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It is impossible to give a clear account of the world, but art can teach us to reproduce it-just as the world reproduces itself in… — Albert Camus
Civilization largely consists in hiding human nature. When the barbarian learns to hide it we account him enlightened. — Mark Twain
The design of the gum is expressed in the flow of it trunk and limbs, and the design of the European tree mainly in its… — Hans Heysen
A break in the established order is never the work of chance. It is the outcome of a man's resolve to turn life to account. — Andre Malraux
Any mental activity is easy if it need not take reality into account. — Marcel Proust
Reason cannot account for those moments in life that "bewilder the intellect yet utterly quiet the heart," as G.K. Chesterton observed. — Eric Weiner
When I talk to girls, they go, 'I'm not a feminist.' And I say: 'What? You don't want to vote? Do you want to be… — Caitlin Moran
Saving Italy is an astonishing account of a little known American effort to save Italyâ€™s vast store of priceless monuments and art during World War… — Tom Brokaw
An unflinching determination to take the whole evidence into account is the only method of preservation against the fluctuating extremes of fashionable opinion. — Alfred North Whitehead
Abide in peace, banish cares, take no account of all that happens, and you will serve God according to his good pleasure and rest in… — John of the Cross
Materialism is the philosophy of the subject who forgets to take account of himself. — Arthur Schopenhauer
The thing that will make the biggest difference to your business, your bank account, your health and your relationships in the next 12 months is… — Jim Rohn
Chronological snobbery is the uncritical acceptance of the intellectual climate common to our own age and the assumption that whatever has gone out of date… — C.S. Lewis
What is important is how much service you can give to the world and how much better you can make things. These are important things.… — L. Ron Hubbard
Provided they live a worthy life, both those who choose to dwell in the midst of noise and hubbub and those who dwell in monasteries,… — Symeon the New Theologian
... do not listen to vain and empty talk, in which the majority of world-loving people spend their time, and do not take pleasure in… — Lorenzo Scupoli
... we grapple with this 'law of sin' (Rom. 8:2) and expel it from our body, establishing in its place the surveillance of the intellect.… — Gregory Palamas
Given that we desire long life, should we not take eternal life into account? If we long for a kingdom which, however enduring, has an… — Gregory Palamas
The longer we remain without confessing, the worse it is for us, the more entangled we become in the bonds of sin, and therefore the… — John of Kronstadt
He who is accustomed to give account of his life at confession here will not fear to give an answer at the terrible judgment-seat of… — John of Kronstadt

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