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Creativity is not the finding of a thing, but the making something out of it after it is found.

Creativity is not the finding of a thing, but the making something out of it after it is found.

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Compromise makes a good umbrella, but a poor roof; it is temporary expedient, often wise in party politics, almost sure read more

Compromise makes a good umbrella, but a poor roof; it is temporary expedient, often wise in party politics, almost sure to be unwise in statesmanship.

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True scholarship consists in knowing not what things exist, but what they mean; it is not memory but judgment.

True scholarship consists in knowing not what things exist, but what they mean; it is not memory but judgment.

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Aspiration sees only one side of every question; possession,
many.

Aspiration sees only one side of every question; possession,
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We remain
Safe in the hallowed quiets of the past.

We remain
Safe in the hallowed quiets of the past.

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