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title: "4 Unicorn Quotes By Odell Shepard"
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> [The question of historicity and actuality with regard to gods and unicorns is a relatively trifling matter which may be left to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/odell-shepard/the-question-of-historicity-and-actuality-with-regard-to-gods-and/)

[Odell Shepard](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/odell-shepard/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ed7/odell-shepard-43607_actuality_the-question-of-historicity-and-actualit_204911.png)

> [If the unicorn does live among the snows held up forever on the line of the Equator then it is clear why…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/odell-shepard/if-the-unicorn-does-live-among-the-snows-held-up-forever-on-the-line/)

[Odell Shepard](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/odell-shepard/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e0d/odell-shepard-43607_clear_if-the-unicorn-does-live-among-the-snows_1458119.png)

> [There are a few exceptions, however, to this rule that our projection of ourselves is lower than the facts of Nature, and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/odell-shepard/there-are-a-few-exceptions-however-to-this-rule-that-our-projection/)

[Odell Shepard](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/odell-shepard/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b41/odell-shepard-43607_beautiful_there-are-a-few-exceptions-however-to-th_1591577.png)

> [There are a few exceptions, however, to this rule that our projection of ourselves is lower than the facts of Nature, and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/odell-shepard/there-are-a-few-exceptions-however-to-this-rule-that-our-projection-2/)

[Odell Shepard](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/odell-shepard/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/23a/odell-shepard-43607_beautiful_there-are-a-few-exceptions-however-to-th_2306772.png)

## Other authors on Unicorn

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- [Jarod Kintz 6 quotes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/unicorn/jarod-kintz/)
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## More by Odell Shepard

> [The question of historicity and actuality with regard to gods and unicorns is a relatively trifling matter which may be left to antiquarians and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/odell-shepard/the-question-of-historicity-and-actuality-with-regard-to-gods-and/)

[Odell Shepard](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/odell-shepard/)

> [There are people who not only strive to remain static themselves, but strive to keep everything else so... their position is almost laughably hopeless.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/odell-shepard/there-are-people-who-not-only-strive-to-remain-static-themselves-but/)

[Odell Shepard](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/odell-shepard/)

> [One can enjoy a wood fire worthily only when he warms his thoughts by it as well as his hands and feet.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/odell-shepard/one-can-enjoy-a-wood-fire-worthily-only-when-he-warms-his-thoughts-by/)

[Odell Shepard](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/odell-shepard/)

> [If the unicorn does live among the snows held up forever on the line of the Equator then it is clear why the world…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/odell-shepard/if-the-unicorn-does-live-among-the-snows-held-up-forever-on-the-line/)

[Odell Shepard](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/odell-shepard/)

> [There are a few exceptions, however, to this rule that our projection of ourselves is lower than the facts of Nature, and the unicorn…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/odell-shepard/there-are-a-few-exceptions-however-to-this-rule-that-our-projection/)

[Odell Shepard](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/odell-shepard/)

> [In boys and girls alike, and in more of their elders, perhaps, than we suspect, the affection for dolls is chiefly an aspect of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/odell-shepard/in-boys-and-girls-alike-and-in-more-of-their-elders-perhaps-than-we/)

[Odell Shepard](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/odell-shepard/)

> [For what I give, not what I take, For battle, not for victory, My prayer of thanks I make.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/odell-shepard/for-what-i-give-not-what-i-take-for-battle-not-for-victory-my-prayer/)

[Odell Shepard](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/odell-shepard/)

> [There are a few exceptions, however, to this rule that our projection of ourselves is lower than the facts of Nature, and the unicorn…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/odell-shepard/there-are-a-few-exceptions-however-to-this-rule-that-our-projection-2/)

[Odell Shepard](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/odell-shepard/)

> [It is always wise, as it is also fair, to test a man by the standards of his own day, and not by those…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/odell-shepard/it-is-always-wise-as-it-is-also-fair-to-test-a-man-by-the-standards/)

[Odell Shepard](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/odell-shepard/)

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