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“Forsan et haec olim meminisse iuvabit - Perhaps even these things will be good to remember one day”
― Aeneid I
― Aeneid I
“When I view all beings not as special creations, but as the lineal descendants of some few beings which lived long before the first bed of the Silurian system was deposited, they seem to me to become ennobled.”
― The Origin of Species
― The Origin of Species
“My reason for preferring the darkness is that in the dark you have to describe yourself. In the daylight other people describe you.”
― Mister God, This is Anna
― Mister God, This is Anna
“The water was like glass, and in it were little insects with oars.”
― My Side of the Mountain
― My Side of the Mountain
“Beat and cuff your slave, keep him hungry and spiritless, and he will follow the chain of his master like a dog; but, feed and clothe him well, - work him moderately - surround him with physical comfort, - and dreams of freedom intrude. Give him a bad master, and he aspires to a good master; give him a good master, and he wishes to become his own master.”
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