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A little reflection will show us that every belief, even the simplest and most fundamental, goes beyond experience when regarded as a…
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The danger to society is not merely that it should believe wrong things, though that is great enough; but that it should…
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If I steal money from any person, there may be no harm done from the mere transfer of possession; he may not…
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When an action is once done, it is right or wrong for ever; no accidental failure of its good or evil fruits…
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Remember that [scientific thought] is the guide of action; that the truth which it arrives at is not that which we can…
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We may always depend on it that algebra, which cannot be translated into good English and sound common sense, is bad algebra.
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There is no scientific discoverer, no poet, no painter, no musician, who will not tell you that he found ready made his…
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The aim of scientific thought, then, is to apply past experience to new circumstances; the instrument is an observed uniformity in the…
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An atmosphere of beliefs and conceptions has been formed by the labours and struggles of our forefathers, which enables us to breathe…
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Every rustic who delivers in the village alehouse his slow, infrequent sentences, may help to kill or keep alive the fatal superstitions…
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He who truly believes that which prompts him to an action has looked upon the action to lust after it, he has…
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If a belief is not realized immediately in open deeds, it is stored up for the guidance of the future.
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When nature exceeds culture, we have the rustic. When culture exceeds nature then we the pedant.
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I'm not very geeky. I'm quite homespun. I would say I'm more modern rustic than gadget-orientated. I like woollen things and log…
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I love how Jamie Oliver makes seasonal, local foods in a rustic way, without a lot of fuss.
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My dear, my native soil! For whom my warmest wish to Heav'n is sent, Long may thy hardy sons of rustic toil…
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There is a homely directness about these rustic apothegms which makes them far more palatable than the strained and sophisticated epigrams of…
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Every rustic who delivers in the village alehouse his slow, infrequent sentences, may help to kill or keep alive the fatal superstitions…
— William Kingdon Clifford
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The quiet rhythmic monotone of the wall of logs fills one with the rustic peace of a secluded nook in the woods.
— Gustav Stickley
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There are elements of intrinsic beauty in the simplification of a house built on the log cabin idea. First, there is the…
— Gustav Stickley
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There is virtue in country houses, in gardens and orchards, in fields, streams and groves, in rustic recreations and plain manners, that…
— Amos Bronson Alcott
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Every man naturally desires knowledge; but what good is knowledge without fear of God? Indeed a humble rustic who serves God is…
— Thomas a Kempis
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I live in Topanga Canyon, which is like a faux-rustic enclave in Los Angeles. I love the sounds of all the critters…
— Cliff Martinez
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I really like rustic mediterranean cooking. And I like trying out curry takeaways.
— Jack Dee
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