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Facts which at first seem improbable will, even on scant explanation, drop the cloak which has hidden them and stand forth in naked and simple beauty.


Galileo Galilei

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falls drop by drop upon the heart
until, in ou...
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With old odd ends, stol'n forth of holy writ;
And seem a...
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Stand in Time's eye
Which daily die;
But, as new buds pu...
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G.K. CHESTERTON Man who stand on hill with mouth open will wait long time for roast duck to drop in.
CONFUCIUS Man who stand on hill with mouth open will wait long time for roast duck to drop in.
CONFUCIUS

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