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Good oil, like good wine, is a gift from the gods. The grape and the olive are among the priceless benefactions of the soil, and… — George Ellwanger
Like the crow among mankind are the Zanj [African Blacks] for they are the worst of men and the most vicious of creatures in character… — Al-Jahiz
There is no doubt that the Americans losses are very heavy because they are deployed across a wide area and among the people and because… — Abu Musab al-Zarqawi
The factors that contributed to my growth were many - finding someone who understood me, exploring the unconscious, awakening my latent love . . .… — Piero Ferrucci
For when I came into the silent assemblies of God's people I felt a secret power among them which touched my heart; and as I… — Robert Barclay
I think among the retired FBI agents there are some who would not like to see him come back, but I think the people running… — Howie Carr
I'd like to see marriage count again among African-Americans and not just in the society in general. — Leah Ward Sears
Modern literary theory sees a similarity between walking and writing that I find persuasive: words inscribe a text in the same way that a walk… — Geoff Nicholson
If you are digging for excellent or suggestive renderings, this is among the richer mines. — Steven T. Byington
Among all of the mathematical disciplines the theory of differential equations is the most important... It furnishes the explanation of all those elementary manifestations of… — Unknown Author
The heart's seasons seldom coincide with the calendar. Who among us has not been made desolate beyond all words upon some golden day when the… — Myrtle Reed
The mystique and the false glamour of the writing profession grow partly out of a mistaken belief that people who can express profound ideas and… — Janet Burroway
Mathematics is pure language - the language of science. It is unique among languages in its ability to provide precise expression for every thought or… — Alfred Adler
The Advantage is that mathematics is a field in which one's blunders tend to show very clearly and can be corrected or erased with a… — Norbert Wiener
Thus metaphysics and mathematics are, among all the sciences that belong to reason, those in which imagination has the greatest role. I beg pardon of… — Jean le Rond d'Alembert
Among the minor, yet striking characteristics of mathematics, may be mentioned the fleshless and skeletal build of its propositions; the peculiar difficulty, complication, and stress… — Charles Sanders Peirce
It is as commendable to think well of oneself when alone, as it is ridiculous to speak well of oneself among others. — Francois de La Rochefoucauld
Over there, in Europe, all was shame and anger. Here it was exile or solitude, among these languid and agitated madmen who danced in order… — Albert Camus
Progress, far from consisting in change, depends on retentiveness. When change is absolute there remains no being to improve and no direction is set for… — George Santayana
A learned person among ignorant people, is like a live person among the dead. — Unknown Author
The love of dirt is among the earliest of passions, as it is the latest. Mud-pies gratify one of our first and best instincts. So… — Charles Dudley Warner
Perhaps some deep-rooted atavism urges the wanderer back to lands which his ancestors left in the dim beginnings of history. Sometimes a man hits upon… — W. Somerset Maugham
I go in solitude, so as not to drink out of everybody's cistern. When I am among the many I live as the many do,… — Friedrich Nietzsche
We forget sometimes that there are saints living among us. When we meet them, we are reminded, not just of the presence of pure divinity… — Deepak Chopra
History shows that people often do cast their votes for amorphous reasons-the most powerful among them being the need for change. Just ask Bill Clinton. — Gwen Ifill

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