I believe more follies are committed out of complaisance to the wo

I believe more follies are committed out of complaisance to the world, than in following our own inclinations. – Mary Wortley Montagu

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I had an immense advantage over many others dealing with the problem inasmuch as I had no fixed ideas derived from long-established practice to control and bias my mind, and did not suffer from the general belief that whatever is, is right. – Henry Bessemer (discovered new method of producing steel)

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