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Let's face it, if there were 10 people like me in the world, we wouldn't have time to read each other's books.

— Donald Knuth

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In this sense, we should continually be striving to transform every art into a science: in the process, we advance the art.

Computer Programming as an Art (1974)

The sun comes up just about as often as it goes down, in the long run, but this doesn't make its motion random.

The Art of Computer Programming (1968)

Beware of bugs in the above code; I have only proved it correct, not tried it.

I define UNIX as 30 definitions of regular expressions living under one roof.

Computers are good at following instructions, but not at reading your mind.

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Reading maketh a full man; conference a ready man; and writing an exact man.

Francis Bacon Meditationes sacræ (1597)

It is not in the books of the Philosophers, but in the religious symbolism of the Ancients, that we must look for the footprints of Science, and re-discover the Mysteries of Knowledge.

Albert Pike Morals and Dogma of the Ancient and Accepted Scottish Rite of Freemasonry (1871)

There is more than one way to burn a book. And the world is full of people running about with lit matches.

Ray Bradbury Fahrenheit 451 (1953)

People say that life is the thing, but I prefer reading.

Logan Pearsall Smith Afterthoughts (1931)

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