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«There are three principal means of acquiring knowledge. . . observation of nature, reflection, and experimentation. Observation collects facts; reflection combines them; experimentation verifies the result of that combination.»
«Success tends to go not to the person who is error-free, because he also tends to be risk-averse. Rather it goes to the person who recognizes that life is pretty much a percentage business. It isn't making mistakes that's critical; it's correcting them and getting on with the principal task.»
«The principal advantage of a democracy, is a general elevation in the character of the people»
«The principal purpose of the Democratic Party is to use the force of government to take property away from the people who earn it and give it to people who do not»
«My principal objections to orthodox religion are two - slavery here and hell hereafter»
«The media network has its idols, but its principal idol is its own style which generates an aura of winning and leaves the rest in darkness. It recognizes neither pity nor pitilessness.»
«Rise above principal and do what's right.»
Author: Joseph Heller | Keywords: above, principal, rise
«The principal's toupee is not a Frisbee»
«MINISTER, n. An agent of a higher power with a lower responsibility. In diplomacy and officer sent into a foreign country as the visible embodiment of his sovereign's hostility. His principal qualification is a degree of plausible inveracity next below that of an ambassador.»
«To love truth for truth's sake is the principal part of human perfection in this world, and the seed-plot of all other virtues.»
Author: John Locke (Philosopher) | Keywords: plot, principal

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