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It is sometimes important for science to know how to forget the things she is surest of.
It is sometimes important for science to know how to forget the things she is surest of.
 Jean Rostand

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I have always found that mercy bears richer fruits than strict justice.
A lie gets halfway around the world before the truth has a chance to get its pants on.

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