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“Man has too long forgotten that the earth was given to him for usufruct alone, not for consumption, still less for profligate waste.”
Source : George Perkins Marsh (1864). “Man and Nature: Or, Physical Geography as Modified by Human Action”, p.35, New York : C. Scribner
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“Inconstancy is the child of satiety.”
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“If a hippo ever wants to fight, just walk away.”
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“The less there is of eloquence, the more there is of love.”
Source : Charles Perrault (2014). “Little Red Riding Hood and Other Stories: Children's Classics”, p.23, Everyman's Library
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“There is no photograph more inherently photographic than another.”
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“But remember, for all your adult life you'll be a woman. And how you live your life as a woman, all by yourself before God, is what makes the real you. Nothing on the exterior can touch or change that precious inner sanctuary -- your heart, His dwelling place -- unless you let it. And God, who loves you very much, has tailor made all your outer life -- your circumstances, your relationships -- to pressure you into becoming that beautiful woman He's planned for you to be.”
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“Low aim, not failure, is the crime.”
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“I came to believe that being a private detective was the work I was meant to do.”
