The advantage of doing one's praising to oneself is that one can lay it on so thick and exactly in the right places.

Samuel Butler (Novelist)

The Way of All Flesh

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Topic

Compliments

Author

Samuel Butler (Novelist)

Source

The Way of All Flesh

Medium

Novel

Language

English

Time

1902 1900s 20th century

Occupation

Novelist Writer

From

United Kingdom Europe

Authentication Score 3

Original Citation

Butler, Samuel. The Way of All Flesh. Grant Richards, 1903, ch. 34.

Current Citation

Butler, Samuel. The Way of All Flesh. Everyman's Library, 1993, ch. 34.

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To doubt everything and to believe everything are two equally convenient solutions; each saves us from thinking.

Henri Poincaré

Science and Hypothesis

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Topic
Critical thinking Doubt and skepticism Credulity

Author

Henri Poincaré
Source
Science and Hypothesis
Genre
Scientific literature
Language
French
Time
1902 1900s 20th century
Authentication Score 2
Original Citation

Poincare, Henri. La science et l'hypothese [Science and Hypothesis]. Flammarion, 1902, introduction.

Current Citation

Poincare, Henri. Science and Hypothesis: The Complete Text, translated by Melanie Frappier, Andrea Smith and David J. Stump, edited by Melanie Frappier and David J. Stump. Bloomsbury Academic, 2022, preface.