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title: "1 Body Human Quotes By Richard Ballantine"
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> [Just as the ideal of classic Greek culture was the most perfect harmony of mind and body, so a human and a bicycle are the perfect synthesis of body and machine.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-ballantine/just-as-the-ideal-of-classic-greek-culture-was-the-most-perfect/)

Richard Ballantine

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## More by Richard Ballantine

> [A human and a bicycle are the perfect synthesis of body and machine.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-ballantine/a-human-and-a-bicycle-are-the-perfect-synthesis-of-body-and-machine/)

Richard Ballantine

> [Possibly the tragedy of the bicycle is that it was invented too close in time to the car. In the historical scheme, pedal power…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-ballantine/possibly-the-tragedy-of-the-bicycle-is-that-it-was-invented-too-close/)

Richard Ballantine

> [Just as the ideal of classic Greek culture was the most perfect harmony of mind and body, so a human and a bicycle are…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-ballantine/just-as-the-ideal-of-classic-greek-culture-was-the-most-perfect/)

Richard Ballantine

> [The bicycle is its own best argument. You just get a bike, try it; start going with the thing and using it as it…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-ballantine/the-bicycle-is-its-own-best-argument-you-just-get-a-bike-try-it-start/)

Richard Ballantine

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