"It is not the bigness of anything in this kind that can hinder its motion, if the motive faculty be answerable thereunto. We see a great ship swims as well as a small cork, and an eagle flies in the air as well as a little gnat. 'Tis likely enough that there may be means invented of journeying to the Moon; and how happy they shall be that are first successful in this attempt."

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Source : "A Discourse Concerning a New World and Another Planet". Book by John Wilkins, Book 1, Chapter 14, p. 238-239, 1640.

John Wilkins

#Mean Quotes #Successful Quotes #Moon Quotes

“To acquire true self power you have to feel beneath no one, be immune to criticism and be fearless.”
“Speaking of tax fairness, it was Senator Kerry who voted to increase the income tax on senior citizens on Social Security, earning as little as $32,000 a year.”
“We must spoil our women, boy. A happy woman makes a happy home. An unhappy one makes us drink.”

Source : Sherrilyn Kenyon (2013). “Styxx”, p.58, Macmillan
“I'm a good shot and I love guns - I own several.”
“In that moment she learnt one of the greatest secrets of life: It is often easier to fight for others than it is for yourself.”
“But in action, one defies one's character.”

Source : Daniel Bell (1962). “The End of Ideology: On the Exhaustion of Political Ideas in the Fifties : with "The Resumption of History in the New Century"”, p.303, Harvard University Press
“A murderer is only an extroverted suicide.”
“A girl's name ending in 'a' - that always suggests a 'C' cup.”

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