Quotes from Nero Wolfe: experience guided by intelligence

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You are to act in the light of experience as guided by intelligence. In the Best Families

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Nothing is more admirable than the fortitude with which millionaires tolerate the disadvantages of their wealth. The Red Box

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I carry this fat to insulate my feelings. They got too strong for me once or twice and I had that idea. If I had stayed lean and kept moving around I would have been dead long ago. Over My Dead Body

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Besides, in this century of the overwhelming triumph of science, the appeal of the cause of human freedom is no longer that it is great and noble; it is essential. It is no greater than the cause of edible food or the cause of effective shelter. Man must have freedom or he will cease to exist as man. The Black Mountain

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Subtlety chases the obvious in a never-ending spiral and never quite catches it. The Silent Speaker

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It was an appalling failure of intellect which has sometimes been known to function satisfactorily. The Silent Speaker

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