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Horace Walpole Quotes: In science, mistakes always precede the truth.
         

In science, mistakes always precede the truth.


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The whole secret of life is to be interested in one thing profoundly and in a thousand things well.



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Who has begun has half done. Have the courage to be wise. Begin!



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Foolish writers and readers are created for each other.



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