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Suppose that we are wise enough to learn and know - and yet not wi

Suppose that we are wise enough to learn and know – and yet not wise enough to control our learning and knowledge, so that we use it to destroy ourselves? Even if that is so, knowledge remains better than ignorance. – Isaac Asimov

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People who think they know everything are a great annoyance to those of us who do. – Isaac Asimov

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Life is pleasant. Death is peaceful. Its the transition thats troublesome. – Isaac Asimov

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The price one pays for pursuing any profession, or calling, is an intimate knowledge of its ugly side. – James A. Baldwin

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Nature wants us to enjoy life to the full and die without giving it a second thought; Christianity wants the opposite. – Charles Augustin Sainte-Beuve, Les Cahiers

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