"A science only advances with certainty, when the plan of inquiry and the object of our researches have been clearly defined; otherwise a small number of truths are loosely laid hold of, without their connexion being perceived, and numerous errors, without being enabled to detect their fallacy."

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Source : Jean Baptiste Say, Charles Robert Prinsep (1857). “A Treatise on Political Economy; Or, The Production, Distribution, and Consumption of Wealth”, p.15

Jean-Baptiste Say

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“The longer I've been a director, the less I have to 'direct.'”

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“There are minerals called hydrophanous, which are not transparent till they are immersed in water, when they become so; as the hydrophane, a variety of opal. So it is with many a Christian. Till the floods of adversity been poured over him, his character appears marred and clouded by selfishness and worldly influences. But trials clear away the obscurity, and give distinctness and beauty to his piety.”
“Chinese civilisation is so systematic that wild animals have been abolished on principle.”
“I think of myself in the oral tradition-as a troubadour, a village tale-teller, the man in the shadows of the campfire. That's the way I'd like to be remembered- as a storyteller. A good storyteller.”
“The courage to soar to great heights is inside all of us.”

Source : Kerri Strug (1996). “Heart of Gold”, p.41, Taylor Trade Publishing
“Who speaks of art speaks of poetry. There is not art without a poetic aim. There is a species of emotion particular to painting. There is an effect that results from a certain arrangement of colors, of lights, of shadows. It is this that one calls the music of painting”
“Every man must have freedom, must have the scope to form, test, and act upon his own choices, for any sort of development of his own personality to take place. He must, in short, be free in order that he may be fully human.”

Source : Murray N. Rothbard (2011). “Economic Controversies”, p.601, Ludwig von Mises Institute
“While at first it seemed like a depressing realization, I soon realized that makeup is powerful - it's every woman's secret weapon.”

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