"Wisdom is not mathematical, nor astronomical, nor zoological; when it talks too much of any one thing it ceases to be itself. There are wise physicists, but wisdom is not physical; there are wise physicians, but wisdom is not medical."

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Source : George Sarton (1964). “A History of Science: Ancient Science Through the Golden Age of Greece”

George Sarton

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“An identity is questioned only when it is menaced, as when the mighty begin to fall, or when the wretched begin to rise, or when the stranger enters the gates, never, thereafter, to be a stranger.”
“Love is an ideal thing, marriage a real thing; a confusion of the real with the ideal never goes unpunished.”
“Women know when they've got the menopause but men don't quite know. They know it afterwards.”
“I have this theory that your first film is always your best film in some way. I always try to get back to that moment when you're not relying on things you've done before.”
“I 'm on the sea! I 'm on the sea! I am where I would ever be, With the blue above and the blue below, And silence wheresoever I go.”

Source : Barry Cornwall, “The Sea”
“We all have days where we can't pronounce things or give it the emotion it deserves.”
“Old carts can be repainted but they still keep moving in the same old ruts”

Source : Mongo Beti (1978). “Perpetua and the Habit of Unhappiness”, Heinemann Educational Books
“My forte is awkwardness.”

Source : "Megan Fox". Interview with Zach Galifianakis, www.interviewmagazine.com. June 22, 2010.

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