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Denis Diderot

There is no moral precept that does…

3 Jul , 2015  

There is no moral precept that does not have something inconvenient about it. Great short quote and quotation by: Denis Diderot , French author, encyclopedist, & philosopher (1713 – 1784)

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Stephen R. Donaldson, The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant

There is only one way to hurt someo…

17 Nov , 2014  

There is only one way to hurt someone who has lost everything — give him back something broken. Great short quote and quotation by: Stephen R. Donaldson, The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant ,

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Martin Gardner, "The Mathematical Magic Show"

There is still a difference between…

17 Nov , 2014  

There is still a difference between something and nothing, but it is purely geometrical and there is nothing behind the geometry. Great short quote and quotation by: Martin Gardner, “The Mathematical Magic Show” , US logician, mathematician, puzzle constructor, & popularizer of logic & mathema (1914 – )

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There is something fascinating abou…

17 Nov , 2014  

There is something fascinating about science. One gets such wholesale returns of conjecture out of such a trifling investment of fact. Great short quote and quotation by: Mark Twain , US humorist, novelist, short story author, & wit (1835 – 1910)

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There is something fascinating abou…

17 Nov , 2014  

There is something fascinating about science. One gets such wholesale returns of conjecture out of such a trifling investment of fact. Great short quote and quotation by: Mark Twain , US humorist, novelist, short story author, & wit (1835 – 1910)

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Sir Thomas Browne, 1642

There is surely a piece of divinity…

17 Nov , 2014  

There is surely a piece of divinity in us, something that was before the elements, and owes no homage unto the sun. Great short quote and quotation by: Sir Thomas Browne, 1642 , (1605 – 1682)

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There was something awesome in the …

25 Feb , 2014  

There was something awesome in the thought of the solitary mortal standing by the open window and summoning in from the gloom outside the spirits of the nether world. Great short quote and quotation by: Sir Arthur Conan Doyle , British mystery author & physician (1859 – 1930)

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Tom Bodett

They say a person needs just three …

25 Jan , 2014  

They say a person needs just three things to be truly happy in this world: someone to love, something to do, and something to hope for. Great short quote and quotation by: Tom Bodett ,

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They who lack talent expect things …

25 Jan , 2014  

They who lack talent expect things to happen without effort. They ascribe failure to a lack of inspiration or ability, or to misfortune, rather than to insufficient application. At the core of every true talent there is an awareness of the difficulties inherent in any achievement, and the confidence that by persistence and patience something […]

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Chuck Palahniuk, Fight Club

This is why I loved the support gro…

14 Jun , 2013  

This is why I loved the support groups so much. If people thought you were dying, they gave you their full attention. If this might be the last time they saw you, they really saw you? People listened instead of just waiting for their turn to speak. And when they spoke, they weren?t telling you […]

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Those only are happy who have their…

17 Apr , 2013  

Those only are happy who have their minds fixed on some object other than their own happiness: on the happiness of others, on the improvement of mankind, even on some art or pursuit followed not as a means, but as itself an ideal end. Aiming at something else, they find happiness by the way. Great […]

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Philipus Aureolus Paracelsus

Thoughts give birth to a creative f…

17 Jan , 2012  

Thoughts give birth to a creative force that is neither elemental nor sidereal. Thoughts create a new heaven, a new firmament, a new source of energy, from which new arts flow. When a man undertakes to create something, he establishes a new heaven, as it were and from it the work that he desires to […]

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