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To spell out the obvious is often to call it into question.
Eric Hoffer (1902-1983) American writer, philosopher, longshoreman
Passionate State of Mind, Aphorism 220 (1955)More about this quote: wist.info/hoffer-eric/17459/
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A quotation from Robert Louis Stevenson
Because I have reached Paris, I am not ashamed of having passed through Newhaven and Dieppe. They were very good places to pass through, and I am none the less at my destination. All my old opinions were only stages on the way to the one I now hold, as itself is only a stage on the way to something else.
Robert Louis Stevenson (1850-1894) Scottish essayist, novelist, poet
Essay (1878-03), “Crabbed Age and Youth,” Cornhill Magazine, Vol. 37Sourcing, notes: wist.info/stevenson-robert-lou…
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A quotation from Davies, Robertson:
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A truly great book should be read in youth, again in maturity, and once more in old age, as a fine building should be seen by morning light, at noon and by moonlight.
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https://wist.info/davies-robertson/34046/#quote #quotes #quotation #age #book #maturity #perspective #rereading #reevaluation #reading #revisit #youth
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A quotation from Russell, Bertrand:
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In all affairs — love, religion, politics or business — it’s a healthy idea, now and then, to hang a question mark on the things you have long taken for granted.
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https://wist.info/russell-bertrand/3382/#quote #quotes #quotation #acceptance #assumption #axiom #doubt #premise #questioning #reevaluation #reexamination #reexamine #revalidation #skepticism #takingforgranted