"If a man will begin with certainties, he shall end in doubts, but if he will content to begin with doubts, he shall end in certainties."

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Source : The Advancement of Learning bk. 1, ch. 5, sec. 8 (1605)

Francis Bacon

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“I still go to a party and say something embarrassing to someone, and then write them a weird e-mail about it the next day, and then write them a text because I think they didn't get the e-mail. No matter what happens with your level of success, you still have to deal with all the baggage that is yourself.”

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