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I have time to wander, amuse and educate myself. I love to go to the Tower, the Jewel House, on foggy nights and dissolve to mist to absorb the history, the life there. The Black Prince ruby—before my time—makes the Imperial State Crown too
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The Black Prince Ruby is actually a red spinel. It was only in relatively modern times that the difference between ruby and spinel was noted.
“Whenever you find yourself on the side of the majority, it is time to reform (or pause and reflect).”
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“So many books, so little time.”
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“Beauty is in the eye of the beholder and it may be necessary from time to time to give a stupid or misinformed beholder a black eye.”
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“An expert is a person who has made all the mistakes that can be made in a very narrow field.”
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“If a man will begin with certainties, he shall end in doubts; but if he will be content to begin with doubts, he shall end in certainties.”
― The Oxford Francis Bacon IV: The Advancement of Learning
― The Oxford Francis Bacon IV: The Advancement of Learning
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