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The power of accurate observation

The power of accurate observation is commonly called cynicism by those who have not got it.

Author Greg RavenPosted on September 20, 2009November 1, 2018Format QuoteCategories knowledge, truthTags George Bernard Shaw

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“Perhaps the sentiments contained in the following pages, are not yet sufficiently fashionable to procure them general favor; a long habit of not thinking a thing wrong, gives it a superficial appearance of being right, and raises at first a formidable outcry in defense of custom. But the tumult soon subsides.” — Thomas Paine

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