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It is not the answer that enlightens, but the question.
It is not the answer that enlightens, but the question.
Historians are like deaf people who go on answering questions that no one has asked them.
Historians are like deaf people who go on answering questions that no one has asked them.
No man really becomes a fool until he stops asking questions.
No man really becomes a fool until he stops asking questions.
To find the exact answer, one must first ask the exact question.
To find the exact answer, one must first ask the exact question.
A prudent question is one-half of wisdom.
A prudent question is one-half of wisdom.
It is error only, and not truth, that shrinks from inquiry.
It is error only, and not truth, that shrinks from inquiry.
Questions show the mind's range, and answers its subtlety.
Questions show the mind's range, and answers its subtlety.
A timid question will always receive a confident answer.
A timid question will always receive a confident answer.
No question is so difficult to answer as that which the answer is obvious.
No question is so difficult to answer as that which the answer is obvious.
