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Though a man excels in everything, unless he has been a lover his life is lonely, and he may be likened to a jewelled cup… — Yoshida Kenko
My quarrel with him is, that his works contain nothing worth quoting; and a book that furnishes no quotations, is me judice, no book,â€”it is… — Thomas Love Peacock
Your soul is more magnificent, beautiful, and gigantic than you can possibly imagine. A human mind can only contain a tiny fraction of what you… — Andy Weir
At certain times and in certain schools it is orthodox to be a rebel; and in general it is a very poor class that does… — Gilbert Highet
A work should contain its total meaning within itself and should impress it on the spectator before he even knows the subject. — Henri Matisse
Alas, human vices, however horrible one might imagine them to be, contain the proof (were it only in their infinite expansion) of man's longing for… — Charles Baudelaire
One does not jump, and spring, and shout hurrah! at hearing one has got a fortune, one begins to consider responsibilities, and to ponder business;… — Charlotte Bronte
There are single thoughts that contain the essence of a whole volume, single sentences that have the beauties of a large work. — Joseph Joubert
To Kill a Mockingbird' represents Hollywood at its very finest, when a popular film could truly contain a message. It has one of the most… — Mark Mothersbaugh
The sources of our knowledge of the kabalistic doctrines are the books of Yetzirah and Zohar, the former drawn up in the second century, and… — Albert Pike
The Federal Reserve has a responsibility to ensure the safety and soundness of financial institutions and to contain systemic risks in financial markets. — Bernie Sanders
Write about small, self-contained incidents that are still vivid in your memory. If you remember them, it's because they contain a larger truth that your… — William Zinsser
Tie me up, please... Chantal said. They looked above at some vines and roots hanging down from the grassy area above the depression in the… — Jess C Scott
Spiritual knowledge is like a house built in the midst of secular and pagan knowledge, in which there is laid up, like a solid and… — Symeon the New Theologian
Be aware of the words that go into your mind, both conscious and unconscious, because words and ideas can be great tools for your mind… — John Templeton
Can a society in which thought and technique are scientific persist for a long period, as, for example, ancient Egypt persisted, or does it necessarily… — Bertrand Russell
All great books contain boring portions, and all great lives have contained uninteresting stretches. — Bertrand Russell
The lowest and most level land areas show us, especially when we dig there to very great depths, nothing but horizontal layers of material more… — Georges Cuvier
The truly privileged theories are not the ones referring to any particular scale of size or complexity, nor the ones situated at any particular level… — David Deutsch
The overwhelming majority of theories are rejected because they contain bad explanations, not because they fail experimental tests. — David Deutsch

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