"If I am given a formula, and..." - Quote by Saint Augustine
If I am given a formula, and I am ignorant of its meaning, it cannot teach me anything, but if I already know it what does the formula teach me?
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“Let our lives be good, and the times are good. We make our times; such as we are, such are the times.”
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