Human beings, who are almost unique in having the ability to learn from the experience of others, are also remarkable for their apparent disinclination to do so.

Quote by Douglas Adams

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This must be Thursday. I never could get the hang of Thursdays.

This must be Thursday. I never could get the hang of Thursdays.

Humans are not proud of their ancestors, and rarely invite them round to dinner.

Humans are not proud of their ancestors, and rarely invite them round to dinner.

The major difference between a thing that might go wrong and a thing that cannot...

The major difference between a thing that might go wrong and a thing that cannot...

I'm spending a year dead for tax reasons.

I'm spending a year dead for tax reasons.

Life is wasted on the living.

Life is wasted on the living.

Now it is such a bizarrely improbable coincidence that anything so mind-bog-gglingly useful could have...

Now it is such a bizarrely improbable coincidence that anything so mind-bog-gglingly useful could have...

I refuse to answer that question on the grounds that I don't know the answer

I refuse to answer that question on the grounds that I don't know the answer

Flying is learning how to throw yourself at the ground and miss.

Flying is learning how to throw yourself at the ground and miss.

If it looks like a duck, and quacks like a duck, we have at least...

If it looks like a duck, and quacks like a duck, we have at least...

The impossible often has a kind of integrity which the merely improbable lacks.

The impossible often has a kind of integrity which the merely improbable lacks.

I refuse to prove that I exist says God, for proof denies faith, and without...

I refuse to prove that I exist says God, for proof denies faith, and without...

Many men of course became extremely rich, but this was perfectly natural and nothing to...

Many men of course became extremely rich, but this was perfectly natural and nothing to...

A computer terminal is not some clunky old television with a typewriter in front of...

A computer terminal is not some clunky old television with a typewriter in front of...

There is a theory which states that if ever for any reason anyone discovers what...

There is a theory which states that if ever for any reason anyone discovers what...

The knack of flying is learning how to throw yourself at the ground and miss.

The knack of flying is learning how to throw yourself at the ground and miss.

Life is like a grapefruit. Well, it's sort of orangy-yellow and dimpled on the outside,...

Life is like a grapefruit. Well, it's sort of orangy-yellow and dimpled on the outside,...

Isn't it enough to see that a garden is beautiful without having to believe that...

Isn't it enough to see that a garden is beautiful without having to believe that...

Philosophy is the love of wisdom: Christianity is the wisdom of love.

Philosophy is the love of wisdom: Christianity is the wisdom of love.

God's wounds cure, sin's kisses kill

God's wounds cure, sin's kisses kill

If you believe in an unseen Christ, you will believe in the unseen Christlike potential...

If you believe in an unseen Christ, you will believe in the unseen Christlike potential...