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HIBERNATE, v. i. To pass the winter season in domestic seclusion. There have been many singular popular notions about the hibernation of various animals. Many… — Ambrose Bierce
That the machine of Heaven is not a hard and impervious body full of various real spheres, as up to now has been believed by… — Tycho Brahe
I think what you have to do is have a box office success in every genre and then you're set for life. And fortunately, I… — John Travolta
In our age the common religious perception of men is the consciousness of the brotherhood of man - we know that the well-being of man… — Leo Tolstoy
They who assert that a blind fatality produced the various effects we behold in this world talk very absurdly; for can anything be more unreasonable… — Baron de Montesquieu
Those who draw their sustenance from science are blessed. It is for me to only derive an occasional pleasure. This is nothing worthy of conceit,… — Rabindranath Tagore
For every man's nature is concealed with many folds of disguise, and covered as it were with various veils. His brows, his eyes, and very… — Marcus Tullius Cicero
A mob is usually a creature of very mysterious existence, particularly in a large city. Where it comes from, or whither it goes, few men… — Charles Dickens
The soul is content to stay imprisoned in the human body... for through the eyes all the various things of nature are represented to the… — Leonardo da Vinci
The instant the atmosphere is illuminated it will be filled with an infinite number of images which are produced by the various bodies and colours… — Leonardo da Vinci
All the bystanders at an event worthy of note adopt various gestures of admiration when contemplating the occurrence. — Leonardo da Vinci
From the psychological point of view, the self-asserting emotions, derived from emergency reactions, involve a narrowing of consciousness; the participatory emotions an expansion of consciousness… — Arthur Koestler
How various his employments whom the world Calls idle; and who justly in return Esteems that busy world an idler too! — William Cowper
In various talk th' instructive hours they past, Who gave the ball, or paid the visit last; One speaks the glory of the British queen,… — Alexander Pope
The more various our artificial necessities, the wider is our circle of pleasure; for all pleasure consists in obviating necessities as they rise; luxury, therefore,… — Oliver Goldsmith
Rich and various gems inlay The unadorned bosom of the deep. — John Milton
Composition is the art of arranging in a decorative manner the various elements which the painter uses to express his sentiments. In a picture every… — Henri Matisse
Painting, especially much better than words, allows oneself to express the various stages of thought, including the deeper levels, the underground stages of the mental… — Claes Oldenburg
With various people complaining about "price gouging?... economist Walter Williams has coined a new term: "Tax gouging." But government is never accused of either "greed"… — Thomas Sowell
The development of the doctrine of international arbitration, considered from the standpoint of its ultimate benefits to the human race, is the most vital movement… — William Howard Taft

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