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Henry David Thoreau Writer, Philosopher
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"It [is of] some advantage to live a primitive and frontier life, though in the midst of an outward civilization, if only to learn what are the gross necessities of life."

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Plato Philosopher
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"Was not this ... what we spoke of as the great advantage of wisdom -- to know what is known and what is unknown to us?"

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Edmund Burke Philosopher, Politician
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"I do ride contend against the advantages of distrust. In the world we live in, it is but too necessary. Some of old called it the very sinews of discretion."

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Samuel Johnson Lexicographer, Essayist, Critic
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"Whatever advantage we snatch beyond a certain portion allotted us by at nature, is like money spent before it is due, which, at the time of regular payment, will be missed and regretted."

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Samuel Johnson Lexicographer, Essayist, Critic
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"Present opportunities are neglected, and attainable good is slighted, by minds busied in extensive ranges and intent upon future advantages."

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Stephen Jay Gould Paleontologist, Evolutionary Biologist
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"At a minimum, in explaining evolutionary pathways through time, the constraints imposed by history rise to equal prominence with the immediate advantages of adaptation."

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Larry Ellison Businessman
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"When you find errors in conventional wisdom-when everyone says A and A is not true-you gain competitive advantage. Only a few times do you have to find errors in conventional wisdom to make a living."

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