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  1. A quotation from Emerson

       A man should learn to detect and watch that gleam of light which flashes across his mind from within, more than the lustre of the firmament of bards and sages. Yet he dismisses without notice his thought, because it is his.
       In every work of genius we recognize our own rejected thoughts; they come back to us with a certain alienated majesty. Great works of art have no more affecting lesson for us than this. They teach us to abide by our spontaneous impression with good-humored inflexibility then most when the whole cry of voices is on the other side. Else to-morrow a stranger will say with masterly good sense precisely what we have thought and felt all the time, and we shall be forced to take with shame our own opinion from another.

    Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803-1882) American essayist, lecturer, poet
    Essay (1841), “Self-Reliance,” Essays: First Series, No. 2

    More about this quote: wist.info/emerson-ralph-waldo/…

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  2. A quotation from Arthur Conan Doyle

    I’m not going to tell you much more of the case, Doctor. You know a conjurer gets no credit once he has explained his trick; and if I show you too much of my method of working, you will come to the conclusion that I am a very ordinary individual after all.

    Arthur Conan Doyle (1859-1930) British writer and physician
    Story (1886-04), “A Study in Scarlet,” Part 1, ch. 4 [Holmes], Beeton’s Christmas Annual, Vol. 28 (1887-11-21)

    More about this quote: wist.info/doyle-arthur-conan/8…

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  3. A quotation from A. A. Milne

       “I have been Foolish and Deluded,” said Pooh, “and I am a Bear of No Brain at All.”
       “You’re the Best Bear in All the World,” said Christopher Robin soothingly.

    A. A. Milne (1882-1956) English poet and playwright [Alan Alexander Milne]
    Winnie-the-Pooh, ch. 3 “Pooh and Piglet Go Hunting” (1926)

    More info about this quote: wist.info/milne-a-a/2843/

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  4. 🥥 Note to the #Fediverse and the #Universe: If I use #SelfDeprecating #humor, that is NOT an invitation for YOU to deprecate ME.
    If you can't back up your criticisms of me in essay form with facts and logic, just fuck right off now before I get riled up. 🥥