There is a certain majesty in simplicity which is far above all the quaintness of wit. Great short quote and quotation by: Alexander Pope , English poet & satirist (1688 – 1744)
Annie Dillard, _Pilgrim at Tinker Creek_
There is a certain age at which a child looks at you in all earnestness and delivers a long, pleased speech in all the true inflections of spoken English, but with not one recognizable syllable. There is no way you can tell the child that if language had been a melody, he had mastered it […]
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There is a schizophrenic nature in modern politics. A leader is expected to have a religious faith but he is not supposed to let it influence him in his duties. Somehow, the truths that determine everything else about his existence are not allowed to influence how he conducts himself in public life. Not only that, […]
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There is a time for departure even when there is no certain place to go. Great short quote and quotation by: Tennessee Williams , US dramatist (1911 – 1983)
There is only one corner of the universe you can be certain of improving, and that is your own self. So you have to begin there, not outside, not on other people. That comes afterwards, when you have worked on your own corner. Great short quote and quotation by: Aldous Huxley , English critic & […]
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Berkeley Vax/Unix Assembler Reference Manual (1983)
This document describes the usage and input syntax of the Unix Vax-11 assembler As. As is designed for assembling code produced by the “C” compiler; certain concessions have been made to handle code written directly by people, but in general little sympathy has been extended. Great short quote and quotation by: Berkeley Vax/Unix Assembler Reference […]
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Gaius Plinius Secundus, ("The Elder") (23-79)
This only is certain, that there is nothing certain; and nothing more miserable and yet more arrogant than man. Great short quote and quotation by: Gaius Plinius Secundus, (“The Elder”) (23-79) ,
This only is certain, that there is nothing certain; and nothing more miserable and yet more arrogant than man. Great short quote and quotation by: Pliny the Elder , Roman scholar & scientist (23 AD – 79 AD)
Leonardo da Vinci, The Wisdom of Leonardo da Vinci
Those who become enamored of practices without science are like sailors who go aboard ship without a rudder and compass, for they are never certain where they will land. Great short quote and quotation by: Leonardo da Vinci, The Wisdom of Leonardo da Vinci , Italian engineer, painter, & sculptor (1452 – 1519)
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To be absolutely certain about something, one must know everything or nothing about it. Great short quote and quotation by: Voltaire , French author, humanist, rationalist, & satirist (1694 – 1778)
To be good, according to the vulgar standard of goodness, is obviously quite easy. It merely requires a certain amount of sordid terror, a certain lack of imaginative thought, and a certain low passion for middle-class respectability. Great short quote and quotation by: Oscar Wilde , Irish dramatist, novelist, & poet (1854 – 1900)
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J.B.S. Haldane, "On Being the Right Size" in the (1928) book "Possible Worlds"
To the biologist the problem of socialism appears largely as a problem of size. The extreme socialists desire to run every nation as a single business concern. I do not suppose that Henry Ford would find much difficulty in running Andorra or Luxembourg on a socialistic basis. He has already more men on his pay-roll […]
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