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The greatest marvel is not in the individual. It is in the succession, in the renewal and in the duration of the species that Nature…

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Let us suppose, that the Old and New worlds were formerly but one continent, and that, by a violent earthquake, the ancient…
Although the works of the Creator may be in themselves all equally perfect, the animal is, as I see it, the most…
I am convinced, by repeated observation, that marbles, lime-stones, chalks, marls, clays, sand, and almost all terrestrial substances, wherever situated, are full…
We can only penetrate the rind of the earth.
Only those works which are well-written will pass to posterity: the amount of knowledge, the uniqueness of the facts, even the novelty…
In general, the more one augments the number of divisions of the productions of nature, the more one approaches the truth, since…
There are several kinds of truths, and it is customary to place in the first order mathematical truths, which are, however, only…
An Individual, whatever species it might be, is nothing in the Universe. A hundred, a thousand individuals are still nothing. The species…
It appears that all that can be, is. The Creator's hand does not appear to have been opened in order to give…
One can descend by imperceptible degree from the most perfect creature to the most shapeless matter, from the best-organised animal to the…
The great workman of nature is time.
The greatest marvel is not in the individual. It is in the succession, in the renewal and in the duration of the…

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One of the things I will talk about, that no president has talked about before, is I think the dangers of contraception… — Rick Santorum
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The major asset in this category is gold, currently a huge favorite of investors who fear almost all other assets, especially paper… — Warren Buffett
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It's hard to reach [the age of] 100. We're not programmed for longevity. We are programmed for something called procreative success. — Dan Buettner
Gold has two significant shortcomings, being neither of much use nor procreative. — Warren Buffett
Natural selection does not give any preference at all to anything that, in the long run, could be advantageous for the species… — Konrad Lorenz
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Females get hired along procreative lines. After 40, we're kind of cooked. — Carrie Fisher

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