"There are few things more pleasing than the contemplation of order and useful arrangement."

-- Arthur Phillips

#Order Quotes #Contemplation Quotes #Arrangements Quotes

“Nobody's that naive," she muttered. "Nobody's that guileless." "He's from Nebraska." Peabody scanned her pocket unit. "From where?" "Nebraska." Peabody waived a hand, vaguely west.... "They still grow them pretty guileless in Nebraska. I think it's all that soy and corn.”
“I don't mind a big fascinator. I think there is more scope for artwork in a fascinator rather than a hat.”
“If one learns from others, but does not think, one will be bewildered. If, on the other hand, one thinks but does not learn from others, one will be in peril.”
“Art is the pleasure of a spirit that enters nature and discovers that it too has a soul.”
“The soul knows no greater anguish than to take a breath that begins with love and ends with grief.”
“My brothers and sister have all achieved so much in their lives and achieved so much success. But I'm growing and learning, I have a strong head on my shoulders.”
“To teach how to live without certainty and yet without being paralysed by hesitation is perhaps the chief thing that philosophy, in our age, can do for those who study it.”
“Dream of me, my beloved family, happy in my plundering and adventuring, for when the waves rock me to sleep tonight, I will be dreaming of you.”

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