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When success turns a man's head he faces failure
Alfred North Whitehead
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Alfred North Whitehead
Age: 86 †
Born: 1861
Born: February 15
Died: 1947
Died: December 30
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A man really writes for an audience of about ten persons. Of course if others like it, that is clear gain. But if those ten are satisfied, he is content.
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Aristotle discovered all the half-truths which were necessary to the creation of science.
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What is morality in any given time or place? It is what the majority then and there happen to like and immorality is what they dislike.
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