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Only at his maximum does an individual surpass all his derivative elements, and become purely himself. And most people never get there. In his own… — D. H. Lawrence
A novel is based on evidence, + or -x, the unknown quantity being the temperament of the novelist, and the unknown quantity always modifies the… — E. M. Forster
Death belongs to God alone; by what right do men touch that unknown thing? — Victor Hugo
Many useful and valuable books lie buried in shops and libraries, unknown and unexamined, unless some lucky compiler opens them by chance, and finds an… — Samuel Johnson
Of all the nations in the world, the United States was built in nobody's image. It was the land of the unexpected, of unbounded hope,… — Daniel J. Boorstin
The American experience stirred mankind from discovery to exploration. From the cautious quest for what they knew (or thought they knew) was out there, into… — Daniel J. Boorstin
What unknown seas of feeling lie in man, and will from time to time break through! — Thomas Carlyle
In countries where associations are free, secret societies are unknown. In America there are factions, but no conspiracies. — Alexis de Tocqueville
There is no death-the thing that we call death Is but another, sadder name for life, Which is itself an insufficient name, Faint recognition of… — Richard Henry Stoddard
We are Godseekers all, though some be churchgoing believers and others pilgrims to an unknown shrine. — Robert Breault
When you are in deep meditation, you feel a great serenity, a joy that is unknown to you, a watchfulness that is a new guest.… — Rajneesh
You use metaphor to make yourself feel at home in the world. You use metaphor to extinguish the unknown. The problem is the unknown is… — Roni Horn
Fasting and natural diet, though essentially unknown as a therapy, should be the first treatment when someone discovers that he or she has a medical… — Joel Fuhrman
Remember, not one penny can we take with us into the unknown land. — Seneca the Younger
The unknown always passes for the marvellous. — Tacitus
It is the dread of something happening, something unknown and dreadful, that makes us do anything to keep the flicker of talk from dying out. — Logan Pearsall Smith
The future is an unknown, but a somewhat predictable unknown. To look to the future we must first look back upon the past. That is… — Albert Einstein
It is characteristic of spontaneous friendship to take on first, without enquiry and almost at first sight, the unseen doings and unspoken sentiments of our… — George Santayana
Women are like the arts, forced unto none, Open to all searchers, unprized, if unknown. — John Donne
Imagination frames events unknown, In wild, fantastic shapes of hideous ruin, And what it fears creates. — Hannah More

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