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|27 = '''Whereof one cannot [[speech|speak]], thereof one must be [[silence|silent]].'''<br />
|27 = '''Whereof one cannot [[speech|speak]], thereof one must be [[silence|silent]].'''<br />
     <cite style="font-size:0.9em; font-style:normal;">— Ludwig Wittgenstein</cite>
     <cite style="font-size:0.9em; font-style:normal;">— Ludwig Wittgenstein</cite>
|28 = '''[[Word]]s are only [[postage stamp]]s delivering the object for you to unwrap.'''<br />
|28 = '''[[Word]]s are only postage stamps delivering the object for you to unwrap.'''<br />
     <cite style="font-size:0.9em; font-style:normal;">— [[George Bernard Shaw]] </cite>
     <cite style="font-size:0.9em; font-style:normal;">— [[George Bernard Shaw]] </cite>
|29 = '''The first principle is that you must not fool yourself and you are the easiest person to fool.'''<br />
|29 = '''The first principle is that you must not fool yourself and you are the easiest person to fool.'''<br />
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|43 = '''Any knowledge that doesn't lead to new questions quickly dies out: it fails to maintain the temperature required for sustaining life.'''<br />
|43 = '''Any knowledge that doesn't lead to new questions quickly dies out: it fails to maintain the temperature required for sustaining life.'''<br />
     <cite style="font-size:0.9em; font-style:normal;">— Wislawa Szymborska<br />
     <cite style="font-size:0.9em; font-style:normal;">— Wislawa Szymborska<br />
|44 = '''There are in fact two things, [[science]] and [[opinion]]; the former begets [[knowledge]], the latter [[ignorance]].'''<br />
|44 = '''There are in fact two things, [[science]] and opinion; the former begets [[knowledge]], the latter ignorance.'''<br />
     <cite style="font-size:0.9em; font-style:normal;">— [[Hippocrates]]''<br /></cite>
     <cite style="font-size:0.9em; font-style:normal;">— [[Hippocrates]]''<br /></cite>
|45 = '''Well begun is half done.'''<br />
|45 = '''Well begun is half done.'''<br />

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