Some may claim that is it unscientific to speak of the operations of nature as miracles. But the point of the title lies in the paradox of finding so many wonderful things subservient to the rule of law. ~Elisha Gray
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I must go on living. And, though it may be childish of me, I can't go on in simple compliance. From now on I must struggle with the world. I thought that Mother might well be the last of those who can end their lives beautifully and sadly, struggling with no one, neither hating nor betraying anyone. In the world to come there will be no room for such people. The dying are beautiful, but to live, to survive; those things somehow seem hideous and contaminated with blood. ~Osamu Dazai
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Before thirty, men seek disease; after thirty, diseases seek men. ~Chinese Proverb
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Do not ask God to guide your footsteps if you are not willing to move your feet. ~English Proverb
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The key to ending extreme poverty is to enable the poorest of the poor to get their foot on the ladder of development. The ladder of development hovers overhead, and the poorest of the poor are stuck beneath it. They lack the minimum amount of capital necessary to get a foothold, and therefore need a boost up to the first rung. ~Jeffrey Sachs
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Fine feathers make fine birds. ~English Proverb
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I never ask God to give me anything; I only ask him to put me where things are. ~Mexican Proverb
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Here's the thing, for me at least: this is a huge genre now. It wasn't always so. Not so many years ago, it wasn't so. There is a tremendous diversity in fantasy today. ~R. A. Salvatore
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Official education was telling people almost nothing of the nature of all those things on the seashores, and in the redwood forests, in the deserts and in the plains. ~Gregory Bateson
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A whistling woman and a crowing hen will bring no luck to the house they are in. ~Irish Proverb
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God gives the nuts, but he doesn't crack them. ~German Proverb
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An ounce of blood is worth more than a pound of friendship. ~Spanish Proverb
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If Darwin could see what we now see, what we now know about the ocean, about the atmosphere, about the nature of life, as we now understand it, about the importance of microbes. I think he would just beam with joy that many of the thoughts and the glimpses of the majesty of life on Earth that he had during his life, now magnified many times over. ~Sylvia Earle
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It is better to weep with wise men than to laugh with fools. ~Spanish Proverb
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There is no pillow so soft as a clear conscience. ~French Proverb
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The owl is the wisest of all birds because the more it sees, the less it talks. ~African Proverb
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Every cloud has a silver lining. ~English Proverb
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A society grows great when old men plant trees whose shade they know they shall never sit in. ~Greek Proverb
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1972 was a year of many pleasant and rewarding experiences for me. ~Chuck Mangione
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Many people in the western world are spoiled by the conveniences of our culture. ~Joyce Meyer
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Well, you have to keep your faith in the fact that there are a lot of intelligent people who are actively looking for something interesting, people who have been disappointed so many times. ~Richard Linklater
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Luck has a slender anchorage. ~English Proverb
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If you want something done well, do it yourself. ~English Proverb
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The woman who tells her age is either too young to have anything to lose or too old to have anything to gain. ~Chinese Proverb
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We are fools whether we dance or not, so we might as well dance. ~Japanses Proverb
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