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— Thomas de Quincey"The whole body of the arts and sciences composes one vast machinery for the irritation and development of the human intellect."
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He who possesses science and art, Possesses religion as well; He who possesses neither of these, Had better have religion.
— Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
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For I assure you, without travel, at least for people from the arts and sciences, one is a miserable creature!... A man of mediocre talents always remains mediocre, may he travel or not - but a man of superior talents, which I cannot deny myself to have without being blasphemous, becomes - bad, if he always stays in the same place.
— Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
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