Evangelista Torricelli Quotes
We have made many glass vessels... with tubes two cubits long. These were filled with mercury, the open end was closed with the finger, and the tubes were then inverted in a vessel where there was mercury.
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I believe in one thing-that only a life lived for others is a life worth living.
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I had never heard Ellery laugh before, not out loud. I loved the sound, it filled me up. It tinkled like a magic bird.
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And you tell me, friends, that there is no disputing taste and tasting? But all life is a dispute over taste and tasting!
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I regard the constituent assembly as the substitute ofsatyagraha. It is constructive satyagraha.
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The primitive stages can always be re-established; the primitive mind is, in the fullest meaning of the word, imperishable.
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If Islam's sole interest is the welfare of mankind, then Islam is the strongest advocate of human rights anywhere on Earth.
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It is a miserable thing to live in suspense; it is the life of the spider.
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In a crooked mind even the right thing gets crooked.
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Watching children grow up, you learn a lot about life and about being a better person - you learn a lot about what's really important in the world and what isn't.
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Two evils, greed and faction are the destruction of all justice.
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While we had other options, we didn't want to lose what's been a relationship since 1990, and we think they're doing an awfully good job.
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And as for herself, if she could manage to welcome sorrow as readily as joy, it would shape her as deftly as joy could have to whatever beauty of being it was within her power to reach...
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The way I was grew up gave me a slight fearlessness and a sense of independence. There are things about it that have definitely informed me. And then, as a parent, it's done the opposite. It's made me feel much more protective. There are boundaries in my kids' lives that I don't think I had.
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I don't think Stoppardian has a precise definition.
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We have made many glass vessels... with tubes two cubits long. These were filled with mercury, the open end was closed with the finger, and the tubes were then inverted in a vessel where there was mercury.
