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Original thoughts can be understood only in virtue of the unoriginal elements which they contain. — Vittorio Alfieri
If man wants to obtain knowledge of the greatness and happiness of these worlds, then is nothing else possible than that he also will be… — Rudolf Steiner
Better to toil blindly, beating every stone in turn for grains of gold, whether they contain any or not, than lie down in apathetic decay. — John Muir
Political satire is a serious thing. In democratic newspapers throughout the world there are daily cartoons that often are not even funny, as is the… — Umberto Eco
Soups are a great way to introduce a lot of vegetables to kids. Stir-fries, too, because they contain so many different shapes and colors. — Emeril Lagasse
We have come from God, and inevitably the myths woven by us, though they contain error, will also reflect a splintered fragment of the true… — J.R.R. Tolkien
Of all the inanimate objects, of all men's creations, books are the nearest to us for they contain our very thoughts, our ambitions, our indignations,… — Joseph Conrad
Books have to be read (worse luck it takes so long a time). It is the only way of discovering what they contain. A few… — E. M. Forster
It is when our hearts are stirred that we become most aware of what they contain. — Andy Stanley
If one has to choose between reading the new books and reading the old, one must choose the old: not because they are necessarily better… — C.S. Lewis
The weird thing about houses is that they almost always look like nothing is happening inside of them, even though they contain most of our… — John Green
She knows that whispers can be useful. Sometimes they contain real information. But usually they're fairy tales and lies. This is the worst kind of… — Julianna Baggott
..books look as if they contain knowledge, while e-readers look as if they contain information. — Julian Barnes
Every physical fact, every expression of nature, every feature of the earth, the work of any and all of those agents which make the face… — Matthew Fontaine Maury
The blues are important primarily because they contain the cultural expression and the cultural response to blacks in America and to the situation that they… — August Wilson
These are fountains of salvation that they who thirst may be satisfied with the living words they contain. In these alone is proclaimed the doctrine… — Athanasius

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