The dishes of the present day are very light, and they have a particular delicacy and perfume. The secret has been discovered… — Louis-Sebastien Mercier Copy Share Image
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“That meant that fully half of the guests at the El Dorado weren't who they were supposed to be. As a fillip… — Kurt Vonnegut Copy Share Image
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There is but one means available to improve the material conditions of mankind: to accelerate the growth of capital accumulated as against… — Ludwig von Mises Copy Share Image
By helping to raise man above the level of bestial vegetation, faith contributes in reality to the securing and safeguarding of his… — Adolf Hitler Copy Share Image
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“When she opened her eyes, she was both in her body and watching it, nowhere near the cavity of the tree. The… — Maggie Stiefvater Copy Share Image
One of the chief obstacles to intelligence is credulity, and credulity could be enormously diminished by instructions as to the prevalent forms… — Bertrand Russell Copy Share Image
In fact, it seems that present-day science, with one sweeping step back across millions of centuries, has succeeded in bearing witness to… — Pope Pius XII Copy Share Image
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“She shrugged, looking as baffled by it as he felt. "I don't know. I wonder sometimes if people even know what love… — Karen Marie Moning Copy Share Image
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Ever since men became capable of free speculation, their actions, in innumerable important respects, have depended upon their theories as to the… — Bertrand Russell Copy Share Image
“This book by Dr. Yasuda, while ostensibly about haiku, in reality penetrates deeply into the totality of this living spirit of Japan.… — Kenneth Yasuda Copy Share Image
“Images are mediations between the world and human beings. Human beings 'ex-ist', i.e. the world is not immediately accessible to them and… — Vilém Flusser Copy Share Image
“An interesting contrast between the geology of the present day and that of half a century ago, is presented by the complete… — Thomas Henry Huxley Copy Share Image
I have tried to show why I believe that the biologist is the most romantic figure on earth at the present day.… — John B. S. Haldane Copy Share Image
The solution of present-day problems lie in the re-establishment of a harmonious relationship between man and nature. To keep this relationship permanent… — Sunderlal Bahuguna Copy Share Image
The technological landscape of the present day has enfranchised its own electorates - the inhabitants of the marketing zones in the consumer… — J. G. Ballard Copy Share Image
“It seems to me that to-day, or I may say this present moment is a moment of trial for this people. I… — Joseph F. Smith Copy Share Image
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“Get back in the box. Set it for home, present day. Go see your mom. Bring your dad. Have dinner, the three… — Charles Yu Copy Share Image
“The first something to be implied by all the nothing was in fact two somethings, who were God and Satan. God was… — Kurt Vonnegut Copy Share Image
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“IT is proverbially easier to destroy than to construct ; and as a corollary of this proverb, it is easier for readers… — T.S. Eliot Copy Share Image
From the dawn of exact knowledge to the present day, observation, experiment, and speculation have gone hand in hand; and, whenever science… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“On the philosophic side the disciples of the Great Master dashed themselves against the eternal rocks of the Vedas and could not… — Swami Vivekananda Copy Share Image
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The cure-alls of the present day are infinitely various and infinitely obliging. Applied psychology, autosuggestion, and royal roads to learning or to… — Agnes Repplier Copy Share Image