cody-bryce comments on Rationality Quotes May 2013 - Less Wrong

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Comment author: Stabilizer 02 May 2013 01:25:06AM 6 points [-]

When you have spoken the word, it reigns over you. When it is unspoken you reign over it.

-Arabian proverb

Comment author: cody-bryce 20 May 2013 02:39:50PM 3 points [-]

A not-entirely-different quote has been posted in the past

The words "I am..." are potent words; be careful what you hitch them to. The thing you're claiming has a way of reaching back and claiming you.

–A.L. Kitselman