"One function of the librarian, as he saw it, was to blunt the edge of these differences and to provide a means whereby the rich and poor could live happily side by side. The public library was a great leveler, supplying a literature by which the ordinary man could experience some of the pleasures of the rich, and providing a common ground where employer and employee could meet on equal terms."

-- Lewis Henry Steiner

#Mean Quotes #Men Quotes #Differences Quotes

“Colour as perceived by us is a function of three independent variables at least three are I think sufficient, but time will show if I thrive.”
“Maybe wrist corsages cut off circulation to the brain? I mean, is that why so many girls do stupid things on prom night? I was really going to have to investigate this further, I decided”
“What is the life of a man more than the life of a lamb, or any guiltless animal?”

Source : James Hogg, James Thomson, Margaret Oliphant (2014). “Scottish Gothic: The Private Memoirs and Confessions of a Justified Sinner, The City of Dreadful Night, A Beleaguered City”, p.108, Palimpsest Book Production Limited
“She's French, so she's teaching them French, and their previous nanny was Spanish, so they're fluent in Spanish.”
“We have to realize only in communication, in real knowledge, in real reaching out, can there be an understanding that there's humanity everywhere, and that's what I'm trying to do.”
“Universities hire professors the way some men choose wives - they want the ones the others will admire.”
“When we see the shadow on our images, are we seeing the time 11 minutes ago on Mars? Or are we seeing the time on Mars as observed from Earth now? It's like time travel problems in science fiction. When is now; when was then?”
“The ego does not want to be wrong, ever.”

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