believe there are fruitful opportunities to update and improve old rules, we do not want to set up a review process that could create a litigation morass. ↗

— Fred Thompson

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