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discovery two broken
The two most common charges against the older fiction, that it pleased wickedly and that it taught nothing, had broken down before the discovery, except in illiberal sects, that the novel is fitted both for honest use and for pleasure. Carl Clinton Van Doren
discovery woods violet
Mathematical discoveries, like springtime violets in the woods, have their season which no human can hasten or retard. Carl Friedrich Gauss
discovery philadelphia atheism
In Philadelphia, I inadvertently came upon an edition of Robert Ingersoll's Essays and Lectures. This was an exciting discovery; his atheism confirmed my own belief that the horrific cruelty of the Old Testament was degrading to the human spirit. Charlie Chaplin
discovery action motive
We are not more ingenious in searching out bad motives for good actions when performed by others, than good motives for bad actions when performed by ourselves. Charles Caleb Colton
discovery heaven mystery
We must leave the discovery of this mystery, like all others, to time, and accident, and Heaven's pleasure. Charles Dickens
discovery would-be elements
We must expect the discovery of many as yet unknown elements-for example, elements analogous to aluminum and silicon- whose atomic weight would be between 65 and 75. Dmitri Mendeleev
discovery needs attention
We all need to figure out what's right for us because nothing about life is one size fits all. Even for an Olympian, that's for sure. And such discovery starts with you paying attention - to yourself. David Agus
discovery stories exciting
FCU's PLS discovery has quickly become one of the most exciting stories in the uranium sector. David Talbot
discovery self cosmos
We are made of stellar ash. Our origin and evolution have been tied to distant cosmic events. The exploration of the cosmos is a voyage of self-discovery. Carl Sagan
philosopher
Philosophers.-We are full of things which take us out of ourselves. Blaise Pascal
philosophers-and-philosophy philosophy plato received regard
Philosophy does not regard pedigree, she received Plato not as a noble, but she made him one. Lucius Annaeus Seneca
philosophers-and-philosophy station themselves
The philosopher must station themselves in the middle. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
philosophers-and-philosophy philosophy rather seeks solve
Real philosophy seeks rather to solve than to deny.
philosopher influential mystery
It is now no mystery that some quite influential 'philosophers' were 'mentally' ill. Alfred Korzybski
philosopher economic psychological
The facile economic and psychological debunking of the theoretical life cannot do away with its irreducible beauties. Allan Bloom
philosopher lovers
A philosopher's a lover of wisdom. Cornel West
philosophers-and-philosophy
We are Uzhbi, a consortium of pygmy philosophers.
philosopher absurd said
Sed nescio quo modo nihil tam absurde dici potest quod non dicatur ab aliquo philosphorum. (There is nothing so absurd but some philosopher has said it.) Marcus Tullius Cicero
ancient ancient-history
I love Paris for its wide boulevards and cafes, and Rome for the ancient history, as seen at the Forum. Alan Titchmarsh
ancient cultural environment explore fact forms hindu immense island possibilities sets simply somewhere spine throws whether
The fact that it is set in a phantasmagorical island somewhere in ancient Sri Lanka throws up immense possibilities to explore this cultural hybrid, whether it's through costumes, sets or simply because of the Hindu environment that forms the spine of the story.
ancient both classical four greek heart learned love modern speak terms took
I would love with all my heart to be able to speak Greek, classical or modern or both. It is a beautiful language, both aurally and in terms of the intricacy of its construction. I took four semesters of Ancient Greek in college, but it's all rusted away now - and I never learned to speak it anyway. Sarah Monette
ancient conditions
If our inconceivably ancient universe even had any beginning, the conditions determining that beginning must even now be engraved in the atomic weights.
ancient artists dissected fascinated greeks human received struggled unclear understand whether
The human eye has long fascinated lovers, artists and physicians. The ancient Greeks dissected eyes, but struggled to understand how they worked, unclear as to whether they received or emanated light. Tim Birkhead
ancient inevitable whatever
There's something ancient and inevitable about this desire to do whatever you can to protect your child. Eula Biss
ancient bringing foot life rest
We usually say of ancient persons, that they have already one foot in the grave, and the rest of their life is nothing else but the bringing of these feet together.
ancient conjecture diana given originally portion rise temple
The Temple of Diana is in the vicinity of the fountain, which has given rise to the conjecture that it originally constituted a portion of the ancient baths.
ancient fell love monastery surrounded
I remember going to a monastery library when I was very young and being surrounded by ancient books. I fell in love.