Indeed, every true science has for its object the determination of certain phenomena by means of others, in accordance with the relations which exist between them.


Auguste Comte

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Nothing is more dangerous then having just one idea
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To think is to say no
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Everything ends with songs. [Fr., Tout finit par des chansons.]
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