The ability to simplify means to eliminate the unnecessary so that the necessary may speak.
— Hans Hofmann, quoted in Zen and the Art of Stand-up Comedy (1998)
To understand matters rightly we should understand their details, and as that knowledge is almost infinite, our knowledge is always superficial and imperfect.
— François VI, Duc de La Rochefoucauld, Reflections; or Sentences and Moral Maxims (1665–1678)
Be pitiful, for every man is fighting a hard battle.
— Ian Maclaren, The British Weekly (1898)
We must remember that our greatest strength is in our love of life and colors, beauty and music, dancing and joy. That is our secret weapon. That is something that the opposition does not have. Keep those things near and dear to your heart because in times of war that will sustain you.
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Tom Taylor (1817–1880) was an English dramatist, public servant and writer. After a brief academic career in English literature and language at University College London in the 1840s, Taylor practised law and became a civil servant. At the same time he became a journalist, most prominently as a contributor to and eventually the editor of the magazine Punch. He also began a theatre career and is now best known as a playwright. With up to one hundred plays staged during his career, both original work and adaptations of French plays, Taylor's output covers a range of genres from farce to melodrama. Most fell into neglect after Taylor's death, but Our American Cousin (1858), which achieved great success in the 19th century, remains famous as the piece that was being performed in the presence of Abraham Lincoln when he was assassinated in 1865. This undated photograph by the studio of Samuel Robert Lock and George C. Whitfield is part of Men of Mark: A Gallery of Contemporary Portraits, a collection published in 1881.Photograph credit: Lock & Whitfield; restored by Adam Cuerden
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For your fine contributions to Wikipedia, including starting an infobox at L'Intermédiaire des chercheurs et curieux. gidonb (talk) 05:34, 10 December 2017 (UTC) | 
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Please accept this for your impressive rewriting of W. S. Lach-Szyrma. Pointillist (talk) 21:42, 1 August 2013 (UTC) | 
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Nice work on the Magical Tree page! Sulfurboy (talk) 10:35, 23 May 2013 (UTC) |
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Thanks for creating Lists of cultivars and other similar lists, and for your efforts to improve the encyclopedia for the public. Northamerica1000(talk) 04:45, 7 April 2012 (UTC) | 
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Thanks for your recent contributions! -Mike Restivo (talk) 20:18, 29 April 2011 (UTC) |