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When a finger points to the moon, the idiot looks at the finger"

(Chinese Proverb )

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"Intelligence is what you use when you don't know what to do"

Jean Piaget (1896–1980) Swiss philosopher and psychologist

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Es ist nichts schrecklicher als eine tätige Unwissenheit.

Nothing is more terrible than ignorance in action.

J. W. Goethe

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'In this world there are only two tragedies. One is not getting what one wants, and the other is getting it.'


Oscar Wilde, Irish poet and playwright

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"The first duty of an education is to stir up life, but leave it free to develop."

Maria Montessori (1870–1952) Italian educator

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"If I saw in stereo I'd go mad."

Jón Þór Birgisson, guitar player and singer of the Icelandic band Sigur Rós, who was born blind in one eye.

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"I don't think necessity is the mother of invention — invention, in my opinion, arises directly from idleness, possibly also from laziness. To save oneself trouble."

Agatha Christie (1890 - 1976) - English crime fiction writer

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"Do not consider it proof just because it is written in books."
Maimonides (~1135–1204) Spanish rabbi and philosopher

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"If you keep thinking about what you want to do or what you hope will happen, you don't do it, and it won't happen."

Erasmus of Rotterdam (1466-1536), Dutch Humanist

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"Painting is poetry that is seen rather than felt, and poetry is painting that is felt rather than seen."
Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519), Italian artist.

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"Awards become corroded, friends gather no dust."
Jesse Owens (1913-1980), US athlete