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“What little I have learned in the course of a long life, regarding the gods, I have tried to forget.”

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“Until we reach the end of time, we don’t know whether something’s been good or bad; we can only judge the intentions of those who acted.”

“No man has a home unless he is master of a place where he must please no one—a place where he can go and lock the door behind him.”

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— Anton Chekhov

Literature1860–1904

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"When you study natural science and the miracles of creation, if you don't turn into a mystic you are not a natural scientist."

— Albert Hofmann

Art1859–1926

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"Every kind of science, if it has only reached a certain degree of maturity, automatically becomes a part of mathematics."

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Mathematics1862–1943

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Psychology1933–1984

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