A few observation and much reasoning lead to error; many observations and a little reasoning to truth.
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Logic never attracts men to the point of carrying them away.Alexis Carrel
The most efficient way to live reasonably is every morning to make a plan of one's day and every night to examine the results obtained.
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The love of beauty in its multiple forms is the noblest gift of the human cerebrum.
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The first duty of society is to give each of its members the possibility of fulfilling his destiny. When it becomes incapable of performing this duty it must be transformed.
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Comforts and syphilis are the greatest enemies of mankind.
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