"Folly enlarges men's desires while it lessens their capacities."

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Source : Robert South (1842). “Sermons Preached Upon Several Occasions”, p.370

Robert South

#Men Quotes #Desire Quotes #Capacity Quotes

“Equations are just the boring part of mathematics. I attempt to see things in terms of geometry.”
“Ignorance was just as dynamic as knowledge, and it grew in the same proportion.”
“A journey does not need reasons. Before long, it proves to be reason enough in itself. One thinks that one is going to make a journey, yet soon it is the journey that makes or unmakes you.”
“If we only thought of our feet as we walk, we'd miss everything else.”
“Recognize yourself in he and she who are not like you and me.”
“I don't have the time to tell you all the things I've learned from this cast. It's an extraordinary ensemble because we all support each other so well.”
“That most sensitive, most delicate of instruments -- the mind of a little child!”

Source : Henry Handel Richardson, Henry Handel Richardson (pseud.) (1971). “Ultima Thule”
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