"I read Shakespeare and the Bible, and I can shoot dice. That's what I call a liberal education."

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“The cynic says "blessed is he who expecteth nothing, for he shall not be disappointed." I say "blessed is he who expecteth everything, for he can't always be disappointed.”

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"Angling may be said to be so like the mathematics that it can never be fully learnt."

— Izaak Walton

Literature1593–1683

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"What saved the economy, and the New Deal was the enormous public-works project known as World War II, which finally provided a fiscal stimulus adequate to the economy's needs."

— Paul Krugman

Economics1953

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"I am born into an environment — I know not whence I came nor whither I go nor who I am. This is my situation as yours, every single one of you. The fact that everyone always was in this same situation…"

— Erwin Schrödinger

Science1887–1961

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"The wild world is the human world. Having evolved in it for millions of centuries, we are not far removed by a cloth of civilization. It is packed into our genes. In fact, the more power-driven, compl…"

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