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Very simple ideas lie within the reach only of complex minds. ↗

— Remy de Gourmont

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In science, "fact" can only mean "confirmed to such a degree that it would be perverse to withhold provisional assent." I suppose that apples might start to rise tomorrow, but the possibility does not merit equal time in physics classrooms. ↗

— Stephen Jay Gould

#apples #assent #classrooms #confirmed #degree

Few tragedies can be more extensive than the stunting of life, few injustices deeper than the denial of an opportunity to strive or even to hope, by a limit imposed from without, but falsely identified as lying within. ↗

— Stephen Jay Gould

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Deep inside us, we know what every family therapist knows: the problems between the parents become the problems within the children. ↗

— Roger Gould

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Little said is soon amended. There is always time to add a word, never to withdraw one. ↗

— Baltasar Gracian

#always #amended #little #never #said

Simple ideas lie within the reach only of complex minds. ↗

— Remy de Gourmont

#ideas #lie #minds #only #reach

True friendship multiplies the good in life and divides its evils. Strive to have friends, for life without friends is like life on a desert island... to find one real friend in a lifetime is good fortune; to keep him is a blessing. ↗

— Baltasar Gracian

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Without courage, wisdom bears no fruit. ↗

— Baltasar Gracian

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There is always time to add a word, never to withdraw one. ↗

— Baltasar Gracian

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Over the years I've seen people lose a spouse and then withdraw and lose interest in life, and I believe we need to resist that. ↗

— Billy Graham

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