"Wisdom alone is true ambition's aim, wisdom is the source of virtue and of fame obtained with labour, for mankind employed, and then, when most you share it, best enjoyed."
-Alfred North Whitehead
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"Civilization advances by extending the number of important operations which we can perform without thinking of them.“
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"Knowledge shrinks as wisdom grows."
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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."
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"It is the business of the future to be dangerous and it is among the merits of science that it equips the future for its duties."
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"Religion is the last refuge of human savagery."
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"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."
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