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A young boy is a theory, an old man is a fact.
A young boy is a theory, an old man is a fact.
Conjecture as to things useful, is good; but conjecture as to what it would be useless to know, is very read more
Conjecture as to things useful, is good; but conjecture as to what it would be useless to know, is very idle.
A theory is no more like a fact than a photograph is like a person.
A theory is no more like a fact than a photograph is like a person.
You have to know you can first. How comes later.
You have to know you can first. How comes later.
You cannot run a business, or anything else, on a theory.
You cannot run a business, or anything else, on a theory.
There can be no theory of any account unless it corroborate with the theory of the earth.
There can be no theory of any account unless it corroborate with the theory of the earth.
Our theories of the eternal are as valuable as are those which a chick which has not broken its way read more
Our theories of the eternal are as valuable as are those which a chick which has not broken its way through its shell might form of the outside world.
There is a theory which states that if ever for any reason anyone discovers what exactly the Universe is for read more
There is a theory which states that if ever for any reason anyone discovers what exactly the Universe is for and why it is here it will instantly disappear and be replaced by something even more bizarre and inexplicable. There is another that states that this has already happened.
