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  • Center of knowledge

    ‘Surely you mistake Cambridge. Wee are situated in as dark a corner of ye land (in terms of knowledge of world affairs) as can be well desired.‘― Roger Cotes

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  • Logical Proof

    ‘It is useless, my son. I have read Aristotle through twice and have found nothing about spots on the Sun. There are no spots on the Sun. They arise either from imperfections of your telescope or from defects in your eyes.‘― 17th century Jesuit professor

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  • The First Avenger

    ‘Man wrongs, but time avenges.‘― Byron

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  • Heresy

    ‘The dawn is here: arise my lovely one, Pour the wine, but slowly, and touch the lute, For those who are here will not stay long, While those departed will never return.‘― Omar Khayyam

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  • Books

    ‘A room without books is like a body without a soul.‘― Cicero

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  • Bar & Kwizine

    Went for dinner in Bar & Kwizine in Rijmenam some time ago. We were without kids so it was a private evening out just the 2 of us. We were tipped to check the place out located in an old house behind the church in the center of Rijmenam. We had good quality food and service very friendly. We had a table in a quiet corner at the front near the ‘bar/counter’. Ideal for a conversation during dinner, atmosphere was cosy. They had some special bears in bottles which was nice, food is something I would describe as a mix…

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  • Practice

    ‘Practice without theory is blind, theory without practice is sterile.‘― a Kantian Karl Marx

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  • Blood

    ‘Blood and cruelty are the foundation of all good things.‘― Hernando de Soto

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  • One, two, three

    ‘One’s enough. Two is company. Three’s a crowd.‘― Folk Wisdom

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  • Einstein on Israel

    ‘The attitude we adopt toward the Arab minority will provide the real test of our moral standards as a people.‘― Albert Einstein

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