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> [“I can discover nothing in any mere animal but an ingenious machine, to which nature has given senses to wind itself up, and guard, to a certain degree, against everything that might destroy or disorder it.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jean-jacques-rousseau-2/i-can-discover-nothing-in-any-mere-animal-but-an-ingenious-machine-to/)

[Jean Jacques Rousseau](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jean-jacques-rousseau-2/)

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> [What is man, when you come to think upon him, but a minutely set, ingenious machine for turning with infinite artfulness, the red wine of Shiraz into urine?](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/isak-dinesen/what-is-man-when-you-come-to-think-upon-him-but-a-minutely-set/)

[Isak Dinesen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/isak-dinesen/)

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