Quotes of Redundancy - somelinesforyou

“ A tautology's truth is certain, a proposition's possible, a contradiction's impossible. ”

- Ludwig Wittgenstein

“ My definition of a redundancy is an air-bag in a politician's car. ”

- Larry Hagman

“ I have made this letter a rather long one, only because I didn't have the leisure to make it shorter. ”

- Blaise Pascal

“ This report, by its very length, defends itself against the risk of being read. ”

- Winston Churchill

“ Propositions show what they say: tautologies and contradictions show that they say nothing. ”

- Ludwig Wittgenstein

“ Reason is simply a vast tautology. ”

- J. M. Coetzee

“ To create man was a quaint and original idea, but to add the sheep was tautology. ”

- Mark Twain

“ Once the last trace of emotion has been eradicated, nothing remains of thought but absolute tautology. ”

- Theodor W. Adorno

“ All correct reasoning is a grand system of tautologies, but only God can make direct use of that fact. ”

- Herbert Simon

“ Exercise ferments the humors, casts them into their proper channels, throws off redundancies, and helps nature in those secret distributions, without which the body cannot subsist in its vigor, nor the soul act with cheerfulness. ”

- Joseph Addison
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