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Alfred North Whitehead

Seek simplicity and distrust it.

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Although a man may not think of anything new after he is sixty, he often finds new ways to use what he already knows. www.english-slang.com

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Dogmatic common sense is the death of philosophic adventure. www.english-slang.com

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worth a cent

[worth a cent] {adj. phr.} Worth anything; of any value. - Used in negative, interrogative, and conditional sentences. * […]

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If you can learn from hard knocks, you can also learn from soft touches.

newb

[newb] Short for "newbie"; meaning someone who is new, usually at a game.

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Guy Wemore Carryl, "Beer," The Mauve Decade

It takes two bodies to make one seduction.

off one's head (or out of one's head)

[off one's head (or out of one's head)] {adj.} Mad or delirious.

all eyes

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