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|01 = '''I was brought up to believe that the only thing [[sense of life|worth doing]] was to add to the sum of [[Accuracy and precision|accurate]] [[information]] in the world.'''<br /> | |01 = '''I was brought up to believe that the only thing [[sense of life|worth doing]] was to add to the sum of [[Accuracy and precision|accurate]] [[information]] in the world.'''<br /> | ||
<cite style="font-size:0.9em; font-style:normal;">— [[Margaret Mead]] (1901 - 1978)</cite> | <cite style="font-size:0.9em; font-style:normal;">— [[Margaret Mead]] (1901 - 1978)</cite> | ||
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|52 = '''It ain't what you don't know that gets you into trouble. It's what you know for sure that just ain't so.''' - - Mark Twain | |52 = '''It ain't what you don't know that gets you into trouble. It's what you know for sure that just ain't so.''' - - Mark Twain | ||
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|53 = '''The improvement of understanding is for two ends: first our own increase of knowledge; secondly to enable us to deliver that knowledge to others.'''<br /> | |||
<cite style="font-size:0.9em; font-style:normal;">— [[John Locke]]''<br /> | |||
—<small>''[http://en.citizendium.org/wiki?title=CZ:Quote&action=edit add a quote about knowledge or writing]''</small> | —<small>''[http://en.citizendium.org/wiki?title=CZ:Quote&action=edit add a quote about knowledge or writing]''</small> | ||
Revision as of 18:00, 25 June 2012
Do not write merely to be understood. Write so you cannot possibly be misunderstood.
— Robert Louis Stevenson (1850-1894)
|53 = The improvement of understanding is for two ends: first our own increase of knowledge; secondly to enable us to deliver that knowledge to others.
— John Locke
—add a quote about knowledge or writing