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In order to shake a hypothesis, it is sometimes not necessary to d

In order to shake a hypothesis, it is sometimes not necessary to do anything more than push it as far as it will go. – Denis Diderot

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If there is one realm in which it is essential to be sublime, it is in wickedness. You spit on a petty thief, but you cant deny a kind of respect for the great criminal. – Denis Diderot

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A theory is the more impressive the greater is the simplicity of its premises, the more different are the kinds of things it relates and the more extended the range of its applicability. – Albert Einstein

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If the world were good for nothing else, it is a fine subject for speculation. – William Hazlitt

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