Quotes 381 till 400 of 503.
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The principle of equality does not destroy the imagination, but lowers its flight to the level of the earth.
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The proper union of gin and vermouth is a great and sudden glory; it is one of the happiest marriages on earth, and one of the shortest lived.
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The purity men love is like the mists which envelope the earth, and not like the azure ether beyond.
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The rich are the scum of the earth in every country.
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The Rio de Contas, a wide, almost delta-like river, was startling, a sudden big sky and a feeling of openness, and very bright. It was noisy with birds. The rain forest houses most of the earth's plant and animal population. I hadn't anticipated it would be so loud.
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The society of life on Mars, or the challenge of making Mars more livable, will have significant benefits on our attempts to modify and change in some ways the environment here on Earth.
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The state of monarchy is the supremest thing upon earth: for kings are not only God's Lieutenants upon earth, and sit upon God's throne, but even by God himself they are called Gods.
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The Sun, the hearth of affection and life, pours burning love on the delighted earth.
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The surface of the earth is the shore of the cosmic ocean.... Recently, we've managed to wade a little way out, maybe ankle-deep, and the water seems inviting.
Source: Cosmos: A Personal Voyage (1990) 03 min 55 sec -
The sway of alcohol over mankind is unquestionably due to its power to stimulate the mystical faculties of human nature, usually crushed to earth by the cold facts and dry criticisms of the sober hour. Sobriety diminishes, discriminates, and says no; drunkenness expands, unites, and says yes.
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The sweetest noise on earth, a woman's tongue; A string which hath no discord.
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The thing that is incredible is life itself. Why should we be here in this sun-illuminated universe? Why should there be green earth under our feet?
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The thirsty earth soaks up the rain,
And drinks, and gapes for drink again;
The plants suck in the earth, and are
With constant drinking fresh and fair.Source: From Anacreon, ii. Drinking; reported in Bartletts Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. (1919). -
The total number of stars in the Universe is larger than all the grains of sand on all the beaches of the planet Earth.
Source: Cosmos (1980) 221 -
The trouble with kingdoms of heaven on earth is that they're liable to come to pass, and then their fraudulence is apparent for all to see. We need a kingdom of heaven in Heaven, if only because it can't be realized.
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The true object of all human life is play. Earth is a task garden; heaven is a playground.
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The U.S. Constitution is the basic framework for the greatest democracy on Earth. Some of my colleagues find it easy to amend it. I don't.
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The volunteering spirit of Londoners is part of what makes this the best big city on earth.
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The way of peace is the way of love. Love is the greatest power on earth. It conquers all things.
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The weak shall inherit the earth, but not the mineral rights.
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