"Le Verrier-without leaving his study, without even looking at the sky-had found the unknown planet [Neptune] solely by mathematical calculation, and, as it were, touched it with the tip of his pen!"

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Source : Camille Flammarion (1914). “Astronomy”

Camille Flammarion

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“We often have an exaggerated sense of what nonprofits and governments are doing to help the poor, but the really inspiring thing is how much the poor are doing to help themselves.”
“Individuals with a good self esteem can accept or reject the opinions of others, but never depend on them for their sense of worthiness.”
“I believe in the brotherhood of man, all men, but I don't believe in brotherhood with anybody who doesn't want brotherhood with me. I believe in treating people right, but I'm not going to waste my time trying to treat somebody right who doesn't know how to return the treatment.”
“I used to get stressed out, but my cancer has put everything into perspective.”
“Do not believe those persons who say they have never been jealous. What they mean is that they have never been in love.”
“Innocence of heart and violence of feeling are necessary in any kind of superior achievement: The arts cannot exist without them.”

Source : Louise Bogan (2005). “A poet's prose: selected writings of Louise Bogan : with the uncollected poems”, Swallow Press
“Architecture is to make us know and remember who we are.”
“What we are is our parents' children; what we become is our children's parents.”

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