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Life is an unbroken succession of false situations. — Thornton Wilder
As soon as we see our dreams betrayed we realize that the intensest joys of our life have nothing to do with reality, and we… — Natalia Ginzburg
. .we would have to say that hereditary succession is harmful. You may say the king, having sovereign power, will not in that case hand… — Aristotle
By consequence, or train of thoughts, I understand that succession of one thought to another which is called, to distinguish it from discourse in words,… — Thomas Hobbes
Duration is the transformation of a succession into a reversion. In other words: THE BECOMING OF A MEMORY. — Alfred Jarry
The succession of thoughts appears in time, but the gap between two of them is outside time. The gap itself is normally unobserved. The chance… — Paul Brunton
All music is nothing more than a succession of impulses that converge towards a definite point of repose. — Igor Stravinsky
We are living in an interminable succession of absurdities imposed by the myopic logic of short-term thinking. — Jacques Yves Cousteau
Human life may be regarded as a succession of frontispieces. The way to be satisfied is never to look back. — William Hazlitt
There is a continuity about the garden and an order of succession in the garden year which is deeply pleasing, and in one sense there… — Susan Hill
To be hopeful in bad times is based on the fact that human history is not only of cruelty, but also of compassion, sacrifice, courage,… — Howard Zinn
The artist who does not feel completely satisfied by elegant lines, by harmonious colors, and by a beautiful succession of chords does not understand the… — Camille Saint-Saens
Each species may have had its origin in a single pair, or individual, where an individual was sufficient, and species may have been created in… — Charles Lyell
There are things that I would say that you could call an instant of time; or better, a now. As we live we seem to… — Julian Barbour
Schools are designed on the assumption that there is a secret to everything in life; that the quality of life depends upon knowing that secret;… — Ivan Illich
Do not let the endless succession of small things crowd great ideals out of sight and out of mind. — Charlotte Mason
If you say that the history of the Church is a long succession of scandals, you are telling the truth, though if that is all… — Gerald Vann
To walk, we have to lean forward, lose our balance and begin to fall. We let go constantly of the previous stability, falling all the… — Robin Skynner
It's true that humanity has seen a succession of crises, wars and atrocities, but this negative side is offset by advances in technology and cultural… — Abbe Pierre
Ideas which have been developed simultaneously or in immediate succession in the same mind mutually reproduce each other, and do this with greater ease in… — Hermann Ebbinghaus
Time is not an empirical concept. For neither co-existence nor succession would be perceived by us, if the representation of time did not exist as… — Immanuel Kant
Above me I saw something I did not believe at first. Well above the haze layer of the earth's atmosphere were additonal faint thin bands… — Unknown Author
As in the fine arts, the progress of mankind from barbarism to civilisation is marked by a gradual succession of triumphs over the rude materialities… — Isabella Beeton
The Church will be punished because the majority of her members, high and low, will become so perverted. The Church will sink deeper and deeper… — Unknown Author
The Self doesn't live forever in time, it lives in the timeless present prior to time, prior to history, change, succession. The Self is present… — Ken Wilber

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