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Civilization rests on two things: the discovery that fermentation produces alcohol, and the voluntary ability to inhibit defecation. And I put it… — Robertson Davies Copy Share Image
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I suggest that there is a splendid way out of the difficulty of marriage, and that is my way - stay out. — Agnes Macphail Copy Share Image
There are, as is known, insects that die in the moment of fertilization. So it is with all joy: life's highest, most… — Soren Kierkegaard Copy Share Image
[Audubon's works are] the most splendid monuments which art has erected in honor of ornithology. — Georges Cuvier Copy Share Image
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