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We do not inherit the earth from our ancestors; we borrow it from our children.”

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We do not inherit the earth from our ancestors; we borrow it from our children.

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One can be a hero without ravaging the earth.”
Nicolas Boileau-Despréaux

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There are more things in heaven and earth, Horatio,
Than are dreamt of in your philosophy.”
William Shakespeare - The Tragedy of Hamlet, Prince of Denmark

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For all things come from earth, and all things end by becoming earth.”
Xenophanes

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The earth teaches us more about ourselves than all the books in the world, because it is resistant to us. Self-discovery comes when man measures himself against an obstacle.”
Antoine de Saint-Exupery - Wind, Sand and Stars

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Earth laughs in flowers.”
Ralph Waldo Emerson

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What can be more foolish than to think that all this rare fabric of heaven and earth could come by chance, when all the skill of art is not able to make an oyster!”
Anatole France

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The artist is a receptacle for emotions that come from all over the place: from the sky, from the earth, from a scrap of paper, from a passing shape, from a spider's web.”
Pablo Picasso

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