“Perhaps nature is our best assurance of immortality.”
— Eleanor Roosevelt
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Ocean: A body of water occupying about
“Ocean: A body of water occupying about two-thirds of a world made for man – who has no gills.”
— Ambrose Bierce
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A committee is organic rather than mechanical
“A committee is organic rather than mechanical in its nature: it is not a structure but a plant. It takes root and grows, it flowers, wilts, and dies, scattering the seed from which other committees will bloom in their turn.”
— C. Northcote Parkinson
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If you look deep enough you will
“If you look deep enough you will see music; the heart of nature being everywhere music.”
— Thomas Carlyle
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And the day came when the risk
“And the day came when the risk to remain tight in a bud was more painful than the risk it took to blossom.”
— Anais Nin
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It is the nature of truth in
“It is the nature of truth in general, as of some ores in particular, to be richest when most superficial.”
— Edgar Allan Poe
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Human Nature is the only science of
“Human Nature is the only science of man; and yet has been hitherto the most neglected.”
— David Hume
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An inexhaustible good nature is one of
“An inexhaustible good nature is one of the most precious gifts of heaven, spreading itself like oil over the troubled sea of thought, and keeping the mind smooth and equable in the roughest weather.”
— Washington Irving
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For greed all nature is too little.
“For greed all nature is too little.”
— Lucius Annaeus Seneca
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All cartoon characters and fables must be
“All cartoon characters and fables must be exaggeration, caricatures. It is the very nature of fantasy and fable.”
— Walt Disney
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The chess-board is the world, the pieces
“The chess-board is the world, the pieces are the phenomena of the universe, the rules of the game are what we call the laws of Nature. The player on the other side is hidden from us.”
— Thomas Huxley
Author: Thomas Huxley
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