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It is only afterward that a new idea seems reasonable. To begin with, it usually seems unreasonable.
Isaac Asimov /





Amiable weaknesses of human nature.
Edward Gibbon - The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire / 





All our virtues depend on the faculty of the senses, and on the degree to which external things affect us.
Denis Diderot /





India is Gandhi's country of birth; South Africa his country of adoption. He was both an Indian and a South African citizen. Both countries contributed to his intellectual and moral genius, and he shaped the liberatory movements in both colonial theaters.
Nelson Mandela /





Like slavery and apartheid, poverty is not natural. It is man-made and it can be overcome and eradicated by the actions of human beings.
Nelson Mandela /





There is only one thing that makes a dream impossible to achieve: the fear of failure.
Paulo Coelho /





He who wonders discovers that this is in itself a wonder.
M. C. Escher /





What counts in life is not the mere fact that we have lived. It is what difference we have made to the lives of others that will determine the significance of the life we lead.
Nelson Mandela /





I consider one of the most important duties of any scientist the teaching of science to students and to the general public.
Isaac Asimov /





What the public criticizes in you, cultivate. It is you.
Jean Cocteau - Le Coq et l’Arlequin / 





History is indeed little more than the register of crimes, follies, and misfortunes of mankind.
Edward Gibbon - The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire / 





True realism consists in revealing the surprising things which habit keeps covered and prevents us from seeing.
Jean Cocteau /





Lovers need to know how to lose themselves and then how to find themselves again.
Paulo Coelho /





Beware of anyone who wants to order things. To regulate is always to make oneself master of the others by hampering them.
Denis Diderot / 





The best way to describe anyone is to give an example of the kind of thing he would do.
Isaac Asimov /





Love is the force that transforms and improves the Soul of the World.
Paulo Coelho /





Mirrors would do well to reflect a little more before sending back images.
Jean Cocteau /





The Law of conservation of energy tells us we can't get something for nothing, but we refuse to believe it.
Isaac Asimov /





Every person born into this world has a natural right to sustain, preserve, and defend his own life to the best of his ability.
Giovanni Boccaccio - The Decameron / 
 





A film is a petrified fountain of thought.
Jean Cocteau /





We are far more liable to catch the vices than the virtues of our associates.
Denis Diderot /





Life attracts life.
Paulo Coelho /





Every moment of life is a step towards death.
Pierre Corneille / 





Everyone can rise above their circumstances and achieve success if they are dedicated to and passionate about what they do.
Nelson Mandela /





Beauty cannot be recognized with a cursory glance.
Jean Cocteau /





It has been said that love robs those who have it of their wit, and gives it to those who have none.
Denis Diderot / 





Man was born to live with his fellow human beings.
Denis Diderot /





I don't grow up. In me is the small child of my early days.
M. C. Escher / 





Find first, seek later.
Jean Cocteau /





We shelter an angel within us. We must be the guardians of that angel.
Jean Cocteau - Le Coq et l’Arlequin / 
 






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