Springs Quotes
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The concept of absolute, hence or whence springs, in the moral field, the moral laws or norms, represent, in the field of knowledge, the principle of identity, which is the fundamental law of the thought; norms of logic springs from it, that govern the thought or mind in the field of science. ("Le concept de l'absolu, d'où découlent, dans le domaine moral, les lois ou normes morales, constitue, le principe d'identité, qui est la loi fondamentale de la pensée; il en découle les normes logiques qui régissent la pensée dans le domaine de la science.")
African Spir
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In old age the secret springs of human nature are apt to come out.
Esther Forbes
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When will they make a tractor that can furnish the manure for farm fields and produce a baby tractor every spring?
George Erik Rupp
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Work is holy, sacred, and uplifting when it springs from who we are, when it bears a relationship to our unfolding journey.
Wayne Teasdale
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True happiness springs from moderation.
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
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They snatched that from me which I still held. They vied with each other in reading poetry to me in sheltered corners. They hung on my words, and laughed appreciatively every time I opened my mouth—sometimes even before I had opened it, which is conduct that easily dries up the springs of conversation. Such young men do exist, and it is a pity, because they are so bad for the older women, who give heed to their flutings at their own peril. I daresay they would have been bad for me too if I had taken them seriously, but I wasn’t quite old enough to do that, and my sole reaction to their devotion was that I was irked.
Elizabeth von Arnim
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Choice springs from the totality of the person. Thus, to study, to analyze what a person is, does not eliminate the idea of freedom.
Simone de Beauvoir
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The first springs of great events, like those of great rivers, are often mean and little.
Jonathan Swift