"Buffon, who, with all his theoretical ingenuity and extraordinary eloquence, I suspect had little actual information in the science on which he wrote so admirably For instance, he tells us that the cow sheds her horns every two years; a most palpable error. ... It is wonderful that Buffon who lived so much in the country at his noble seat should have fallen into such a blunder I suppose he has confounded the cow with the deer."

Source : James Boswell (1863). “The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.: Comprehending an Account of His Studies and Numerous Works, in Chronological Order; a Series of His Epistolary Correspondence and Conversations with Many Eminent Persons; and Various Original Pieces of His Composition Never Before Published: the Whole Exhibiting a View of Literature and Literary Men in Great-Britain, for Near Half a Century During which He Flourished”, p.54

James Boswell

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“When we focus on our gratitude, the tide of disappointment goes out and the tide of love rushes in.”
“What is magical and mystifying to me about style is not that by seeing we can believe. It is that eventually, we can believe, because we can see we can embrace change the more we can make it tangible.”

Source : Stacy London (2012). “The Truth About Style”, p.208, Penguin
“I don't understand bus lanes. Why do poor people have to get to places quicker than I do?”
“Do not spoil what you have by desiring what you have not.”

Source : Epicurus (1964). “Letters: Principles Doctrines, and Vatican Sayings Translated, with an Introd. and Notes, by Russel M. Geor. Indianapolis Merrill”
“The only cure for a real hangover is death.”
“Every person is, in part, 'his own project' and makes himself.”

Source : Abraham H. Maslow (2013). “Toward a Psychology of Being”, p.175, Simon and Schuster
“Most savings rates are based on underlying interest rates.”

Source : Source: www.mirror.co.uk
“So long as the millions live in hunger and ignorance, I hold every man a traitor who, having been educated at their expense, pays not the least heed to them.”

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