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"Who promised you that only for joy were you brought to this earth?"

"Who promised you that only for joy were you brought to this earth?"

Anna Freud, Austrian Psychologist

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"The proper union of gin and vermouth is a great and sudden glory; it is one of the happiest marriages on earth, and one of the shortest lived."

"The proper union of gin and vermouth is a great and sudden glory; it is one of the happiest marriages on earth, and one of the shortest lived."

Bernard De Voto, American Writer

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"The free, independent spirit who commits himself to no dogma and will not decide in favor of any party has no homestead on earth."

"The free, independent spirit who commits himself to no dogma and will not decide in favor of any party has no homestead on earth."

Stefan Zweig, Austrian Writer

Earth, Party, Spirit, Will

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"The smallest minority on earth is the individual. Those who deny individual rights cannot claim to be defenders of minorities."

"The smallest minority on earth is the individual. Those who deny individual rights cannot claim to be defenders of minorities."

Ayn Rand, Russian Writer

Earth, Rights, Minority

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"The Nautilus was piercing the water with its sharp spur, after having accomplished nearly ten thousand leagues in three months and a half, a distance greater than the great circle of the earth. Where were we going now, and what was reserved for the future?"

"The Nautilus was piercing the water with its sharp spur, after having accomplished nearly ten thousand leagues in three months and a half, a distance greater than the great circle of the earth. Where were we going now, and what was reserved for the future?"

Jules Verne, French Author

Earth, Future, Months, Now

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"Weapons are created to be used. There's no place for the weak on this earth."

"Weapons are created to be used. There's no place for the weak on this earth."

Curt Siodmak, German Novelist

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"I am very down to earth and practical."

"I am very down to earth and practical."

Ashley Olsen, American Actress

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"I told you, the dopes are gonna inherit the earth anyway."

"I told you, the dopes are gonna inherit the earth anyway."

Sidney Buchman, American Screenwriter

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"In a sense, each of us is an island. In another sense, however, we are all one. For though islands appear separate, and may even be situated at great distances from one another, they are only extrusions of the same planet, Earth."

"In a sense, each of us is an island. In another sense, however, we are all one. For though islands appear separate, and may even be situated at great distances from one another, they are only extrusions of the same planet, Earth."

J. Donald Walters, American Author

Earth, Islands, May, Sense

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"Less than an hour before he'd congratulated himself on escaping all the traps of Earth, all the snares of Man. Not knowing that the greatest trap of all, the final and the fatal trap, lay on this present planet."

"Less than an hour before he'd congratulated himself on escaping all the traps of Earth, all the snares of Man. Not knowing that the greatest trap of all, the final and the fatal trap, lay on this present planet."

Clifford D. Simak, American Writer

Earth, Man, Present

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"The miracle on earth are the laws of heaven."

"The miracle on earth are the laws of heaven."

Jean Paul, German Author

Earth, Heaven, Laws

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"As our bodies live upon the earth and find sustenance in the fruits which it produces, so our minds feed on the same truths as the intelligible and immutable substance of the divine Word contains."

"As our bodies live upon the earth and find sustenance in the fruits which it produces, so our minds feed on the same truths as the intelligible and immutable substance of the divine Word contains."

Nicolas Malebranche, French Philosopher

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"Even if the whole earth and sea were turned to gold, they could hardly satisfy the avarice of a woman... You can more easily scratch a diamond with your fingernail than you can by any human ingenuity get a woman to consent to giving any of her savings."

"Even if the whole earth and sea were turned to gold, they could hardly satisfy the avarice of a woman... You can more easily scratch a diamond with your fingernail than you can by any human ingenuity get a woman to consent to giving any of her savings."

Andreas Capellanus, French Writer

Earth, Giving, Gold, Sea

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"Heaven would indeed be heaven if lovers were there permitted as much enjoyment as they had experienced on earth."

"Heaven would indeed be heaven if lovers were there permitted as much enjoyment as they had experienced on earth."

Giovanni Boccaccio, Italian Author

Earth, Enjoyment, Heaven, Lovers

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"I want to find someone on the earth so intelligent that he welcomes opinions which he condemns."

"I want to find someone on the earth so intelligent that he welcomes opinions which he condemns."

John Jay Chapman, American Poet

Earth, Opinions, Want

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"He who is only just is cruel. Who on earth could live were all judged justly?"

"He who is only just is cruel. Who on earth could live were all judged justly?"

Lord Byron, British Poet

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"It would be better for the true physics if there were no mathematicians on earth."

"It would be better for the true physics if there were no mathematicians on earth."

Daniel Bernoulli, Dutch Mathematician

Earth, Mathematicians, Physics

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"Wit is the most rascally, contemptible, beggarly thing on the face of the earth."

"Wit is the most rascally, contemptible, beggarly thing on the face of the earth."

Arthur Murphy, Irish Writer

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"Opinion has caused more trouble on this little earth than plagues or earthquakes."

"Opinion has caused more trouble on this little earth than plagues or earthquakes."

Voltaire, French Writer

Earth, Opinion, Trouble

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"It is true that we are weak and sick and ugly and quarrelsome but if that is all we ever were, we would millenniums ago have disappeared from the face of the earth."

"It is true that we are weak and sick and ugly and quarrelsome but if that is all we ever were, we would millenniums ago have disappeared from the face of the earth."

John Steinbeck, American Author

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"There is no such thing on earth as an uninteresting subject; the only thing that can exist is an uninterested person."

"There is no such thing on earth as an uninteresting subject; the only thing that can exist is an uninterested person."

Gilbert K. Chesterton, English Writer

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"No waiting the beyond, no peering toward it,but longing to degrade not even death;we shall learn earthliness, and serve its ends,to feel its hands about us like a friend's."

"No waiting the beyond, no peering toward it,but longing to degrade not even death;we shall learn earthliness, and serve its ends,to feel its hands about us like a friend's."

Rainer Maria Rilke, German Poet

Earth, Death, Life, Learning

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"Forget not that the earth delights to feel your bare feet and the winds long to play with your hair."

"Forget not that the earth delights to feel your bare feet and the winds long to play with your hair."

Kahlil Gibran, Lebanese Philosopher

Earth, Feet, Forget, Hair

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"When you make the finding yourself - even if you're the last person on Earth to see the light - you'll never forget it."

"When you make the finding yourself - even if you're the last person on Earth to see the light - you'll never forget it."

Carl Sagan, American Scientist

Earth, Forget, Light

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"The Earth's health is the only standard that is all-encompassing enough to overcome the ethnic, cultural, religious, and national tensions that are rending the world asunder. Only the Earth can become the central axis around which which world peace can be spun, for no religion is more compelling, no single nation larger, and no peoples older than the Earth itself. For that to happen, the collective human consciousness must expand enough so that our highest identification is as Earth-Humans."

"The Earth's health is the only standard that is all-encompassing enough to overcome the ethnic, cultural, religious, and national tensions that are rending the world asunder. Only the Earth can become the central axis around which which world peace can be spun, for no religion is more compelling, no single nation larger, and no peoples older than the Earth itself. For that to happen, the collective human consciousness must expand enough so that our highest identification is as Earth-Humans."

Ilchi Lee, South Korean Author

Earth, Unity, Peace, Humanity

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"We could have saved the Earth but we were too damned cheap."

"We could have saved the Earth but we were too damned cheap."

Kurt Vonnegut, American Author

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"I tell you, we are here on Earth to fart around, and don't let anybody tell you different."

"I tell you, we are here on Earth to fart around, and don't let anybody tell you different."

Kurt Vonnegut, American Author

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"Individual rights are not subject to a public vote; a majority has no right to vote away the rights of a minority; the political function of rights is precisely to protect minorities from oppression by majorities (and the smallest minority on earth is the individual)."

"Individual rights are not subject to a public vote; a majority has no right to vote away the rights of a minority; the political function of rights is precisely to protect minorities from oppression by majorities (and the smallest minority on earth is the individual)."

Ayn Rand, Russian Writer

Earth, Rights, Majority, Minority

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"Let's pray that the human race never escapes from Earth to spread its iniquity elsewhere."

"Let's pray that the human race never escapes from Earth to spread its iniquity elsewhere."

C. S. Lewis, British Author

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