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Samuel Butler
There is one thing certain, namely, that we can have nothing certain; therefore it is not certain that we can have nothing certain.
There is one thing certain, namely, that we can have nothing certain; therefore it is not certain that we can have nothing certain.
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Thomas Dewar — UK
Minds are like parachutes — they only function when open.
Minds are like parachutes — they only function when open.
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Ursula K. LeGuin
It is good to have an end to journey toward, but it is the journey that matters in the end.
It is good to have an end to journey toward, but it is the journey that matters in the end.
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Ambrose Redmoon
Courage is not the absence of fear, but rather the judgement that something else is more important than fear.
Courage is not the absence of fear, but rather the judgement that something else is more important than fear.
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(African proverb)
Until lions have their historians, tales of the hunt shall always glorify the hunters.
Until lions have their historians, tales of the hunt shall always glorify the hunters.
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1973 Arthur C. Clarke
Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic.
Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic.
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Stephen Hawking
So look carefully at the map of the microwave sky. It's a blueprint for all the structure in the universe. We are the product of quantum fluctuations in the very early universe.
So look carefully at the map of the microwave sky. It's a blueprint for all the structure in the universe. We are the product of ...
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Stephen Hawking
If you look behind every exceptional person there is an exceptional teacher.
If you look behind every exceptional person there is an exceptional teacher.
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Abraham Lincoln
The most reliable way to predict the future is to create it.
The most reliable way to predict the future is to create it.
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Menelaus — Sparta, Greece
May the gods keep the wolves in the hills and the women in our beds!
May the gods keep the wolves in the hills and the women in our beds!
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Aristotle
He who has never learned to obey cannot be a good commander.
He who has never learned to obey cannot be a good commander.
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Milan Kundera
Lásky jsou jako impéria — když zanikne myšlenka, na níž byly založeny, zajdou i ony.
Lásky jsou jako impéria — když zanikne myšlenka, na níž byly založeny, zajdou i ony.
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Stephen Hawking
People asked a computer: "Is there a God?" And the computer said, "There is now," and fused the plug.
People asked a computer: "Is there a God?" And the computer said, "There is now," and fused the plug.
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Margaret Mitchell
There's good money in empire building. But, there's more in empire wrecking.
There's good money in empire building. But, there's more in empire wrecking.
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Lucretius
The world has persisted many a long year, having once been set going in the appropriate motions. From these everything else follows.
The world has persisted many a long year, having once been set going in the appropriate motions. From these everything else follows.
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Marcus Aurelius
Musíš vždy konať, rozprávať a myslieť tak, akoby práve ten okamih bol posledný v tvojom živote.
Musíš vždy konať, rozprávať a myslieť tak, akoby práve ten okamih bol posledný v tvojom živote.
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Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
A man can stand anything except a succession of ordinary days.
A man can stand anything except a succession of ordinary days.
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How peaceful life would be without love, how safe, how tranquil. And how dull.
How peaceful life would be without love, how safe, how tranquil. And how dull.
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