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"Doubt is the father of invention." Ambrose Bierce
"Our knowledge is a little island in a great ocean of nonknowledge." Isaac Bashevis Singer
"Life ought to be a struggle of desire toward adventures whose nobility will fertilize the soul." Rebecca West
"Work is much more fun than fun." Noel Coward