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Pliny the Elder, Natural History

There is always something new out o…

3 Jul , 2015  

There is always something new out of Africa. Great short quote and quotation by: Pliny the Elder, Natural History , Roman scholar & scientist (23 AD – 79 AD)

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Oscar Wilde, The Picture of Dorian Grey

There is always something ridiculou…

3 Jul , 2015  

There is always something ridiculous about the emotions of people whom one has ceased to love. Great short quote and quotation by: Oscar Wilde, The Picture of Dorian Grey , Irish dramatist, novelist, & poet (1854 – 1900)

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There is an alchemy in sorrow. It c…

3 Jul , 2015  

There is an alchemy in sorrow. It can be transmuted into wisdom, which, if it does not bring joy, can yet bring happiness. Great short quote and quotation by: Pearl Buck , US novelist in China (1892 – 1973)

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William Hart Coleridge

There is an art of which every man …

3 Jul , 2015  

There is an art of which every man should be a master the art of reflection. If you are not a thinking man, to what purpose are you a man at all? Great short quote and quotation by: William Hart Coleridge ,

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There is an astonishing imagination…

3 Jul , 2015  

There is an astonishing imagination, even in the science of mathematics… We repeat, there was far more imagination in the head of Archimedes than in that of Homer. Great short quote and quotation by: Voltaire , French author, humanist, rationalist, & satirist (1694 – 1778)

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Jack London, The Call of the Wild

There is an ecstasy that marks the …

3 Jul , 2015  

There is an ecstasy that marks the summit of life, and beyond which life cannot rise. And such is the paradox of living, this ecstasy comes when one is most alive, and it comes as a complete forgetfulness that one is alive. Great short quote and quotation by: Jack London, The Call of the Wild […]

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There is as much difference between…

3 Jul , 2015  

There is as much difference between us and ourselves as there is between us and others. Great short quote and quotation by: Michel de Montaigne , French essayist (1533 – 1592)

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Novalis

There is but one temple in the univ…

3 Jul , 2015  

There is but one temple in the universe and that is the body of man. Great short quote and quotation by: Novalis , German lyric poet (1772 – 1801)

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John Adams, Journal, 1772

There is danger from all men. The o…

3 Jul , 2015  

There is danger from all men. The only maxim of a free government ought to be to trust no man living with power to endanger the public liberty. Great short quote and quotation by: John Adams, Journal, 1772 , US diplomat & politician (1735 – 1826)

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Phaedrus

There is danger in both belief and …

3 Jul , 2015  

There is danger in both belief and unbelief. Great short quote and quotation by: Phaedrus , Roman author of fables (15 BC – 50 AD)

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There is hardly anybody good for ev…

3 Jul , 2015  

There is hardly anybody good for everything, and there is scarcely anybody who is absolutely good for nothing. Great short quote and quotation by: Lord Chesterfield , (1694 – 1773)

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There is hardly anyone whose sexual…

3 Jul , 2015  

There is hardly anyone whose sexual life, if it were broadcast, would not fill the world at large with surprise and horror. Great short quote and quotation by: W. Somerset Maugham , English dramatist & novelist (1874 – 1965)

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