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Wired people should know something about wires.


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When you are wrestling for possession of a sword, the man with the handle always wins.



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The difference between stupid and intelligent people - and this is true whether or not they are well-educated - is that intelligent people can handle subtlety.



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To condense fact from the vapor of nuance.



Any property that's open to common use gets destroyed. Because everyone has incentive to use it to the max, but no one has incentive to maintain it.

Any property that's open to common use gets destroyed. Because everyone has incentive to use it to the max, but no one has incentive to maintain it.



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See, the world is full of things more powerful than us. But if you know how to catch a ride, you can go places.



Constable Moore had reached the age when men can subject their bodies to the worst irritations - whisky, cigars, woolen clothes, bagpipes - without feeling a thing or, at least, without letting on.

Constable Moore had reached the age when men can subject their bodies to the worst irritations - whisky, cigars, woolen clothes, bagpipes - without feeling a thing or, at least, without letting on.



And it happened all the time that the compromise between two perfectly rational alternatives was something that made no sense at all.

And it happened all the time that the compromise between two perfectly rational alternatives was something that made no sense at all.



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The difference between ignorant and educated people is that the latter know more facts. But that has nothing to do with whether they are stupid or intelligent.





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