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book night men
Although I am an old man, night is generally my time for walking. Charles Dickens
book reading writing
There are books of which the backs and covers are by far the best parts.
book knowledge men
Mathematicians have sought knowledge in figures, Philosophers in systems, Logicians in subtleties, and Metaphysicians in sounds. It is not in any nor in all of these. He that studies only men, will get the body of knowledge without the soul, and he that studies only books, the soul without the body. Charles Caleb Colton
book reading advice
When in reading we meet with any maxim that may be of use, we should take it for our own, and make an immediate application of it, as we would of the advice of a friend whom we have purposely consulted.
book merit lovers
We should choose our books as we would our companions, for their sterling and intrinsic merit.
book reading writing
Some read to think, these are rare; some to write, these are common; and some read to talk, and these form the great majority.
book reading writing
Many books require no thought from those who read them, and for a very simple reason; they made no such demand upon those who wrote them.
book writing companion
With books, as with companions, it is of more consequence to know which to avoid, than which to choose, for good books are as scarce as good companions, and in both instances, all that we can learn from baad ones is, that some much time has been worse than thrown away.
book men soul
He that studies only men will get the body of knowledge without the soul; and he that studies only books, the soul without the body.
substance belief behavior
Behavior is the substance of religion. Belief is the substance of relationship. Charles Stanley
substance english-words culture
Some of the substance of English words, I just don't understand at all because the culture's so strange to me Chow Yun-Fat
substance obsessed fats
This is true; virtually all edible substances, and many automotive products, are now marketed as being low-fat or fat-free. Americans are obsessed with fat content. Dave Barry
substance literature lilies
Misfortune had made Lily supple instead of hardening her, and a pliable substance is less easy to break than a stiff one. Edith Wharton
substance degradation recycling
In nature, no organic substance is synthesized unless there is provision for its degradation; recycling is enforced. Barry Commoner
substance source concerned
We are authors, all of us, concerned with beginning, with making, with sources and substance. Diane Wakoski
substance matter cabinets
Disputing the commonsense notion that all events require the prior existence of some underlying matter or substance. There is no antecedent static cabinet. Alfred North Whitehead
substance mathematics mathematical
Before you generalize, formalize, and axiomatize there must be mathematical substance. Hermann Weyl
substance way hinduism
Hinduism is like the Ganga, pure and unsullied at its source but taking in its course the impurities in the way. Even like the Ganga it is beneficent in its total effect. It takes a provincial form in every province, but the inner substance is retained everywhere. Mahatma Gandhi
originality
I'm not like anyone. I'm me. Elizabeth Taylor
originality valuable
What is valuable is not new, and what is new is not valuable. Daniel Webster
originality
Because of this, originality consists in returning to the origin. Antoni Gaudi
originality
Originality is going back to origins.
originality enough accepted
Originality implies being bold enough to go beyond accepted norms. Anthony Storr
originality unfaithful translate
The original is unfaithful to the translation. Jorge Luis Borges
originality illusion
Originality is merely an illusion. M. C. Escher
originality logic invisible
My originality consists in putting the logic of the visible to the service of the invisible. Odilon Redon
originality provoking
Originality provokes originality. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe