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What could an entirely rational being speak of with another entirely rational being?

— Emmanuel Levinas, French philosopher

The only true wisdom is in knowing you know nothing.

— Socrates, Greek Philosopher 

If I have seen further it is by standing on the shoulders of Giants.

— Isaac Newton, Physicist

Every cause produces more than one effect.

— Herbert Spencer, English Philosopher

An expert is a person who has made all the mistakes that can be made in a very narrow field.

— Niels Bohr, Danish physicist

Ignorance more frequently begets confidence than does knowledge: it is those who know little, and not those who know much, who so positively assert that this or that problem will never be solved by science.

— Charles Darwin, English Biologist

Never mistake motion for action.

—  Ernest Hemingway,  American novelist

Ask the right questions, and nature will open the doors to her secrets.

— CV Raman, Indian Physicist

Give a girl an education and introduce her properly into the world, and ten to one but she has the means of settling well, without further expense to anybody.

— Jane Austen, English Novelist

For me, I am driven by two main philosophies: know more today about the world than I knew yesterday and lessen the suffering of others. You’d be surprised how far that gets you.

— Neil deGrasse Tyson, Science Communicator
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