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What can be shown, cannot be said.


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Nothing is so difficult as not deceiving oneself.

Nothing is so difficult as not deceiving oneself.



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The real question of life after death isn't whether or not it exists, but even if it does what problem this really solves.



If we spoke a different language, we would perceive a somewhat different world.

If we spoke a different language, we would perceive a somewhat different world.



I don't know why we are here, but I'm pretty sure that it is not in order to enjoy ourselves.

I don't know why we are here, but I'm pretty sure that it is not in order to enjoy ourselves.



The limits of my language means the limits of my world.

The limits of my language means the limits of my world.



The human body is the best picture of the human soul.

The human body is the best picture of the human soul.



If people did not sometimes do silly things, nothing intelligent would ever get done.

If people did not sometimes do silly things, nothing intelligent would ever get done.



To convince someone of the truth, it is not enough to state it, but rather one must find the path from error to truth.

To convince someone of the truth, it is not enough to state it, but rather one must find the path from error to truth.



The problems are solved, not by giving new information, but by arranging what we have always known.

The problems are solved, not by giving new information, but by arranging what we have always known.





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I am accustomed, as a professional mathematician, to living in a sort of vacuum, surrounded by people who declare with an odd sort of pride that they are mathematically illiterate.

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If anybody says he can think about quantum physics without getting giddy, that only shows he has not understood the first thing about them.



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Laughing on the way to your execution is not generally understood by less-advanced life forms, and they call you crazy.



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