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|14 = '''Writing is one of the most effective ways to develop thinking.'''<br /> | |14 = '''Writing is one of the most effective ways to develop thinking.'''<br /> | ||
<cite style="font-size:0.9em; font-style:normal;">— Syrene Forsman, ''Writing to Learn Means Learning to Think''</cite> | <cite style="font-size:0.9em; font-style:normal;">— Syrene Forsman, ''Writing to Learn Means Learning to Think''</cite> | ||
|16 = '''Do not [[writing|write]] merely to be understood. Write so you cannot possibly be misunderstood.'''<br /> | |16 = '''Do not [[writing|write]] merely to be understood. Write so you cannot possibly be misunderstood.'''<br /> | ||
<cite style="font-size:0.9em; font-style:normal;">— Robert Louis Stevenson (1850–1894)</cite> | <cite style="font-size:0.9em; font-style:normal;">— Robert Louis Stevenson (1850–1894)</cite> | ||
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|24 = '''Good [[prose]] is like a windowpane.'''<br /> | |24 = '''Good [[prose]] is like a windowpane.'''<br /> | ||
<cite style="font-size:0.9em; font-style:normal;">— George Orwell (1903–1950) [http://www.netcharles.com/orwell/essays/whyiwrite.htm ''Why I Write'']</cite> | <cite style="font-size:0.9em; font-style:normal;">— George Orwell (1903–1950) [http://www.netcharles.com/orwell/essays/whyiwrite.htm ''Why I Write'']</cite> | ||
|25 = '''That which we | |25 = '''That which we know is a little thing; that which we do not know is immense. '''<br /> | ||
<cite style="font-size:0.9em; font-style:normal;">— Pierre-Simon de Laplace (1749–1827), French [[physicist]] and [[Math|mathematician]], systematizer and elaborator of [[probability theory]]</cite> | <cite style="font-size:0.9em; font-style:normal;">— Pierre-Simon de Laplace (1749–1827), French [[physicist]] and [[Math|mathematician]], systematizer and elaborator of [[probability theory]]</cite> | ||
|26 = '''I've learned very early the difference between knowing the name of something and knowing something.'''<br /> | |26 = '''I've learned very early the difference between knowing the name of something and knowing something.'''<br /> | ||
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To study the greatest of the scholars of the past is to enjoy intercourse with superior minds.
— A.E. Housman
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