"From the humanistic point of view every human achievement is unforgettable and immortal in its essence, even if it is replaced by a "better" one."

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Source : George Sarton (1964). “A History of Science: Ancient Science Through the Golden Age of Greece”

George Sarton

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“Scrabble was invented by Nazis to piss off kids with dyslexia.”

Source : "Eddie Izzard: Stripped". Documentary, Comedy, 2009.
“To be man's tender mate was woman born, and in obeying nature she best serves the purposes of heaven.”
“With terminal illness, your fate is sealed. Morally, we're more comfortable with a situation where you don't cause death, but you hasten it. We think that's a bright line. Comparing the U.S. with Switzerland, where assisted suicide is legal for patients suffering 'intolerable health problems.'”
“Higher than the perfect song For which love longeth, Is the tender fear of wrong, That never wrongeth.”
“Acting doesn't have anything to do with listening to the words. We never really listen, in general conversation, to what the other person is saying. We listen to what they mean. And what they mean is often quite apart from the words. When you see a scene between two actors that goes really well you can be sure they're not listening to each other - they're feeling what the other person is trying to get at. Know what I mean?”
“Life is little more than a loan shark: It exacts a very high rate of interest for the few pleasures it concedes”

Source : Luigi Pirandello (1962). “To clothe the naked: and two other plays”
“But it's very difficult, I can tell you I played the Czech Open a few times and it's very difficult just to go on to a scene where the course is prepared differently when the greens are fast and he's not used to it and they're hard as a rock and he's not used to it.”
“If I could define enlightenment briefly I would say it is 'the quiet acceptance of what is'.”

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