"We endeavour to employ only symmetrical figures, such as should not only be an aid to reasoning, through the sense of sight, but should also be to some extent elegant in themselves."

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Source : "Symbolic Logic". book by John Venn, 1881.

John Venn

#Sight Quotes #Aids Quotes #Symmetrical Quotes

“Even though you try to put people under control, it is impossible. You cannot do it. The best way to control people is to encourage them to be mischievous. Then they will be in control in a wider sense. To give your sheep or cow a large spacious meadow is the way to control him. So it is with people: first let them do what they want, and watch them. This is the best policy. To ignore them is not good. That is the worst policy. The second worst is trying to control them. The best one is to watch them, just to watch them, without trying to control them.”
“It would show hugely if I didn't want to be somewhere. Doing what you want to do can only generate good energy.”
“My problem with interviews, one day I'll think one thing, and the next day I'll think the exact opposite.”
“I mean, I can tell within the first two minutes if I'm into someone or not. I can always tell if I get butterflies.”

Source : "Kristin Cavallari: ‘I Want To Be Seen As A Serious Actress’". Interview with Jarett Wieselman, pagesix.com. July 14, 2009.
“I think I was a singer before I came out of the womb. I also think that the way you live your life, and the choices you make parallel what doors open up for you.”
“No plasticity exists in the Quran. This book is believed by Muslims to be the verbatim words of God. How can you change the word of God? Other religions are living. They are changing and evolving. Islam is fossilized. It allows no change. It can't be reformed.”

Source : Source: myislam.dk
“I have seen purer liqors, better segars, finer tobacco, truer guns and pistols, larger dirks and bowie knives, and prettier women courtesans here in San Francisco than in any other place I have ever visited.”
“You need to keep people close. You need to give them access to your heart.”

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