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| 10 seconds labelling a sample saves 30 minutes identifying it later. | 240 | 5 | 2
| Absolutely true
| Something to think about
| Nonsense
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| Knowing the chemistry of a reaction before running it once is better than running it ten times without knowing anything. | 187 | 29 | 2
| Absolutely true
| Something to think about
| Nonsense
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| Just because you found it in literature doesn't mean it's correct | 185 | 34 | 5
| Absolutely true
| Something to think about
| Nonsense
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| The more you learn, the dumber you feel | 153 | 59 | 13
| Absolutely true
| Something to think about
| Nonsense
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| Troubles overcome are good to tell | 137 | 40 | 3
| Absolutely true
| Something to think about
| Nonsense
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| A day in the library can save a week in the hospital | 122 | 50 | 16
| Absolutely true
| Something to think about
| Nonsense
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| One chemist's side product/decomp is another chemists target. | 116 | 68 | 13
| Absolutely true
| Something to think about
| Nonsense
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| the more you get,the more you want | 112 | 51 | 12
| Absolutely true
| Something to think about
| Nonsense
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| A gram in hand is worth two in the flask | 110 | 33 | 14
| Absolutely true
| Something to think about
| Nonsense
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| Cleanliness is next to success | 122 | 65 | 27
| Absolutely true
| Something to think about
| Nonsense
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| garbage in, garbage out | 99 | 39 | 12
| Absolutely true
| Something to think about
| Nonsense
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| Rearrangements happen. | 91 | 63 | 5
| Absolutely true
| Something to think about
| Nonsense
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| Let it sit, and it goes to sh*&. | 101 | 67 | 22
| Absolutely true
| Something to think about
| Nonsense
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| too much analysis leads to paralysis | 76 | 55 | 19
| Absolutely true
| Something to think about
| Nonsense
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| The more you try the luckier you get. | 82 | 53 | 26
| Absolutely true
| Something to think about
| Nonsense
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| An hour a week on basics can yield advanced ideas | 53 | 26 | 4
| Absolutely true
| Something to think about
| Nonsense
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| If you don't get what you like, try to like what you get. | 75 | 49 | 27
| Absolutely true
| Something to think about
| Nonsense
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| Education is the path from cocky arrogance to miserable insecurity | 55 | 23 | 8
| Absolutely true
| Something to think about
| Nonsense
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| If it is highly colored, you will spill it on yourself. | 75 | 44 | 29
| Absolutely true
| Something to think about
| Nonsense
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| Change or you will be changed | 60 | 65 | 18
| Absolutely true
| Something to think about
| Nonsense
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| The flask only falls when you are not there to catch it. | 69 | 42 | 28
| Absolutely true
| Something to think about
| Nonsense
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| It's not the cage that sings, it's the bird inside. | 52 | 64 | 12
| Absolutely true
| Something to think about
| Nonsense
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| A week in the lab can save you a day in the library. | 77 | 33 | 44
| Absolutely true
| Something to think about
| Nonsense
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| The yield of a final product is always less than expected. | 36 | 4 | 3
| Absolutely true
| Something to think about
| Nonsense
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| the more you give the more you get | 52 | 46 | 26
| Absolutely true
| Something to think about
| Nonsense
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| The worse it smells, the greater chance that it will bump. | 58 | 48 | 32
| Absolutely true
| Something to think about
| Nonsense
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| Oxidants happen | 40 | 34 | 16
| Absolutely true
| Something to think about
| Nonsense
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| Love your chemistry, chemistry will love you! | 71 | 33 | 47
| Absolutely true
| Something to think about
| Nonsense
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| The purple fraction is NOT your product. | 38 | 12 | 15
| Absolutely true
| Something to think about
| Nonsense
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| The work isn't done until the pigs are fed, watered and ready to fly! | 61 | 36 | 39
| Absolutely true
| Something to think about
| Nonsense
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| Fusion of knowledge and creativity leads invention | 22 | 9 | 0
| Absolutely true
| Something to think about
| Nonsense
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| twenty (mgs) is plenty | 50 | 35 | 31
| Absolutely true
| Something to think about
| Nonsense
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| The early-bird catches the worm... But the second mouse gets the cheese! | 14 | 7 | 1
| Absolutely true
| Something to think about
| Nonsense
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| BOC-Pipirazines WILL foam! | 13 | 29 | 5
| Absolutely true
| Something to think about
| Nonsense
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| You only have two hands, and days only have 24 hours | 4 | 2 | 1
| Absolutely true
| Something to think about
| Nonsense
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| Buzzed chemistry is the best chemistry | 4 | 0 | 2
| Absolutely true
| Something to think about
| Nonsense
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| chemistry is all about 99%25LUCK 1%25 theory | 34 | 26 | 33
| Absolutely true
| Something to think about
| Nonsense
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| chemist | 0 | 1 | 1
| Absolutely true
| Something to think about
| Nonsense
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| white is right | 25 | 36 | 53
| Absolutely true
| Something to think about
| Nonsense
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| The bigger the coffee cup, the better the chemist. | 47 | 40 | 83
| Absolutely true
| Something to think about
| Nonsense
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| When in doubt, throw it out. | 33 | 37 | 121
| Absolutely true
| Something to think about
| Nonsense
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| Gloves are for wimps | 22 | 11 | 168
| Absolutely true
| Something to think about
| Nonsense
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