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That which lies before the human race is a constant struggle to maintain and improve, in opposition to State of Nature, the…
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What would become of the garden if the gardener treated all the weeds and slugs and birds and trespassers as he would…
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For every man the world is as fresh as it was at the first day, and as full of untold novelties for…
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There are some men who are counted great because they represent the actuality of their own age, and mirror it as it…
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The known is finite, the unknown infinite; spiritually we find ourselves on a tiny island in the middle of a boundless ocean…
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Agnosticism is not properly described as a "negative" creed, nor indeed as a creed of any kind, except in so far as…
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That man, I think, has had a liberal education, who has been so trained in youth that his body is the ready…
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Veracity is the heart of morality.
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If the perpetual oscillation of nations between anarchy and despotism is to be replaced by the steady march of self-restraining freedom, it…
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If individuality has no play, society does not advance; if individuality breaks out of all bounds, society perishes.
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As to sagacity, I should say that his judgement respecting the warmest place and the softest cushion in a room is infallible,…
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Common sense is science exactly in so far as it fulfills the ideal of common sense; that is, sees facts as they…
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There are some men who are counted great because they represent the actuality of their own age, and mirror it as it…
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The 2.4 million bright, brave, incredibly fit and remarkably talented young Americans who have served in our armed forces since we were…
— Oliver North
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Love and concern for all are not things some of us are born with and others are not. Rather, they are results…
— Sharon Salzberg
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What thrills me about trains is not their size or their equipment but the fact that they are moving, that they embody…
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Literature and the arts are also criticism in a more particular and practical sense. They embody an expository reflection on, a value…
— George Steiner
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The laws of nature are the skeleton of the universe. They support it, give it shape, tie it together. Taken as a…
— James Trefil
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What is all wisdom save a collection of platitudes? Take fifty of our current proverbial sayings—they are so trite, so threadbare, that…
— Norman Douglas
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Part of what I loved - and love - about being around older people is the tangible sense of history they embody.…
— Jon Meacham
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Homeopathy pills are, after all, empty little sugar pills which seem to work, and so they embody [..] how we can be…
— Ben Goldacre
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