Quotes with pebbles

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• Colleges are places where pebbles are polished and diamonds are dimmed.

  Robert Green Ingersoll
  American lawyer, a Civil War veteran and politician (1833 - 1899)
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• In science we resemble children collecting a few pebbles at the beach of knowledge, while the wide ocean of the unknown unfolds itself in front of us.

  Sir Isaac Newton
  British scientist, mathematician (1643 - 1727)
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• Men stumble over pebbles, never over mountains

  Emilie Cady
   
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• My life is full of mistakes. They're like pebbles that make a good road.

  Beatrice Wood
  American artist (1893 - 1998)
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• Rough diamonds may sometimes be mistaken for worthless pebbles.

  Sir Thomas Browne
  British author, physician and philosopher (1605 - 1682)
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Subjects in these quotes:

• collecting
• knowledge
• mountains
• sometimes
• worthless
• mistakes

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