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If a man knew anything, he would sit in a corner and be modest; bu

If a man knew anything, he would sit in a corner and be modest; but he is such an ignorant peacock, that he goes bustling up and down, and hits on extraordinary discoveries. – Ralph Waldo Emerson

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Just as all thought, and primarily that of non-signification, signifies something, so there is no art that has no signification. – Albert Camus

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Any life, no matter how long and complex it may be, is made up of a single moment – the moment in which a man finds out, once and for all, who he is. – Jorge Luis Borges

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We shall not cease from exploration
And the end of all our exploring
Will be to arrive where we started
And know the place for the first time. – TS (Thomas Stearns) Eliot

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They are ill discoverers that think there is no land when they see nothing but sea. – Francis Bacon

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