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“They say that genius is an infinite capacity for taking pains,” he [Holmes] remarked with a smile. “It’s a very bad definition, but it does apply to detective work.”

Arthur Conan Doyle (1859-1930) British writer and physician
Story (1886-04), “A Study in Scarlet,” Part 1, ch. 3, Beeton’s Christmas Annual, Vol. 28 (1887-11-21)

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Doyle, Arthur Conan - Story (1886-04), "A Study in Scarlet," Part 1, ch. 3, Beeton's Christmas Annual, Vol. 28 (1887-11-21) | WIST Quotations

"They say that genius is an infinite capacity for taking pains," he [Holmes] remarked with a smile. "It's a very bad definition, but it does apply to detective work." Published in novel form 1888-07. The quotation is usually attributed to Scottish historian and essayist Thomas Carlyle, but is a misquote…

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A quotation from Josh Billings

The time tew be karefullest iz when we hav a hand full ov trumps.

[The time to be carefullest is when we have a hand full of trumps.]

Josh Billings (1818-1885) American humorist, aphorist [pseud. of Henry Wheeler Shaw]
Josh Billings’ Farmer’s Allminax, 1870-06 (1870 ed.)

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Billings, Josh - Josh Billings' Farmer's Allminax, 1870-06 (1870 ed.) | WIST Quotations

The time tew be karefullest iz when we hav a hand full ov trumps. [The time to be carefullest is when we have a hand full of trumps.] Repeated in Everybody's Friend, Or; Josh Billing's Encyclopedia and Proverbial Philosophy of Wit and Humor, ch. 156 "Affurisms: Embers on the Harth"…

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A quotation from Stevenson

To be over-wise is to ossify; and the scruple-monger ends by standing stock-still.

Robert Louis Stevenson (1850-1894) Scottish essayist, novelist, poet
Essay (1878-04), “Æs Triplex,” Cornhill Magazine, Vol. 37

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LisPi Dec 1, 2022

The "learning to live with it" line that people say about #Covid is most often used in the most idiotic of ways. They mean "ignore it".

You don't ignore the pandemic, just like you don't ignore aggressive wasps or rabid coyotes living nearby. You "live with them" in the sense of taking adequate precautions and safety measures to not end-up horribly mangled & dead.

And if you can by some miracle get rid of them? Well you do.

#Carefulness #Security #Idiocy #NormalcyBias #Stupidity

Simple Dictionary Bot Sep 24, 2021

#Carefulness - Quality or state of being careful.