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Aristotle's opinion... that comets were nothing else than sublunary vapors or airy meteors... prevailed so far amongst the Greeks, that this sublimest part of astronomy… — Edmond Halley
One ought not to be unkind to a woman merely on account of her plainness, any more than one had a right to take liberties… — Murasaki Shikibu
We say that anytime budgets are balanced and an ample savings account has been set aside, government should just stop collecting taxes. Better to leave… — Mitch Daniels
Until we take how we see ourselves (and how we see others) into account, we will be unable to understand how others see and feel… — Stephen Covey
Those who remember only that the Roosevelts served hot dogs to the royals will be fascinated by this well-researched account of an historic and ennobling… — James MacGregor Burns
God's reasons for communicating with man must be subsumed under his reason for communicating to him his account of his creation of the world -… — Leo Strauss
I don't have a bank account because I don't know my mother's maiden name and apparently that's the key to the whole thing right there.… — Paula Poundstone
New Zealand and SA should take this dimension into account, the skills South Africans are presently contributing to New Zealand. — Helen Clark
Our continents unification is at hand and we must stand to account. — Romano Prodi
The subject itself is of no account; what matters is the way it is presented. — Raoul Dufy
My account is paid up. Your records are wrong. — Jon Jones
My account is paid in full. So, why are you calling me? — Jon Jones
You were made for enjoyment, and the world was filled with things which you will enjoy, unless you are too proud to be pleased with… — John Ruskin
Nothing shortens a journey so pleasantly as an account of misfortunes at which the hearer is permitted to laugh. — Quentin Crisp
Wherever I go it will be well with me, for it was well with me here, not on account of the place, but of my… — Epictetus
Lately, I cant shake the feeling that Ive been living a dream for the last 10 years or so; I cant account for most of… — Chris Ware
The secret of a great success for which you are at a loss to account is a crime that has never been found out, because… — Honore de Balzac
Art need no longer be an account of past sensations. It can become the direct organization of more highly evolved sensations. It is a question… — Guy Debord
Perhaps I shall not write my account of the Paleolithic at all, but make a film of it. A silent film at that, in which… — Penelope Lively
Because Christian morality leaves animals out of account, they are at once outlawed in philosophical morals; they are mere 'things,' mere means to any ends… — Arthur Schopenhauer

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