“It is a curious thought, but it is only when you see people looking ridiculous that you realize just how much you love them.” — Agatha Christie
Quotations
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“Almost all really new ideas have a certain aspect of foolishness when they are first produced.” — Alfred North Whitehead
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“The obscure we see eventually. The completely obvious, it seems, takes longer.” — Edward R. Murrow
“To see what is in front of one’s nose requires a constant struggle.” — George Orwell
“How hard I find it to see what is right in front of my eyes!” — Wittgenstein
Misc
- ALONE and UPRAISE can be beheaded twice and retain their essential meanings.
- Evelyn Waugh’s first wife was named Evelyn.
- 1033 = 81 + 80 + 83 + 83
- Can a shadow rotate?
- “Genius is nothing but a greater aptitude for patience.” — Benjamin Franklin
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“Snow is a faked cleanliness.” — Goethe
Misc
- SWEET-TOOTHED has three consecutive pairs of letters. SUBBOOKKEEPER has four.
- Will you answer this question negatively?
- 4624 = 44 + 46 + 42 + 44
- The telephone number 278-7433 spells both ASTRIDE and CRUSHED.
- “Nothing great was ever achieved without enthusiasm.” — Emerson
Undercover
“The greatest pleasure I know is to do a good action by stealth and have it found out by accident.” — Charles Lamb
“The work an unknown good man has done is like a vein of water flowing hidden underground, secretly making the ground green.” — Thomas Carlyle
“Do good by stealth, and blush to find it fame.” — Alexander Pope
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“The religion of one age is the literary entertainment of the next.” — Emerson
Misc
- The smallest number name that’s typed with eight fingers is ONE SEPTILLION ONE THOUSAND.
- Cincinnati, Cleveland, and Columbus are all towns in Indiana.
- 2427 = 21 + 42 + 23 + 74
- SAN DIEGO is an anagram of DIAGNOSE.
- “It is not customary to love what one has.” — Anatole France
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“There is no such thing on earth as an uninteresting subject; the only thing that can exist is an uninterested person.”
— G.K. Chesterton