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If a dog jumps into your lap, it is because he is fond of you; but if a cat does the same thing, it is because your lap is warmer.
Alfred North Whitehead



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Author Profession: Mathematician
Nationality: English
Born: February 15, 1861
Died: December 30, 1947

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Select Alfred North Whitehead Quotations
Not ignorance, but ignorance of ignorance, is the death of knowledge.
Alfred North Whitehead

Philosophy is the product of wonder.
Alfred North Whitehead

Ideas won't keep; something must be done about them.
Alfred North Whitehead

Civilization advances by extending the number of important operations which we can perform without thinking of them.
Alfred North Whitehead

Knowledge shrinks as wisdom grows.
Alfred North Whitehead

Seek simplicity but distrust it.
Alfred North Whitehead

Almost all new ideas have a certain aspect of foolishness when they are first produced.
Alfred North Whitehead

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