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)
Stephen R. Donaldson, The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant
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 ,
Martin Gardner, "The Mathematical Magic Show"
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 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 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 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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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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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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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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