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It was six men of Hindustan
To learning much inclined,
Who went to see the Elephant
(Though all of them were blind)
That each by observation
Might satisfy the mind.

— John Godfrey Saxe

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Laws, like sausages, cease to inspire respect in proportion as we know how they are made.

'Tis well to borrow from the good and great;
'Tis wise to learn; 'tis God-like to create!

The Library: Reported in Hoyt's New Cyclopedia Of Practical Quotations (1922)

At Learning's fountain it is sweet to drink,
But 'tis a nobler privilege to think.

The Library; Reported in Hoyt's New Cyclopedia Of Practical Quotations (1922)

'T is wise to learn; 't is God-like to create.

"God bless the man who first invented sleep!"
So Sancho Panza said, and so say I.

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