“There are no forbidden questions in science, no matters too sensitive or delicate to be probed, no sacred truths.”
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From a 1903 letter to President Roosevelt, John Hay Papers, Library of Congress.

“A sensitive person gets burned, like a delicate moth.”
Der Sensible muß verbrennen, dieser zarte Nachtfalter.
P 71
The Piano Teacher (1988)

Source: Dictionary of Burning Words of Brilliant Writers (1895), P. 285.

Escudero, F. [Francis]. (2015, February 4). Retrieved from Official Facebook Page of Francis Escudero https://www.facebook.com/senchizescudero/posts/10153048401875610/
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“No matter how much I probe and prod,
I cannot quite believe in God”
"Agnostic".
Rhymes for the Irreverent (1965)
Context: No matter how much I probe and prod,
I cannot quite believe in God;
But oh, I hope to God that He
Unswervingly believes in me.

Source: The Meaning of Culture (1929), p. 175