Conflictis the gadfly

Conflictis the gadfly
Conflictis the gadfly of thought. It stirs us to observation and memory. Itinstigates to invention. It shocks us out of sheeplikepassivity, and sets us at noting and contriving.
  

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Forbidden fruit can get us into a real jam.
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Nevercut what you can untie.
Nothing so wonderfully concentrates the mind as theprospect of a hanging.
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Neversay more than is necessary.