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Error is the price we pay for progress.


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No one who achieves success does so without acknowledging the help of others. The wise and confident acknowledge this help with gratitude.

No one who achieves success does so without acknowledging the help of others. The wise and confident acknowledge this help with gratitude.



The art of progress is to preserve order amid change and to preserve change amid order.

The art of progress is to preserve order amid change and to preserve change amid order.



If a dog jumps into your lap, it is because he is fond of you; but if a cat does the same thing, it is because your lap is warmer.

If a dog jumps into your lap, it is because he is fond of you; but if a cat does the same thing, it is because your lap is warmer.



There are no whole truths: All truths are half-truths.

There are no whole truths: All truths are half-truths.



Not ignorance, but ignorance of ignorance, is the death of knowledge.

Not ignorance, but ignorance of ignorance, is the death of knowledge.



Religion is the last refuge of human savagery.

Religion is the last refuge of human savagery.



Philosophy begins in wonder. And, at the end, when philosophic thought has done its best, the wonder remains.

Philosophy begins in wonder. And, at the end, when philosophic thought has done its best, the wonder remains.



...the self-satisfied dogmatism with which mankind at each period of its history cherishes the delusion of the finality of existing modes of knowledge.

...the self-satisfied dogmatism with which mankind at each period of its history cherishes the delusion of the finality of existing modes of knowledge.



Knowledge shrinks as wisdom grows.

Knowledge shrinks as wisdom grows.



Symbolism is no mere idle fancy or corrupt degeneration: it is inherent in the very texture of human life.

Symbolism is no mere idle fancy or corrupt degeneration: it is inherent in the very texture of human life.





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Sometimes you get lost and you find something new.

Sometimes you get lost and you find something new.



Having plead guilty, I do not believe that I am any different than the vast majority of the members of Congress.

Having plead guilty, I do not believe that I am any different than the vast majority of the members of Congress.



Lord, please give me big ears and a thoughtful mind. Teach me to ask well and see it through other’s eyes.

Lord, please give me big ears and a thoughtful mind. Teach me to ask well and see it through other’s eyes.



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We conservatives fight evil; the Left fights carbon emissions



Cities collect people, stray and lost and deliberate arrivants.

Cities collect people, stray and lost and deliberate arrivants.



When you get a groove going, time flies.

When you get a groove going, time flies.



After you've done the first feature, then you have heck of a difficult time getting your second film off the ground. They look at your first film and they say, "Oh well, we don't want you anymore."

After you've done the first feature, then you have heck of a difficult time getting your second film off the ground. They look at your first film and they say, "Oh well, we don't want you anymore."



I can never understand why people who have not seen me for a while ask if I am still writing. They might as well ask me if I am still breathing.

I can never understand why people who have not seen me for a while ask if I am still writing. They might as well ask me if I am still breathing.




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