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To neglect the wise sayings of great thinkers is to deny ourselves the truest education.

William James

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William James
Age: 68 †
Born: 1842
Born: January 11
Died: 1910
Died: August 26
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An impression which simply flows in at the pupil's eyes or ears and in no way modifies his active life, is an impression gone to waste. It is physiologically incomplete... Its motor consequences are what clinch it.
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There's nothing so absurd that if you repeat it often enough, people will believe it.
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