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| 10 seconds labelling a sample saves 30 minutes identifying it later. | 317 | 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. | 255 | 39 | 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 | 256 | 46 | 5
| Absolutely true
| Something to think about
| Nonsense
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| The more you learn, the dumber you feel | 204 | 74 | 18
| Absolutely true
| Something to think about
| Nonsense
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| Troubles overcome are good to tell | 179 | 53 | 6
| Absolutely true
| Something to think about
| Nonsense
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| A gram in hand is worth two in the flask | 157 | 43 | 17
| Absolutely true
| Something to think about
| Nonsense
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| A day in the library can save a week in the hospital | 158 | 70 | 20
| Absolutely true
| Something to think about
| Nonsense
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| One chemist's side product/decomp is another chemists target. | 152 | 95 | 15
| Absolutely true
| Something to think about
| Nonsense
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| the more you get,the more you want | 150 | 62 | 16
| Absolutely true
| Something to think about
| Nonsense
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| Cleanliness is next to success | 157 | 82 | 30
| Absolutely true
| Something to think about
| Nonsense
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| garbage in, garbage out | 134 | 53 | 16
| Absolutely true
| Something to think about
| Nonsense
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| Rearrangements happen. | 123 | 82 | 7
| Absolutely true
| Something to think about
| Nonsense
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| Let it sit, and it goes to sh*&. | 130 | 93 | 27
| Absolutely true
| Something to think about
| Nonsense
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| An hour a week on basics can yield advanced ideas | 92 | 37 | 6
| Absolutely true
| Something to think about
| Nonsense
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| The more you try the luckier you get. | 111 | 74 | 33
| Absolutely true
| Something to think about
| Nonsense
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| The yield of a final product is always less than expected. | 82 | 5 | 6
| Absolutely true
| Something to think about
| Nonsense
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| Education is the path from cocky arrogance to miserable insecurity | 85 | 39 | 16
| Absolutely true
| Something to think about
| Nonsense
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| too much analysis leads to paralysis | 93 | 78 | 26
| Absolutely true
| Something to think about
| Nonsense
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| If it is highly colored, you will spill it on yourself. | 96 | 63 | 38
| 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. | 88 | 68 | 37
| Absolutely true
| Something to think about
| Nonsense
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| The flask only falls when you are not there to catch it. | 87 | 56 | 36
| Absolutely true
| Something to think about
| Nonsense
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| It's not the cage that sings, it's the bird inside. | 62 | 75 | 19
| Absolutely true
| Something to think about
| Nonsense
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| Change or you will be changed | 72 | 76 | 29
| Absolutely true
| Something to think about
| Nonsense
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| Fusion of knowledge and creativity leads invention | 42 | 14 | 3
| Absolutely true
| Something to think about
| Nonsense
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| The purple fraction is NOT your product. | 59 | 18 | 24
| Absolutely true
| Something to think about
| Nonsense
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| A week in the lab can save you a day in the library. | 97 | 40 | 64
| Absolutely true
| Something to think about
| Nonsense
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| Love your chemistry, chemistry will love you! | 94 | 39 | 61
| Absolutely true
| Something to think about
| Nonsense
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| Oxidants happen | 56 | 44 | 24
| Absolutely true
| Something to think about
| Nonsense
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| the more you give the more you get | 64 | 58 | 32
| 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! | 76 | 42 | 45
| Absolutely true
| Something to think about
| Nonsense
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| twenty (mgs) is plenty | 69 | 46 | 39
| Absolutely true
| Something to think about
| Nonsense
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| You only have two hands, and days only have 24 hours | 28 | 9 | 1
| Absolutely true
| Something to think about
| Nonsense
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| The worse it smells, the greater chance that it will bump. | 69 | 63 | 42
| Absolutely true
| Something to think about
| Nonsense
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| The early-bird catches the worm... But the second mouse gets the cheese! | 27 | 20 | 9
| Absolutely true
| Something to think about
| Nonsense
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| BOC-Pipirazines WILL foam! | 17 | 43 | 9
| Absolutely true
| Something to think about
| Nonsense
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| Buzzed chemistry is the best chemistry | 11 | 5 | 20
| Absolutely true
| Something to think about
| Nonsense
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| chemistry is all about 99%25LUCK 1%25 theory | 38 | 36 | 52
| Absolutely true
| Something to think about
| Nonsense
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| chemist | 6 | 2 | 22
| Absolutely true
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| Nonsense
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| The bigger the coffee cup, the better the chemist. | 61 | 47 | 107
| Absolutely true
| Something to think about
| Nonsense
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| white is right | 30 | 45 | 79
| Absolutely true
| Something to think about
| Nonsense
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| When in doubt, throw it out. | 35 | 46 | 155
| Absolutely true
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| Nonsense
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| Gloves are for wimps | 28 | 12 | 215
| Absolutely true
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