We must believe then, that as from hence we see Saturn and Jupiter; if we were in either of the Two, we should discover a great many Worlds which we perceive not; and that the Universe extends so in infinitum.
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Related we sat there smoking cigarettes at 5 in the morning. CHARLES BUKOWSKI If we all look at life we think how nice, then we look at death and everybody goes oh you can say th... GARY F EVANS... If you love someone you must set them free like the wind and give them the respect they deserve.If y... GARY F EVANS... The words you can’t find, you borrow. We read to know we’re not alone. We read because w... GABRIELLE ZEVIN The island is ours. Here, in some way, we are young forever. E.LOCKHART اگر میخواهید جایی زندگی کنید که مردمش از موش ها نمیترسن... EMILY LOCKHART You hate cake doughnuts." "Of course," says Mirren. "But we didn't get the cake, we got glazed ... E.LOCKHART There are parallel universes in which different events have happened to the same people. An alternat... E. LOCKHEART There is not even a scrabble word for how bad I feel. E. LOCKHEART He was contemplation and enthusiasm. Ambition and strong coffee. E. LOCKHART Johnny, he is bounce, effort, and snark. Mirren, she is sugar, curiosity, and rain. Gat, h... E.LOCKHART Everything doesn't seem like anything when you love someone. Especially when you're young. E. LOCKHART She is sugar, curiosity, and rain. E. LOCKHART If we're honest with ourselves, most of us know the one thing we lack. CRAIG GROESCHEL We may not get to choose how we die, but we can chose how we live. The universe may for... SHAUN DAVID HUTCHINSON Convinced that we're living the whole time that we're dying. We decide to go out walking the wh... TEGAN QUIN We should not blame people by the mistakes of others. DANIEL MELGAçO When We have Patience in our minds and Love in our hearts, Nothing appears to be impossible or unrea... PHILIP T.M So, tomorrow, I'm leaving. And I'm not going to let that happen again with anyone else. I'm going to... STEPHEN CHBOSKY Each of us views life through a different lens. What we think is colored by the baggage we carry, an... LAURIE BUCHANAN, PHD Voter apathy is a civic abdication. CHARLES M. BLOW The more we give, the more we reap the benefits of feeling good in helping others. We are all capabl... ANGIE KARAN A couple of customers interrupted [...] who wanted to know if we had some YA book about ants and ali... SHAUN DAVID HUTCHINSON I am aware that everyone that exists has a story, and we all exist because that story is important f... ARZELL I don't know where to go. I don't know what comes now." "Don't worry," Will said. "We'll figur... LAUREN OLIVER To say to that you will never forget ,is always a sincere and an honest way to express ones self to ... GARY F EVANS... In every passing moment that is not appreciated time cannot give it back to you. So in moments of id... GARY F EVANS... When we die our deeds shall be left for humanity to judge & our flesh shall become dust for humanity... DAVID ATTA (A.K.A DAVIED ATTLARS & MR DAIN) Dae FATE NAYAE Nanagha Vandhuttoom Da, Sandy , Na Nata, London Lass,Russian Grapes, Ellorum Ippa Van... SATHESH KUMAR M Never eat anything bigger than your ass. E. LOCKHART We are Sinclairs. Beautiful. Privileged. Damaged. Liar. We live, least in the summertime, on a priva... E. LOCKHART Orion is above the horizon now, and near it Jupiter, brighter than it will ever be ... But i expect ... THOMAS HARRIS We may claim to believe in God, but we don't want to believe so much that it makes us different. CRAIG GROESCHEL A human being is a part of the whole, called by us "Universe", a part limited in time and space. ALBERT EINSTEIN I'm already gone. I died that night on the side of that road with my sister. TRISHA LEAVER Perfection isn't everything," she said as she turned and walked away. "I think the flaws are what ma... TRISHA LEAVER With her I'd buried myself, every memory of who I was now, six feet under with the sister I'd put th... TRISHA LEAVER Dreams are hopeful because they exist as pure possibility. Unlike memories, which are fossils, long ... SHAUN DAVID HUTCHINSON We hate Simple Minds. They were no.1 in our Top Five Bands or Musicians who will have to be shot com... NICK HORNBY I cannot remember the books I've read any more than the meals I have eaten; even so, they have made ... RALPH WALDO EMERSON When you tell me your story or about yourself I understand who you are and are able to share who I a... BRENT M. JONES We dream that we're all different. The reality is that we're all not. ANTHONY T. HINCKS If we have not achieved our early dreams, we must either find new ones or see what we can salvage fr... ROSALYNN CARTER People see what they want to see SUSAN BETH PFEFFER Who cares what are you eating?? Who cares where are you? Who cares what are you posting??<... DEYTH BANGER Could it be possible for humanity to put their differences aside for the survival of our species, un... GARY F EVANS... Wishing on that far away star, how far removed we truly are. MICHAEL DE CHâTILLON We have a right to life, not on it. DANIEL MELGAçO Air is approximately 21% oxygen, our brains feed off of oxygen. So basically we are all airheads. ANDONI GARCIA Inspired By Beauty In Creation We Are One DANIEL GILMAN People are attracted to who we are more than what we do. LORRIN L. LEE We each can accomplish so much in this world. There is no room for boredom ROXE Are shadows a shadowy reflection of the soul or is it a reflection of who we really are, or possibly... GARY F EVANS... You either have the feeling or you don’t. DANIEL HANDLER And when I saw you kissing that girl My heart, it shattered and my eyes, they watered And ... KATE NASH We are this fucking stick in the end... DEYTH BANGER Sisi wote ni wanafunzi. ENOCK MAREGESI Created visions of experiencing unreality. VICDO We do not choose to be born...We do not--most of us, choose to die, or the times or conditions of ou... JOSEPH EPSTEIN What fun we had, how beautiful we were. E. LOCKHART We are ready for any unforeseen event that may or may not happen DAN QUAYLE The chakras in your body are as to galaxies on the body of God. L.J. VANIER Because you can only die once but you can suffer forever. SHAUN DAVID HUTCHINSON The future belongs to all who, refusing to look back at the past move ahead with the clock as it tic... ODO SIMON AGBO For whatever be the knowledge which we are able to obtain of God, either by perception or reflection... ORIGEN An Error is like Salt and A 'Sincere' Apology is like Water and a ''Repeated Same Error'' is like a ... ANUROOP TYAGI I like to open for a band as it brings on sort of a challenge and it makes things more interesting. ... KELLY JONES If we're honest, most of us are doing okay. CRAIG GROESCHEL Sometimes we must undergo hardships, breakups, and narcissistic wounds, which shatter the flattering... JEAN-YVES LELOUP The answer isn't more time but a greater awareness of the time we have. CRAIG GROESCHEL We cannot wish for that we know not. VOLTAIRE Empathy is a bridge. Our sufferings connect us. Let pain make you softer. AKIROQ BROST There's no "i" in we, but it is in egoic. When you think about we instead of me, then and only then ... CELESTINE L. GRAY We all have the potential to do terrible things. But we also have the potential to overcome our mist... VERONICA ROSSI We live in relative world with relatives. DEYTH BANGER The best time to plant a tree was 20 years ago. The second best time is now. CHINESE PROVERB For years I thought we were on the same page...then I discovered we were NOT even in the same book..... KJFORCE We are all joined in a circle of stories. LINDA JOY MYERS There is nothing that makes us feel so good as the idea that someone else is an evildoer. ROBERT LYND Normally, we're never satisfied. CRAIG GROESCHEL Love is purpose and we all have love so we all have a purpose PARKER LOUIS SEELY All my life I have overheard, all my life I have listened to what people will let slip when they thi... PATRICIA LOCKWOOD Outside... we are just nobody... you could meet me outside... but it doesn't mean that I am DeYtH Ba... DEYTH BANGER Come on... come on... I am waiting for answer... ... Silence doesn't make it... bet... DEYTH BANGER Our gods are here, below, with us---in the office, the kitchen, the workshop, the toilet; the gods h... YEVGENY ZAMYATIN What, the glass is half-full instead of half-empty? Bullshit. What they don't tell you is that regar... T.J. KLUNE La tragedia no es glamurosa E. LOCKHART Mi mente funciona de maneras misteriosas E. LOCKHART Nuestro beso convierte el mundo en polvo E. LOCKHART suffer. you could say it means endure, but thats not exactly right E. LOCKHART Suffer. You could say it means endure, but that's not exactly right E. LOCKHART Divorce shreds the muscles of our hearts so that they will hardly beat without a struggle. E. LOCKHART The Bible consistently and directly indicates that when we give generously, we're serving, honoring,... CRAIG GROESCHEL Somewhere in the ruins above them, the cats are howling. ANTHONY DOERR It is terribly important to realize that the leap of faith is not so much a leap of thought as of ac... WILLIAM SLOANE COFFIN JR. Standing on the edge of that darkness, she felt the stirrings of reckless want. A wild sort of brave... EMILY LLOYD-JONES Weirdly enough, the more we give away, the richer we become. CRAIG GROESCHEL We cannot attribute to fortune or virtue that which is achieved without either. NICCOLO MACHIAVELLI We've got exactly what we need to fulfill our destiny! ABHISHEK KUMAR The creed of greed: Great Revenue Every Everlasting Day. (IN BANKS WE TRUST) ANTHONY T. HINCKS
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[Fr., L'indolence est le sommeil des esprits.] LUC DE CLAPIER DE VAUVANARGUES It is difficult to esteem a man as highly as he would wish.
[Fr., Il est difficile d'estimer quelq... LUC DE CLAPIER DE VAUVANARGUES There is nothing one sees oftener than the ridiculous and
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[Fr., Les maximes des hommes decelent leur coeur.] LUC DE CLAPIER DE VAUVANARGUES Obscurity is the realm of error.
[Fr., L'obscurite est le royaume de l'erreur.] LUC DE CLAPIER DE VAUVANARGUES Clearness ornaments profound thoughts.
[Fr., La clarte orne les pensees profondes.] LUC DE CLAPIER DE VAUVANARGUES An optimist is a man who plant two acorns and buy a hammock. JEAN DE LATTRE DE TASSIGNY Clearness marks the sincerity of philosophers.
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[Fr., La proserite fait peu d'amis.] LUC DE CLAPIER DE VAUVANARGUES The fruit derived from labor is the sweetest of pleasures.
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