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subtlety quotes

  • The subtlety of nature isgreater many times over than the subtlety of the senses and understanding.

    - Francis,Viscount St Albans Bacon
      Novum Organum, bk.1, aphorism10.

  • Thy brother came with subtilty, and hath taken away thy blessing.

    -Bible (Old Testament)
    Genesis 27:35.

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