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George Berkeley "No sooner do we depart from sense and instinct to follow reason but we are insensibly drawn into uncouth paradoxes, difficulties, and inconsistencies, which multiply and grow upon us as we advance in speculation; till at length, having wandered through many intricate mazes, we find ourselves just where we were, or, which is worse, sit down in a forlorn scepticism." George ...
The line of life is a ragged diagonal between duty and desire. William R. Alger The line of life is a ragged diagonal between duty and desire.DutyQuotations by William R. Alger
Duty. That which sternly impels us in the direction of profit, along the line of desire. Ambrose Bierce Duty. That which sternly impels us in the direction of profit, along the line of desire.DutyQuotations by Ambrose Bierce
Poem of the day – Are You the New Person Drawn Toward Me? by Walt Whitman Are you the new person drawn toward me?To begin with take warning, I am surely far different from what you suppose;Do you suppose you will find in me your ideal?Do you think it so easy to have me become your lover?Do you think the friendship of me would be unalloy'd satisfaction?Do you think I am trusty and faithful?Do you see ...
The test of a real comedian is whether you laugh at him before he opens his mouth. George Jean Nathan The test of a real comedian is whether you laugh at him before he opens his mouth.Comedy and ComediansQuotations by George Jean Nathan