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It's an awful stretcher to believe that a peacock's tail was thus formed but ... most people just don't get it - I must be a very bad explainer


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The love for all living creatures is the most noble attribute of man.

The love for all living creatures is the most noble attribute of man.



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A man who dares to waste one hour of time has not discovered the value of life.



The world will not be inherited by the strongest, it will be inherited by those most able to change.

The world will not be inherited by the strongest, it will be inherited by those most able to change.



Nothing exists for itself alone, but only in relation to other forms of life

Nothing exists for itself alone, but only in relation to other forms of life



Building a better mousetrap merely results in smarter mice.

Building a better mousetrap merely results in smarter mice.



A mathematician is a blind man in a dark room looking for a black cat which isn't there.

A mathematician is a blind man in a dark room looking for a black cat which isn't there.



An American monkey, after getting drunk on brandy, would never touch it again, and thus is much wiser than most men.

An American monkey, after getting drunk on brandy, would never touch it again, and thus is much wiser than most men.



It is not the biggest, the brightest or the best that will survive, but those who adapt the quickest.

It is not the biggest, the brightest or the best that will survive, but those who adapt the quickest.



We can allow satellites, planets, suns, universe, nay whole systems of universes, to be governed by laws, but the smallest insect, we wish to be created at once by special act.

We can allow satellites, planets, suns, universe, nay whole systems of universes, to be governed by laws, but the smallest insect, we wish to be created at once by special act.



What a book a devil's chaplain might write on the clumsy, wasteful, blundering, low, and horribly cruel work of nature!

What a book a devil's chaplain might write on the clumsy, wasteful, blundering, low, and horribly cruel work of nature!





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Фанатиците винаги имат един такъв раздърпан, опулен вид. Приличат на хора, които не мастурбират, но непрекъснато мислят за това.

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Fame doesn't end loneliness.

Fame doesn't end loneliness.



Material development alone does not yield genuine inner peace.

Material development alone does not yield genuine inner peace.




Forbearance is the root of quietness and assurance forever.

Forbearance is the root of quietness and assurance forever.



Many a man is praised for his reserve and so-called shyness when he is simply too proud to risk making a fool of himself.

Many a man is praised for his reserve and so-called shyness when he is simply too proud to risk making a fool of himself.



There is no such thing as a failure who keeps trying.

There is no such thing as a failure who keeps trying.



If you got to have a dream, you may as well dream big.

If you got to have a dream, you may as well dream big.



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If you want the fire of God, you must become the fuel of God.




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