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The subtlety of nature is greater m…

17 May , 2024  

The subtlety of nature is greater many times over than the subtlety of the senses and understanding. Great short quote and quotation by: Sir Francis Bacon , English author, courtier, & philosopher (1561 – 1626)

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The wit makes fun of other persons;…

25 Jan , 2017  

The wit makes fun of other persons; the satirist makes fun of the world; the humorist makes fun of himself, but in so doing, he identifies himself with people–that is, people everywhere, not for the purpose of taking them apart, but simply revealing their true nature. Great short quote and quotation by: James Thurber , […]

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William Wordsworth, The World is Too Much With Us

The world is too much with us; late…

25 Jan , 2017  

The world is too much with us; late and soon, Getting and spending, we lay waste our powers: Little we see in Nature that is ours; We have given our hearts away, a sordid boon! Great short quote and quotation by: William Wordsworth, The World is Too Much With Us , English poet (1770 – […]

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Robert Ingersoll

There are in nature neither rewards…

3 May , 2016  

There are in nature neither rewards nor punishments, there are consequences. Great short quote and quotation by: Robert Ingersoll , US agnostic, agnostic apologist, lawyer, & orator (1833 – 1899)

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There are three principal means of …

3 Jul , 2015  

There are three principal means of acquiring knowledge. . . observation of nature, reflection, and experimentation. Observation collects facts; reflection combines them; experimentation verifies the result of that combination. Great short quote and quotation by: Denis Diderot , French author, encyclopedist, & philosopher (1713 – 1784)

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There are two classes of poets – th…

3 Jul , 2015  

There are two classes of poets – the poets by education and practice, these we respect; and poets by nature, these we love. Great short quote and quotation by: Ralph Waldo Emerson , US essayist & poet (1803 – 1882)

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Stephen Mansfield

There is a schizophrenic nature in …

3 Jul , 2015  

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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Samuel Johnson, Rambler #18

There is no observation more freque…

3 Jul , 2015  

There is no observation more frequently made by such as employ themselves in surveying the conduct of mankind, than that marriage, though the dictate of nature, and the institution of Providence, is yet very often the cause of misery, and that those who enter into that state can seldom forbear to express their repentance, and […]

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Licretius

There is no place in nature for ext…

3 Jul , 2015  

There is no place in nature for extinction. Great short quote and quotation by: Licretius ,

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There is nothing capricious in natu…

3 Jul , 2015  

There is nothing capricious in nature and the implanting of a desire indicates that its gratification is in the constitution of the creature that feel it. Great short quote and quotation by: Ralph Waldo Emerson , US essayist & poet (1803 – 1882)

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There will be little rubs and disap…

25 Feb , 2014  

There will be little rubs and disappointments everywhere, and we are all apt to expect too much; but then, if one scheme of happiness fails, human nature turns to another; if the first calculation is wrong, we make a second better: we find comfort somewhere. Great short quote and quotation by: Jane Austen, Mansfield Park […]

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Think not disdainfully of death, bu…

17 Dec , 2013  

Think not disdainfully of death, but look on it with favor; for even death is one of the things that Nature wills. Great short quote and quotation by: Marcus Aurelius Antoninus, Meditations , Roman Emperor, A.D. 161-180 (121 AD – 180 AD)

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