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By three methods we may learn wisdom: First, by reflection, which is noblest; Second, by imitation, which is easiest; and third by experience, which is the bitterest

Quote by Confucius about wisdom, experience

But that methodology where players are pitted against...

But that methodology where players are pitted against other unfamiliar players has been so widely adapted now that anybody plays with everybody.

Quote by Derek Bailey

I don't think it is any different from what it was, ...

I don't think it is any different from what it was, except that the method is now familiar so you can't set up some internal shock situation.

Quote by Derek Bailey about contentment

In fact it's quite gratifying for me to see some of the people who really objected to this method of working now being quite so profligate in their use of it.

Quote by Derek Bailey about use, being, people

Irregularity and want of method are only supportable in men of great learning or genius, who are often too full to be exact, and therefore they choose to throw down their pearls in heaps before the reader, rather than be at the pains of stringing...

Quote by Joseph Addison about genius, man

The fear of death often proves mortal, and sets people on...

The fear of death often proves mortal, and sets people on methods to save their Lives, which infallibly destroy them.

Quote by Joseph Addison about destruction, fear, death, people

Let it be your constant method to look into the design of people's actions, and see what they would be at, as often as it is practicable; and to make this custom the more significant, practice it first upon yourself.

Quote by Marcus Aurelius about nation, people

Crime is terribly revealing. Try and vary your methods as you will, your tastes, your habits, your attitude of mind, and your soul is revealed by your actions.

Quote by Agatha Christie about crime, habits, attitude, criminals, soul, mind, contentment

But with this last enlargement Europe has changed its...

But with this last enlargement Europe has changed its nature. The new countries are diverse. The old methods will no longer work.

Quote by Laurent Fabius about country, old, olderness, nature, work

These code authorities could regulate production, quantities, qualities, prices, distribution methods, etc. , under the supervision of the NRA. This was fascism.

Quote by John Thomas Flynn

The proper method for hastening the decay of error is by...

The proper method for hastening the decay of error is by teaching every man to think for himself.

Quote by William Godwin about teaching, error, man

I know war as few other men now living know it, and nothing to me is more revolting. I have long advocated its complete abolition, as its very destructiveness on both friend and foe has rendered it useless as a method of settling international...

Quote by Ernest Hemingway about war, man, nothing

All human errors are impatience, a premature breaking off...

All human errors are impatience, a premature breaking off of methodical procedure, an apparent fencing-in of what is apparently at issue.

Quote by Franz Kafka about error, human imperfections

Logic is a systematic method of coming to the wrong...

Logic is a systematic method of coming to the wrong conclusion with confidence.

Quote by Edward A. Murphy about technology, logic, bad

Improvisation is a compositional method.

Improvisation is a compositional method.

Quote by Evan Parker about advice

There is a reason it is called fossil fuel-it is an...

There is a reason it is called fossil fuel-it is an outdated method of getting power.

Quote by Alexandra Paul about reason, power

But man has still another powerful resource: natural...

But man has still another powerful resource: natural science with its strictly objective methods.

Quote by Ivan Pavlov about power, purpose, science, man

Thanks to our present surgical methods in physiology we can demonstrate at any time almost all phenomena of digestion without the loss of even a single drop of blood, without a single scream from the animal undergoing the experiment.

Quote by Ivan Pavlov about medicine, blood, present, time

In England, literary pretence is more universal than...

In England, literary pretence is more universal than elsewhere from our method of education.

Quote by James Payn about univers, literary critic, education

Success cannot come from standstill men. Methods change...

Success cannot come from standstill men. Methods change and men must change with them.

Quote by James Cash Penney about success, change, man

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