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The human mind prefers something which it can recognize to something for which it has no name, and, whereas thousands of persons carry field glasses… — David Fairchild
Sometimes I think death is a greater awareness than life. Life gives us the illusion of immortality, whereas death gives us the certainty of immortality — Frederick Lenz
Feast of Willibrord of York, Archbishop of Utrecht, Apostle of Frisia, 739 Other sins find their vent in the accomplishment of evil deeds, whereas pride… — Saint Augustine
Ill-digested principles are, if anything, worse than ill-digested food, for the latter harms the body and there is cure for it, whereas the former ruins… — Mahatma Gandhi
I had furthermore spoken on the assumption that Russia would mobilize, whereas the assumption of the German Government had hitherto been, officially, that Serbia would… — Edward Grey, 1st Viscount Grey of Fallodon
I observed once to Goethe that when a friend is with us we do not think the same of him as when he is away.… — Arthur Schopenhauer
To concentrate implies bringing all your energy to focus on a certain point; but thought wanders away... Whereas attention has no control, no concentration. It… — Jiddu Krishnamurti
A biography is considered complete if it merely accounts for six or seven selves, whereas a person may well have as many as a thousand. — Virginia Woolf
When reality becomes unbearable, the mind must withdraw from it and create a world of artificial perfection. Plato's world of pure Ideas and Forms, which… — Arthur Koestler
Joy, happiness ... we do not question. They are beyond question, maybe. A matter of being. But pain forces us to think, and to make… — May Sarton
Men have always been the victims of trifles, but when they were uncomfortable and passionate, and in constant danger, they hardly had time to notice… — George Santayana
Dying is an integral part of life, as natural and predictable as being born. But whereas birth is cause for celebration, death has become a… — Elisabeth Kubler-Ross
For who is there but you? Who not only claim to be a good man and a gentleman, for many are this, and yet have… — Socrates
The frequency with which a man experiences lust depends upon his own physical condition, whereas the occasion which rouse such feelings in him depend upon… — Bertrand Russell
The reproach that superficial people formulate against Manet, that whereas once he painted ugliness, now he paints vulgarity, falls harmlessly to the ground, when we… — Stephane Mallarme
A tranquil city of good laws, fine architecture, and clean streets is like a classroom of obedient dullards, or a field of gelded bulls -… — Mark Helprin
A single inattention may lose a chess game, whereas a single successful approach to a problem, among many which have been relegated to the wastebasket,… — Norbert Wiener
Whereas God, for reasons of His own, sometimes chooses to let the machine answer. 'The Supreme Being is unavailable to come to the phone at… — Sherwood Anderson
If we go somewhere on foot, we know the way perfectly, whereas if we go by car or airplane, we are hardly there at all.… — Chogyam Trungpa
To be an artist is not about fame; it's about art, which is this intangible thing that has got to have lots of integrity, whereas… — Damien Hirst
Literature expresses itself by abstractions, whereas painting, by means of drawing and colour, gives concrete shape to sensations and perceptions. — Paul Cezanne
It seems obvious that colors vary according to lights, because when any color is placed in the shade, it appears to be different from the… — Leon Battista Alberti
How is it that in the so-called barbarian ages art was understood, whereas in our age of progress exactly the opposite is true? — Pierre-Auguste Renoir
I love bad movies, whereas going to the theater for me is a painful experience. I think it's really hard to sit and watch actors… — Zoe Kazan
Until House came along I don't think the English made very good dance records, you know, there were very few really good English Rap records,… — Fatboy Slim

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