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«The fishermen know that the sea is dangerous and the storm terrible, but they have never found these dangers sufficient reason for remaining ashore»
Author: Vincent van Gogh
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Painter)
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Keywords:
ashore,
dangerous,
dangers,
fisherman,
fishermen,
found,
out of danger,
remaining,
sea,
sea a,
storm,
storming,
sufficient,
terrible,
these,
The Sea
«Power is not sufficient evidence of truth»
«That Quantity that is sufficient, the Stomach can perfectly concoct and digest, and it sufficeth the due Nourishment of the Body.»
Author: Benjamin Franklin
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Inventor,
Philosopher,
Printer,
Scientist,
Statesman,
Writer)
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Keywords:
be due,
concoct,
digest,
digesting,
digests,
due,
dues,
nourishment,
perfectly,
quantity,
stomach,
stomachs,
sufficient,
The Body
«To make a goal of comfort or happiness has never appealed to me; a system of ethics built on this basis would be sufficient only for a herd of cattle»
Author: Albert Einstein
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Physicist)
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About:
Ethics
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Keywords:
appealed,
basis,
built,
cattle,
comfort,
ethics,
goal,
herd,
herding,
sufficient,
system,
would-be
«The ideals which have always shone before me and filled me with the joy of living are goodness, beauty, and truth. To make a goal of comfort or happiness has never appealed to me; a system of ethics built on this basis would be sufficient only for a herd of cattle.»
Author: Albert Einstein
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Physicist)
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About:
Beauty,
Goodness,
Ideals,
Philosophy,
Truth
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Keywords:
appealed,
basis,
built,
cattle,
ethics,
filled,
goodness,
herd,
herding,
ideals,
Joy of,
shone,
sufficient,
system
«Thus so wretched is man that he would weary even without any cause for weariness... and so frivolous is he that, though full of a thousand reasons for weariness, the least thing, such as playing billiards or hitting a ball, is sufficient enough to amuse him.»
Author: Blaise Pascal
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Mathematician,
Philosopher,
Physicist)
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Keywords:
amuse,
amuses,
ball,
billiard,
billiards,
frivolous,
hitting,
hit man,
playing,
reasons,
such as,
sufficient,
thus,
weariness,
weary,
wretched
«To use the same words is not a sufficient guarantee of understanding; one must use the same words for the same genus of inward experience; ultimately one must have one's experiences in common.»
«To say that a man is your Friend, means commonly no more than this, that he is not your enemy. Most contemplate only what would be the accidental and trifling advantages of Friendship, as that the Friend can assist in time of need by his substance, or his influence, or his counsel. Even the utmost goodwill and harmony and practical kindness are not sufficient for Friendship, for Friends do not live in harmony merely, as some say, but in melody.»
Author: Henry David Thoreau
(
Essayist,
Philosopher,
Poet)
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Keywords:
accidental,
advantages,
assist,
assisted,
assisting,
assists,
commonly,
counsel,
goodwill,
harmony,
influence,
in harmony,
in time,
living substance,
melodies,
melody,
practical,
substance,
substances,
sufficient,
trifled,
trifling,
utmost
«True happiness is to understand our duties toward God and man; to enjoy the present, without anxious dependence on the future; not to amuse ourselves with either hopes or fears, but to rest satisfied with what we have, which is abundantly sufficient»
«The earth, that is sufficient, I do not want the constellations any nearer, I know they are very well where they are, I know they suffice for those who belong to them»