No one reads; if someone does read, he doesn't understand; if he understands, he immediately forgets.
Stanisław Lem
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LUDWIG WITTGENSTEIN And if the reader has no taste for what he reads, all the time is wasted
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DR. SHAILESH THAKER If someone asks him to give the thumbs-up, he does.
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JAMES BRYCE Goethe once said of someone, He is a dull man. If he were a book, I would not read him.
JAMES BRYCE He who does not understand a joke, he does not understand Danish.
GEORG BRANDES He sits and reads his documents and does nothing else.
PAUL DEWOLFE No one can speak well, unless he thoroughly understands his subject.
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JOHN AUBREY If only no one had to fight at all." He shakes his head.
"It does no good to dream.
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TODD BODINE No one would talk much in society, if he knew how often he misunderstands others.
JOHANN WOLFGANG VON GOETHE God will provide -- ah, if only He would till He does!
YIDDISH PROVERB God will provide - ah, if only He would till He does!
YIDDISH PROVERB If he does it again, he won't be subbing here anymore.
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