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It has long been an article of our folklore that too much knowledge or skill,
or especially consummate expertise, is a bad thing.  It dehumanizes those who
achieve it, and makes difficult their commerce with just plain folks, in whom
good old common sense has not been obliterated by mere book learning or fancy
notions.  This popular delusion flourishes now more than ever, for we are all
infected with it in the schools, where educationists have elevated it from
folklore to Article of Belief.  It enhances their self-esteem and lightens
their labors by providing theoretical justification for deciding that
appreciation, or even simple awareness, is more to be prized than knowledge,
and relating (to self and others), more than skill, in which minimum
competence will be quite enough.
                -- The Underground Grammarian

It has long been an axiom of mine that the little things are infinitely
the most important.
                -- Sherlock Holmes

It has long been an axiom of mine that the
little things are infinitely the most important.
                -- Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, "A Case of Identity"

It has long been known that birds will occasionally build nests in the
manes of horses.  The only known solution to this problem is to sprinkle
baker's yeast in the mane, for, as we all know, yeast is yeast and nest
is nest, and never the mane shall tweet.

It has long been known that one horse can run faster
than another -- but which one?  Differences are crucial.
                -- Lazarus Long

It has long been noticed that juries are pitiless for robbery and full of
indulgence for infanticide.  A question of interest, my dear Sir!  The jury
is afraid of being robbed and has passed the age when it could be a victim
of infanticide.
                -- Edmond About

It is a hard matter, my fellow citizens,
to argue with the belly, since it has no ears.
                -- Marcus Porcius Cato

It is a lesson which all history teaches
wise men, to put trust in ideas, and not in circumstances.
                -- Emerson

It is a poor judge who cannot award a prize.

It is a profitable thing, if one is wise, to seem foolish.
                -- Aeschylus