"Rivers are roads which move, and which..." - Quote by Blaise Pascal
Rivers are roads which move, and which carry us whither we desire to go.
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“Small minds are concerned with the extraordinary, great minds with the ordinary.”
“The mind naturally makes progress, and the will naturally clings to objects; so that for want of right objects, it will attach itself to wrong ones.”
“Discourses on humility are a source of pride in the vain and of humility in the humble.”
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“Nature: She pardons no mistakes. Her yea is yea, and her nay, nay.”
“I know a place where the wild thyme blows, where oxlips and the nodding violet grows.”
“yet it seemsLife scarce can cast a fragrance on the wind,Scarce spread a glory to the morning beams,But the torn petals strew the garden plot;And there's but common greenness after that.”
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“You hear, Eugene?' said Lightwood over his shoulder. 'You are deeply interested in lime.' 'Without lime,' returned that unmoved barrister at law, 'my existence would be unilluminated by a ray of hope.”
“If there really is such a thing as turning in one's grave, Shakespeare must get a lot of exercise.”
“At eight or nine, I suppose intelligence is no more than a small spot of light on the floor of a large and murky room.”