Theodor Billroth famous quotes
Last updated: Sep 5, 2024
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Statistics are like women; mirrors of purest virtue and truth, or like ***** to use as one pleases.
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Don't sugar-coat results. Don't make yourself look good when your strategy fails. Don't make others look good if their strategy failed.
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It is a most gratifying sign of the rapid progress of our time that our best text-books become antiquated so quickly.
-- Theodor Billroth
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The Mirror Empire is the most original fantasy I've read in a long time, set in a world full of new ideas, expanding the horizons of the genre. A complex and intricate book full of elegant ideas and finely-drawn characters.
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The practice mirror is to be used for the correction of faults, not for a love affair, and the figure you watch should not become your dearest friend.
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Well madam, have you looked in the mirror and seen the state of your nose? Boxing is my excuse. What's yours?
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In the hall of mirrors, you are everywhere. Which is the real you? Find your original Self, the one who perceives all the reflections and is amused by them. Then you will recognize your path and walk it.
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What used to be called prejudice is now called a null hypothesis.
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You only find complete unanimity in a cemetary.
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Higher education is not necessarily a guarantee of higher virtue.
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When all else failed, you had to rely on eyeball intrumentation.
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We must break problems down into small, digestible bits. We must define the concepts that we use and explain what components they consist of. We must tackle small problems.
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I always try not to overload my music with orchestration and to use only those instruments that are absolutely necessary.
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