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The problem of knowledge is that there are many more books on birds written by ornithologists than books on birds written by birds and books on ornith...more

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A prophet is not someone with special visions, just someone blind to most of what others see

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What I learned on my own I still remember

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Wit seduces by signaling intelligence without nerdiness.

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If you want to annoy a poet, explain his poetry.

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Modernity: we created youth without heroism, age without wisdom, and life without grandeur

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The rationalist imagines an imbecile-free society; the empiricist and imbecile-proof one, or even better, a rationalist-proof one.