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A bottle of wine contains more philosophy than all the books in the world.

— Louis Pasteur

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I am on the edge of mysteries and the veil is getting thinner and thinner.

In the fields of observation chance favors only the prepared mind.

In the fields of observation chance favours only the prepared mind.

In the field of observation, chance favours only the prepared mind.

It is within the power of every living man to rid himself of every parasitic disease.

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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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