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"There is strong shadow where there is much light." – Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, 'Götz von Berlichingen', Act I (1773).
"Alonso of Aragon was wont to say in commendation of age, that age appears to be best in four things, — old wood best to burn, old wine to drink, old friends to trust, and old authors to read." – Francis Bacon, 'Apothegms', No. 97
"Minds are the ultimate terra incognita, beyond the reach of all science and—in the case of languageless minds—beyond all empathetic conversation as well. So what? A little humility ought to temper our curiosity. Don't confuse ontological questions (about what exists) with epistemological questions (about how we know about it). We must grow…
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