"But let the wise be warned against too great readiness to explanation: it multiplies the sources of mistake, lengthening the sum for reckoners sure to go wrong."
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"But that's just the aim of civilization - to make everything a source of enjoyment."
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"Control is the source of strategic power."
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"The course of a river is almost always disapproved of by the source."
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"Not to mention the CIA which should be, I think, dissolved, it's of no use - a great source of mischief - I don't see any point to the FBI."
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"The source of one's joy is also often the source of one's sorrow."
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"We do an epically bad job of acknowledging one another's work and checking our sources."
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"The closer you get to the source, the more you begin to understand its essential nature."
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"It is sometimes the most fragile things that have the power to endure and become sources of strength."
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"We are scarcely apt to berate the source of enjoyment."
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