"As a vessel is known by the sound, whether it be cracked or not; so men are proved, by their speeches, whether they be wise or foolish."

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Source : "Hoyt's New Cyclopedia Of Practical Quotations". Compiled by Jehiel Keeler Hoyt and Kate Louise Roberts, 1922.

Demosthenes

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“The principal subject is the surface, which has its color, its laws over and above those of object.”
“All things are true. God's an Astronaut. Oz is Over the Rainbow, and Midian is where the monsters live." - Peloquin”

Source : FaceBook post by Clive Barker from Sep 03, 2013
“Patriotism to your country is something that comes from your heart. It should be taught to you by your parents.”
“To encourage more top-caliber students to choose teaching, teachers should be paid a lot more, with starting salaries more in the range of $60,000 and potential earnings of as much as $150,000.”
“In the early '90s, we discovered mutations that could double the normal life span of worms.”

Source : "Sugar Shortens Life Span in Worms", abcnews.go.com. November 4, 2009.
“The only things that are immortal in this world are government programs and cancer cells in petri dishes.”
“The way I formed my studio and how I organize things actually came out of the model of the Japanese animation studio and the manga industry. The manga industry is gigantic in Japan.”

Source : Interview with Alison Gingeras, www.interviewmagazine.com. July 15, 2010.
“The field of scientific abstraction encompasses independent kingdoms of ideas and of experiments and within these, rulers whose fame outlasts the centuries. But they are not the only kings in science. He also is a king who guides the spirit of his contemporaries by knowledge and creative work, by teaching and research in the field of applied science, and who conquers for science provinces which have only been raided by craftsmen.”

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