"Do not forget that the value and interest……" — Pierre Teilhard de Chardin

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• An inability to stay quiet is one of the conspicuous failings of mankind. — Walter Bagehot
• Yes, U.S. travelers dress better. The British are always so conspicuous in hot climates. They don't seem to wear shorts.… — Bill Bryson
• The sense of humor has other things to do than to make itself conspicuous in the act of laughter. — Alice Meynell
• Every successful man or great genius has three particular qualities in common. The most conspicuous of these is that they… — Walter Russell
• The smaller the number and the more permanent and conspicuous the station of men in power, the stronger must be… — James Madison
• One meets the cat in nearly all forms of art...curiously enough she is not a conspicuous figure in Roman or… — Carl Van Vechten
• The students [of the 60s] substituted conspicuous compassion for their parents conspicuous consumption. — Allan Bloom
• The Hand of providence has been so conspicuous in all this, that he must be worse than an infidel that… — George Washington
• It pleased God to make one nation the medium of all His communications with mankind: This the nation of the… — Joseph Priestley
• If conquerors be regarded as the engine-drivers of History, then the conquerors of thought are perhaps the pointsmen who, less… — Arthur Koestler
• Be yourself-but don't be conspicuous. — Fred Astaire
• Happiness doesn't lie in conspicuous consumption and the relentless amassing of useless crap. Happiness lies in the person sitting beside… — Dennis Lehane

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