"It is in his knowledge that man has found his greatness and his happiness, the high superiority which he holds over the other animals who inhabit the earth with him, and consequently no ignorance is probably without loss to him, no error without evil."

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Source : James Smithson, John Robin McDaniel Irby (1879). “The Scientific Writings of James Smithson”

James Smithson

#Happiness Quotes #Ignorance Quotes #Loss Quotes

“Guests stay where you've put them, and carry on doing whatever you suggested they do, until you suggest they stop and do something else. If you leave them drinking a cup of tea and looking through your holiday slides, they're supposed to sit tight till you ask them to come and string beans in your kitchen.”
“If you're writing a screenplay from scratch, it involves a lot of creation. In this play, I had a strong main character and it involved some creation around him. That's what I like about adapting that particular play because I added some maneuvering space as a scriptwriter to invent my own things.”
“We each have our hiding places and we each put up with the little quirks of the people we love.”
“North and South were equally confident that God was on their side, and appealed incessantly to Him.”

Source : Rebecca Harding Davis (1904). “Rebecca Harding Davis: Writing Cultural Autobiography”, p.76, Vanderbilt University Press
“All my records have been written to be records, rather than writing a group of songs and seeing if they fit together.”
“I'm a warrior for light.”
“I've been very fortunate to be able to use my series as a platform to show a good message for the kids.”
“The eagles ruled the air as the tribes ruled the land.”

Source : Conn Iggulden (2013). “Conqueror: The Complete 5-Book Collection”, p.39, HarperCollins UK

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