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- It has been a long trip," said Milo, climbing onto the couch where the princesses sat; "but we would have been here much sooner if…
- Why, can you imagine what would happen if we named all the twos Henry or George or Robert or John or lots of other things?…
- No one paid any attention to how things looked, and as they moved faster and faster everything grew uglier and dirtier, and as everything grew…
- You see, years ago I was just an ordinary bee minding my own business, smelling flowers all day, and occasionally picking up part-time work in…
- But why do only unimportant things?" asked Milo, who suddenly remembered how much time he spent each day doing them. "Think of all the trouble…
- For instance," said the boy again, "if Christmas trees were people and people were Christmas trees, we'd all be chopped down, put up in the…
- And remember, also," added the Princess of Sweet Rhyme, "that many places you would like to see are just off the map and many things…
- You can swim all day in the Sea of Knowledge and not get wet.
- What you learn today, for no reason at all, will help you discover all the wonderful secrets of tomorrow.
- Oh dear, all those words again," thought Milo as he climbed into the wagon with Tock and the cabinet members. "How are you going to…
- Let me try once more," Milo said in an effort to explain. "In other words--" "You mean you have other words?" cried the bird happily.…
- I don't know of any wrong road to Dictionopolis, so if this road goes to Dictionopolis at all it must be the right road, and…
- Where is the sound?" someone hastily scribbled on the blackboard, and they all waited anxiously for the reply. Milo caught his breath, picked up the…
- Have you ever heard the wonderful silence just before the dawn? Or the quiet and calm just as a storm ends? Or perhaps you know…
- I know one thing for certain; it is much harder to tell whether you are lost than whether you were lost, for, on many occasions,…
- In this box are all the words I know…Most of them you will never need, some you will use constantly, but with them you may…
- You see. . . it's really quite strenuous doing nothing all day, so once a week we take a holiday and go nowhere, which was…
- They all looked very much like the residents of any small valley to which you've never been.
- Why, did you know that if a beaver two feet long with a tail a foot and a half long can build a dam twelve…
- They walked for a while, all silent in their thoughts, until they reached the car and Alec drew a fine telescope from his shirt and…
- We're right here on this very spot. Besides, being lost is never a matter of not knowing where you are; it's a matter of not…
- I never knew words could be so confusing," Milo said to Tock as he bent down to scratch the dog's ear. "Only when you use…
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- Total loyalty is possible only when fidelity is emptied of all concrete content, from which changes of mind might naturally arise. — Hannah Arendt
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- The new always happens against the overwhelming odds of statistical laws and their probability, which for all practical, everyday purposes amounts to… — Hannah Arendt
- Where all are guilty, no one is; confessions of collective guilt are the best possible safeguard against the discovery of culprits, and… — Hannah Arendt
- We have almost succeeded in leveling all human activities to the common denominator of securing the necessities of life and providing for… — Hannah Arendt
- I keep my friends as misers do their treasure, because, of all the things granted us by wisdom, none is greater or… — Pietro Aretino
- We must all make peace so that we can all live in peace. — Jean-Bertrand Aristide
- The spirit of Ubuntu, that once led Haiti to emerge as the first independent black nation in 1804, helped Venezuela, Colombia and… — Jean-Bertrand Aristide
- As we all know, many people remain buried under tons of rubble and debris, waiting to be rescued. When we think of… — Jean-Bertrand Aristide
- Wise people, even though all laws were abolished, would still lead the same life. — Aristophanes
- A friend to all is a friend to none. — Aristotle