"Now, as God the maker play'd he taught the game to Nature whom he created in his image; taught her the selfsame game which he played to her."

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Johannes Kepler

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“The essence of war is violence. Moderation in war is imbecility.”

Source : Lecture notes 1899-1902, in R. H. Bacon Life of Lord Fisher (1929) vol. 1, ch. 7
“I'm always tempted to say, 'Nah, that won't work.' But I think you should be willing to try ideas out before saying no. Be open-minded.”

Source : Source: www.glamour.com
“Fenworth!' Yes?' You bore me with your prattle.' Oh, regrettable that. Why don't you seek the company of someone who doesn't prattle? Seems like a good solution to your problem.”

Source : Donita K. Paul (2008). “DragonSpell: A Novel”, p.300, WaterBrook
“As I passed along the side walls of Westminster Abbey, I hardly saw any thing but marble monuments of great admirals, but which were all too much loaded with finery and ornaments, to make on me at least, the intended impression.”

Source : Karl Philipp Moritz (2010). “Travels in England in 1782”, p.55, BoD – Books on Demand
“And then we've got Blades of Glory, and we've got Brothers Solomon, and I've got a script in development with this guy Chuck Martin who used to write on Arrested, and, you know, we have a few things in various stages of development.”
“I was neat, clean, shaved and sober and I didn't care who knew it.”
“I don't think people understand that being poor means you have to work from dawn until dusk just to survive through the day. I think there's some notion that poor people lie about all day not doing anything.”
“Everyone [in higher education] was what I call drillers of deeper wells. These academics sit at the bottom of a deep well and they look up and see a sliver of the sky. They know everything about that little sliver of sky and nothing else. I scan all my horizons.”

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