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Divinity retains the appearance of insight, when in reality it celebrates ignorance. Its tenets are so much clay, and when the clay sets, it becomes dogma.

Anthony Ryan , in Tower Lord
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If there is a credo in practical medicine, it is that the important thing is to be sensible.

Atul Gawande , in Complications: A Surgeon's Notes on an Imperfect Science
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