Bernal Díaz del Castillo Quotes
The sun, moon, stars, firmament, the sea and the earth have their fixed course, and if ever they do diverge from their regular course, they always correct themselves again; may Cortes, in his love of power, take this as a precept.
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We don't need to clear the 4 to 6 percent of the Earth's surface remaining in tropical rain forests, with most of the animal and plant species living there.
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Nothing earth-shattering has happened in men's fashion. How much can you do with men's clothes?
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Scientists didn't discover the noble gas helium - the second most common element in the universe - on Earth until 1895. And they thought it existed in minute quantities only, until miners found a huge underground cache in Kansas in 1903.
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I believe that you're here on Earth for a short time, and while you're here, you shouldn't forget it.
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There is nothing on earth divine except humanity.
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I prefer death in Christ Jesus to power over the farthest limits of the earth. He who died in place of us is the one object of my quest. He who rose for our sakes is my one desire.
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If an alien visited Earth, they would take some note of humans, but probably spend most of their time trying to understand the dominant form of life on our planet - microorganisms like bacteria and viruses.
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Scarce any problem will appear more hard and difficult, than that of determining the distance of the Sun from the Earth very near the truth: but even this... will without much labour be effected.
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God had one son on earth without sin, but never one without suffering.
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The poet's spoken discourse often depends on a mystique, on the spiritual freedom that finds itself enslaved on earth.
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To an observer situated on the moon or on one of the planets, the most noticeable feature on the surface of our globe would no doubt be the large areas covered by oceanic water. The sunlit face of the earth would appear to shine by the light diffused back into space from the land and water-covered areas.
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One of the prettiest sounds on Earth at sunset.
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The people of the world can live together in peace. We know that is God's vision. Now, that must be our work here on Earth.
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Sometimes when earth's gods are homesick they visit in the still of the night the peaks where once they dwelt, and weep softly as they try to play in the olden way on remembered slopes.
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No two people on earth are alike, and it's got to be that way in music or it isn't music.
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In Hell you'd be foolish to count on people displaying high standards of honesty. The same goes for earth.
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'What on earth prompted you to take a hand in this?''I don't know. My… my code of morals, perhaps.''Your code of morals. What code, if I may ask?' 'Comprehension.'
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Is all our Life, then, but a dream Seen faintly in the golden gleam Athwart Time's dark resistless stream?Bowed to the earth with bitter woe Or laughing at some raree-show We flutter idly to and fro.Man's little Day in haste we spend, And, from its merry noontide, send No glance to meet the silent end.
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There is something cosmic in his interpretation of the movement of earth and sky and weather forms in his paintings...
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Like its politicians and its war, society has the teenagers it deserves.
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A new type of thinking is essential if mankind is to survive and move toward higher levels.
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'...I suspect that pain means little to you as your life-but both your life and your pain are very important to me.'
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In America, any boy can grow up to become president. Or, if he never grows up, vice president.
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The sun, moon, stars, firmament, the sea and the earth have their fixed course, and if ever they do diverge from their regular course, they always correct themselves again; may Cortes, in his love of power, take this as a precept.
