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What I give form to in daylight is only one per cent of what I have seen in darkness.: M. C. Escher (1898 - 1972), Quoted in Comic Sections, D. MacHale (Dublin 1993)
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By keenly confronting the enigmas that surround us, and by considering and analysing the observations that I have made, I ended up in the domain of mathematics, Although I am absolutely without training in the exact sciences, I often seem to have more in common with mathematicians than with my fellow artists.: M. C. Escher (1898 - 1972), Quoted in To Infinity and Beyond, E Maor (Princeton 1991)
A place for everything and everything in its place.: Isabella Mary Beeton, The Book of Household Management, 1861
The whole art of teaching is only the art of awakening the natural curiosity of young minds for the purpose of satisfying it afterwards.: Anatole France (1844 - 1924), The Crime of Sylvestre Bonnard
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There exist only three beings worthy of respect: the priest, the soldier, the poet. To know, to kill, to create.: Charles Baudelaire (1821 - 1867), Mon Coeur Mis a Nu, XXII
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In the defense of our nation, a president must be a clear-eyed realist. There are limits to the smiles and scowls of diplomacy. Armies and missiles are not stopped by stiff notes of condemnation. They are held in check by strength and purpose and the promise of swift punishment.: George W. Bush (1946 - ), speech, November 19, 1999
Nearly all marriages, even happy ones, are mistakes: in the sense that almost certainly (in a more perfect world, or even with a little more care in this very imperfect one) both partners might be found more suitable mates. But the real soul-mate is the one you are actually married to.: J. R. R. Tolkien (1892 - 1973), Letter to Michael Tolkien, March 1941
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'I wish life was not so short,' he thought. 'Languages take such a time, and so do all the things one wants to know about.': J. R. R. Tolkien (1892 - 1973), The Lost Road
Many that live deserve death. And some die that deserve life. Can you give it to them? Then be not too eager to deal out death in the name of justice, fearing for your own safety. Even the wise cannot see all ends.: J. R. R. Tolkien (1892 - 1973), The Lord Of the Rings, Book Four, Chapter One
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There is so much good in the worst of us, And so much bad in the best of us, That it hardly behooves any of us To talk about the rest of us.: Edward Wallis Hoch (1849 - 1925), Marion (Kansas) Record
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