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Most persons think that a state in order to be happy ought to be large; but even if they are right, they have no idea… — Aristotle
Nowadays almost all man's improvements, so called, as the building of houses and the cutting down of the forest and of all large trees, simply… — Henry David Thoreau
There is a large difference between spacing out in the lower occult astral planes, weird, junky, fuzzy energy, and meditation. Meditation is sharp, clear, precise,… — Frederick Lenz
The dark aftermath of the frontier, of the vast promise of possibility this country first offered, is an inflated sense of American entitlement today. We… — Anna Quindlen
The environmental crisis is somber evidence of an insidious fraud hidden in the vaunted productivity and wealth of modern, technology-based society. This wealth has been… — Barry Commoner
LIVER, n. A large red organ thoughtfully provided by nature to be bilious with. The sentiments and emotions which every literary anatomist now knows to… — Ambrose Bierce
On the most usual assumption, the universe is homogeneous on the large scale, i.e. down to regions containing each an appreciable number of nebulae. The… — Hermann Bondi
These things are happening in large measure because of us. We in this country burn 25 percent of the world's fossil fuel, create 25 percent… — Bill McKibben
I can't think of many reasons as to why, but gay men and straight women both share an inherent attraction to men, and attraction informs… — Gideon Glick
The rich would do better with a smaller share of a rapidly growing economy then they're doing now with a large share of an economy… — Robert Reich
As impossible as it is for us to take a breath in the morning large enough to last us until noon, so impossible is it… — Ole Hallesby
What, shall one of us, That struck for the foremost man of all this world But for supporting robbers--shall we now Contaminate our fingers with… — William Shakespeare
The monstrous evils of the twentieth century have shown us that the greediest money grubbers are gentle doves compared with money-hating wolves like Lenin, Stalin,… — Eric Hoffer
The dreamer's valuation of a thing lost - not another man's - is the only standard to measure it by, and his grief for it… — Mark Twain
I don't think one can accurately measure the historical effectiveness of a poem; but one does know, of course, that books influence individuals; and individuals,… — Denise Levertov
The large white owl that with eye is blind, That hath sate for years in the old tree hollow, Is carried away in a gust… — Elizabeth Barrett Browning
It is a well- known fact that although the public is fine when taken individually, when it forms itself into large groups, it tends to… — Dave Barry
You contain a trillion copies of a large, textual document written in a highly accurate, digital code, each copy as voluminous as a substantial book.… — Richard Dawkins
A mob is usually a creature of very mysterious existence, particularly in a large city. Where it comes from, or whither it goes, few men… — Charles Dickens
L.A.'s large convenience stores are so big they can accommodate up to twenty armed robbers at one time. — Jay Leno
An artist's studio should be a small space because small rooms discipline the mind and large ones distract it. — Leonardo da Vinci
A life alert to simple pleasures, with perception cultivated and attuned to beauty, and a large capacity for friendship can serve us well come what… — Stephanie Mills
When great assurance accompanies a bad undertaking, such is often mistaken for confiding sincerity by the world at large. — Juvenal
None of our political writers . . . take notice of any more than three estates, namely, Kings, Lords and Commons . . . passing… — Henry Fielding
I have much more confidence in the charity which begins in the home and diverges into a large humanity, than in the world-wide philanthropy which… — Anna Brownell Jameson

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