"History is a great dust heap." — Thomas Carlyle

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• The soul, which is spirit, can not dwell in dust; it is carried along to dwell in the blood. — Saint Augustine
• We try to exile ourselves more and more from nature - not always consciously: We build houses; we dismiss nature;… — Diane Ackerman
• I'm full of dust and guitars. — Syd Barrett
• There is one God, and He made both Indians and white men. We were all made out of the dust… — Standing Bear
• The divine life is the spirit in everything that exists, from the atom to the archangel; the grain of dust… — Annie Besant
• Erudition - dust shaken out of a book into an empty skull. — Ambrose Bierce
• You either make dust or eat dust. — H. Jackson Brown, Jr.
• Men think highly of those who rise rapidly in the world; whereas nothing rises quicker than dust, straw, and feathers. — Lord Byron
• We need responsible regulations, not regulations that have gone wild. For example, the EPA has a rule that is going… — Herman Cain
• Traveling, you realize that differences are lost: each city takes to resembling all cities, places exchange their form, order, distances,… — Italo Calvino
• Dusting is a good example of the futility of trying to put things right. As soon as you dust, the… — George Carlin
• Adversity is the diamond dust Heaven polishes its jewels with. — Thomas Carlyle

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