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A little learning is not a dangerous thing to one who does not mis

A little learning is not a dangerous thing to one who does not mistake it for a great deal. – William Allen White

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Fame — the aggregate of all the misunderstandings that collect around a new name. – Rainer Maria Rilke

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The minute a phrase becomes current, it becomes an apology for not thinking accurately to the end of the sentence. – Oliver Wendell Holmes

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It is a mistake to imagine that potentially great men are rare. It is the conditions that permit the promise of greatness to be fulfilled that are rare. What is so difficult to achieve is the cultural background that permits potential greatness to be converted into actual greatness. – Fred Hoyle, Of Man and Galaxies

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No man likes to have his intelligence or good faith questioned, especially if he has doubts about it himself. – Henry Adams

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