“The attention of a traveller, should be particularly turned, in the first place, to the various works of Nature, to mark the distinctions of the climates he may explore, and to offer such useful observations on the different productions as may occur.”
— William Bartram
Author: William Bartram
Category: travel
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“Although born in a prosperous realm, we did not believe that its boundaries should limit our knowledge, and that the lore of the East should alone enlighten us.”
— Charles de Secondat
Author: Charles de Secondat
Category: knowledge
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“Knowing trees, I understand the meaning of patience. Knowing grass, I can appreciate persistence.”
— Hal Borland
Author: Hal Borland
Category: nature
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“Only weeks after Oslo began, when nearly all the world and most of Israel was drunk with the idea of peace, I argued that a Palestinian society not constrained by democratic norms would be a fear society that would pose a grave threat to Israel.”
— Natan Sharansky
Author: Natan Sharansky
Category: society
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“Ignorant men raise questions that wise men answered a thousand years ago.”
— Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Author: Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Category: men
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“A politician never forgets the precarious nature of elective life. We have never established a practice of tenure in public office.”
— Hubert H. Humphrey
Author: Hubert H. Humphrey
Category: nature
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“There have been only 268 of the past 3,421 years free of war.”
— Will Durant
Author: Will Durant
Category: war
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“Music should be your escape.”
— Missy Elliot
Author: Missy Elliot
Category: music
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“Behind the man is the Tree of Life, bearing twelve fruits, and the Tree of the Knowledge of Good and Evil is behind the woman; the serpent is twining round it.”
— Arthur E. Waite
Author: Arthur E. Waite
Category: knowledge
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“Age appears to be best in four things; old wood best to burn, old wine to drink, old friends to trust, and old authors to read.”
— Francis Bacon
Author: Francis Bacon
Category: trust
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“Sex without love is merely healthy exercise.”
— Robert A. Heinlein
Author: Robert A. Heinlein
Category: love
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