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- In a great number of the cosmogonic myths the world is said to have developed from a great water, which was the… — Svante Arrhenius
- We live not, in reality, on the summit of a solid earth but at the bottom of an ocean of air — Thales
- We often say that the earth is a sphere, but to be precise, the term sphere refers only to the surface. The… — Leonard Susskind
- Could the waters of the Atlantic be drawn off, so as to expose to view this great sea-gash, which separates continents, and… — Matthew Fontaine Maury
- All things are in the hand of heaven, and Folly, eldest of Jove's daughters, shuts men's eyes to their destruction. She walks… — Homer
- Most men will not swim before they are able to.” Is that not witty? Naturally, they won't swim! They are born for… — Hermann Hesse
- Talk of mysteries! — Think of our life in nature, — daily to be shown matter, to come in contact with it,… — Henry David Thoreau
- Thus, in a middle course between these heights and depths, they drifted through life rather than lived, the prey of aimless days… — Albert Camus