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  1. A quotation from La Rochefoucauld

    The world oftener rewards the appearance of merit than merit itself.
     
    [Le monde récompense plus souvent les apparences du mérite que le mérite même.]

    François VI, duc de La Rochefoucauld (1613-1680) French epigrammatist, memoirist, noble
    Réflexions ou sentences et maximes morales [Reflections; or Sentences and Moral Maxims], ¶166 (1665-1678) [tr. Bund/Friswell (1871)]

    More about (and translations of) this quote: wist.info/la-rochefoucauld-fra…

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  2. On the Emergence of Neuroforecasting

    Knowledge in the neurosciences, theory and methodology, is increasingly applied to improve and deepen our understanding of consumer decision processes, affect and cognition, and behaviours, in a young field known as consumer neuroscience; practical implementation of this knowledge on consumers in marketing management is known as neuromarketing. Relevant specialisitations in the neurosciences include neuropsychology, neuroeconomics, and neurobiology. The research has largely focused on […]

    consumergateway.org/2026/07/13

  3. A quotation from Robert Ingersoll

    There are in nature neither rewards nor punishments — there are consequences.

    Robert Green Ingersoll (1833-1899) American lawyer, freethinker, orator
    Essay (1881-08) “The Christian Religion,” “Is All of the Bible Inspired?” ch. 2, North American Review, Vol. 133, No. 297

    More about this quote: wist.info/ingersoll-robert-gre…

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  4. A quotation from Robert Ingersoll

    Happiness is not a reward — it is a consequence. Suffering is not a punishment — it is a result.

    Robert Green Ingersoll (1833-1899) American lawyer, freethinker, orator
    Essay (1881-11) “The Christian Religion,” “Part 2” North American Review, Vol. 133, No. 300

    More about this quote: wist.info/ingersoll-robert-gre…

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