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"Quando che la merda monta in scagno, o che la spusa o che la fa danno" 

 excessive visibility & decisional power to intellectually dishonest people eventually damage the whole scientific community

"Chi tropo se inchina, mostra el culo"

  researchers who kiss up to power do not look good

"Val de pí un a far que zento a comandar"

the authors who actually did the work are the ones to invite to speak 

"Quando che l’omo xe stimà el pol pissar in leto e dir che il ga suà"

in referee reports we are biased and indulgent towards "big names"

"Fa pi bacan el caro vodo de quel pien"

real breakthrough are often hard to digest and  do not make the hype

"Roba rubada no fa pro" 

carriers built on the results of others  will eventually show their limits 

"I mona se conosse da do robe: dal parlar quando che i dovarìa tàser, e dal tàser quando che i dovarìa parlar"

 in committees people never speak up when they should

" A chi nasse sfortunai, ghe piove sul cul a star sentai"

luck and chance are there, in research too

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