"Antiquity was often delighted to cast a halo of mythical glory around its illustrious names. The immortal works of this great philosopher seemed to entitle him to more than mortal honors. A legend into the authenticity of which we will abstain from inquiring, asserted that his mother, Perictione, a pure virgin, suffered an immaculate conception through the influence of Apollo. The god declared to Ariston, to whom she was about to be married, the parentage of the child."

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Source : John William Draper (1876). “History of the Intellectual Development of Europe”, p.151

John William Draper

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“For years, I kept a Post-it note above my desk. WORK NOT LOVE! was what it said. It seemed a sturdier kind of happiness.”

Source : Jenny Offill (2014). “Dept. of Speculation”, p.10, Vintage
“I guess thatâ€™s just part of loving people: You have to give things up. Sometimes you even have to give them up.”
“Discipline is the virtue that begins in obedience and flowers in self-control.”

Source : "Doing Virtuous Business: The Remarkable Success of Spiritual Enterprise". Book by Ted Malloch, 2011.
“I think Chairman Davis has said he would always prefer that baseball strengthens its own policies and not leave it to Congress to legislate. In the absence of any action, he believes Congress is ready to move forward.”

Source : "Heat Is On for Baseball to Toughen Drug Policy" by Jack Curry, www.nytimes.com. September 21, 2005.
“Beauty is variable, ugliness is constant.”
“A lot of kids spent more time out of school than in, but I always loved school and thought it was my way out of Cleveland, and out of poverty.”
“A sin takes on a new and real terror when there seems a chance that it is going to be found out.”
“For parlor use, the vague generality is a life saver.”

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