"No man had ever heard a nightingale, When once a keen-eyed naturalist was stirred To study and define -- what is a bird."

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Source : Emma Lazarus (2015). “The Poems of Emma Lazarus, Volume I: Narrative, Lyric, and Dramatic”, p.215, Courier Corporation

Emma Lazarus

#Men Quotes #Bird Quotes #Study Quotes

“One cannot run from a challenge without losing. To flee is signing a death warrant to dignity and character, and, having run, there is no return; one is a weakling forever. Meeting a challenge, though one may be defeated, gives strength, character, and a certain assurance that regardless of outcome, one will survive or go down fighting.”

Source : "Reflections from the North Country".
“Live more and more in the present, which is ever beautiful and stretches away beyond the limits of the past and the future.”
“It's hard to balance everything. It's always challenging.”
“Those who are held Wise among men and who search the reasons of things, are those who bring the most sorrow on themselves.”
“Between hindsight bias, fake causality, positive bias, anchoring/priming, et cetera et cetera, and above all the dreaded confirmation bias, once an idea gets into your head, it's probably going to stay there.”

Source : "We Change Our Minds Less Often Than We Think" by Eliezer Yudkowsky, lesswrong.com. October 3, 2007.
“For that matter, thinking of one's self as exceptional is probably more the rule than not.”
“There are few things more liberating in this life than having your worst fear realized.”
“The goal of education is the advancement of knowledge and the dissemination of truth.”

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