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“The world is full of obvious things which nobody by any chance ever observes.” Arthur Conan Doyle, “The Hound of the Baskervilles” - 1902

“In vain, therefore, should we pretend to determine any single event, or infer any cause or effect, without the assistance of observation and experience.” David Hume, “An Enquiry Concerning Human Understanding” - 1748

“There is a wisdom in this; beyond the rules of physic: a man's own observation, what he finds good of, and what he finds hurt of, is the best physic to preserve health.” Francis Bacon, “The Essays of Francis Bacon” - 1597

“A theory is a good theory if it satisfies two requirements. It must accurately describe a large class of observations on the basis of a model that contains only a few arbitrary elements, and it must make definite predictions about the results of...” Stephen Hawking, “A Brief History of Time” - 1988

“Sometimes I ride the subway all day and look at them and listen to them. I just want to figure out who they are and what they want and where they're going.” Ray Bradbury, “Fahrenheit 451” - 1953

“But people themselves alter so much, that there is something new to be observed in them for ever.” Jane Austen, “Pride and Prejudice” - 28 January 1813

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