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Razors Quotes

Entia non sunt multiplicanda praeter necessitatem

'Occams's Razor', an ancient philosophical principle often attributed to Occam but earlier in origin; not found in this form in his writings, though he frequently used similar expressions, e.g. Pluralitas non est ponenda sine necessitate [Plurality should not be assumed unnecessarily] in 'Quodlibeta' (c.1324) no. 5, question 1, art. 2. J. C. Way (ed.) 'Opera Theologica' (1980) vol. 9, p. 476

These words are razors to my wounded heart.

William Shakespeare, Nikolaus Delius, Charles Symmons (1854). “The complete works of William Shakespeare: The text regulated by the old copies and by the recently discovered folio of 1632, containing early manuscript emendations. With notes, selected and original, a copious and almost new glossary, the poet's life and portrait”, p.612

Swing your razor wide! Sweeney, hold it to the skies!

Stephen Sondheim, Hugh Wheeler (1979). “Sweeney Todd, the demon barber of Fleet Street: a musical thriller”, Dodd Mead

Every good thing in the world stands on the razor-edge of danger.

Thornton Wilder (1961). “Twayne's United States Authors Series”

We are to admit no more causes of natural things than such as are both true and sufficient to explain their appearances.

1687 Newton's First Rule of Reasoning in Philosophy. Philosophiae Naturalis PrincipiaMathematica (translated by Andrew Motte,1729).

C is a razor-sharp tool, with which one can create an elegant and efficient program or a bloody mess.

Brian W. Kernighan, Rob Pike (1999). “The Practice of Programming”, p.71, Addison-Wesley Professional

Satire should, like a polished razor keen, Wound with a touch that's scarcely felt or seen.

Lady Mary Wortley Montagu, “Verses Addressed To The Imitator Of The First Satire Of The Second Book Of Horace”