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That which lies before the human race is a constant struggle to maintain and improve, in opposition to State of Nature, the…
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What would become of the garden if the gardener treated all the weeds and slugs and birds and trespassers as he would…
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For every man the world is as fresh as it was at the first day, and as full of untold novelties for…
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There are some men who are counted great because they represent the actuality of their own age, and mirror it as it…
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The known is finite, the unknown infinite; spiritually we find ourselves on a tiny island in the middle of a boundless ocean…
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Agnosticism is not properly described as a "negative" creed, nor indeed as a creed of any kind, except in so far as…
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That man, I think, has had a liberal education, who has been so trained in youth that his body is the ready…
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Veracity is the heart of morality.
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If the perpetual oscillation of nations between anarchy and despotism is to be replaced by the steady march of self-restraining freedom, it…
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If individuality has no play, society does not advance; if individuality breaks out of all bounds, society perishes.
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As to sagacity, I should say that his judgement respecting the warmest place and the softest cushion in a room is infallible,…
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Common sense is science exactly in so far as it fulfills the ideal of common sense; that is, sees facts as they…
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Doctor Livingstone, I presume?
— Henry Morton Stanley
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The only objections that have occurred to me are, 1st that you have loaded yourself with an unnecessary difficulty in adopting Natura…
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Only He who really lived a human life (and I presume that only one did) can fully taste the horror of death.
— C.S. Lewis
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The only census of the senses, so far as I am aware, that ever before made them more than five, was the…
— Lord Kelvin
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So community colleges are accessible, they're available, they're affordable, and their curriculums don't get stuck. In other words, if there's a need…
— George W. Bush
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Electricity is of two kinds, positive and negative. The difference is, I presume, that one comes a little more expensive, but is…
— Stephen Leacock
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Every scholar, I presume, is not, necessarily, a man of sense.
— Samuel Richardson
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I presume that nobody will deny the positive aspects of the North American cultural world. These are well known to all. But…
— Jose Saramago
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I hardly think a girl is much of a threat. I presume you searched her for weapons? But if she attempts to…
— Mary Hoffman
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In the silence I heard Bastet, who had retreated under the bed, carrying on a mumbling, profane monologue. (If you ask how…
— Barbara Mertz
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You are the only ladies of the household, I hope, er, I presume? -Grand Duke
— Cinderella
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We fear snakes more than cars, yet cars kill more people than snakes. So I presume we're all deluded by our primitive…
— Oamlad
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