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In truth, one cannot, it seems, oppose mechanism and finalism, one cannot oppose mechanism and anthropomorphism, for if the functioning of a machine is explained by relations of pure causality, the construction of a machine can be understood neither without purpose nor without man. A machine is made by man and for man, with a view toward certain ends to be obtained, in the form of effects to be produced, a mechanical model of any phenomena is explanatory only so long as we take machines as already granted. ~Georges Canguilhem
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Do not look for more honor than your learning merits. ~Jewish Proverb
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proverbiosA good laugh and a long sleep are two best cures in the doctor's book. ~Irish Proverb
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There was something frantic in their blooming, as if they knew that frost was near and then the bitter cold. They'd lived through all the heat and noise and stench of summertime, and now each widely opened flower was like a triumphant cry, "We will, we will make seed before we die." ~Harriette Simpson Arnow
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Beauty is in the eye of the beholder. ~English Proverb
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A good denial, the best point in law. ~Irish Proverb
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Only your real friends will tell you when your face is dirty. ~Sicilian Proverb
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We believe. We believe in our destiny as a nation. We believe we have been called to do good, to spread the blessings of liberty and encourage the sense of trust upon which free societies depend. ~Tony Snow
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A ring on a good woman's finger is no good without a blouse on her back. ~Irish Proverb
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A friend's eye is a good mirror. ~Irish Proverb
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Good luck beats early rising. ~Irish Proverb
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Bad as I like ye, it's worse without ye. ~Irish Proverb
#proverbs #irish-proverbs #heart
Two guests cannot be entertained satisfactorily at the same time. ~African Proverb
#proverbs #african-proverbs #guests #wisdom
Who does not thank for little, will not thank for much. ~Estonian Proverb
#proverbs #estonian-proverbs #gratitude
Taste it and you will get a desire for it. ~Irish Proverb
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But the first published thing I did was a detective story, detective novel, and I did that on my own. ~Peter Shaffer
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As the big hound is, so will the pup be. ~Irish Proverb
#proverbs #irish-proverbs #nature
As the old cock crows the young cock learns. ~Irish Proverb
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I wear my shadows where they are harder to see, but they follow me everywhere. I guess that should tell me I am travelling toward light. ~Bruce Cockburn
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After the game, the king and the pawn go into the same box. ~Italian Proverb
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The sun does not forget a village just because it is small. ~African Proverb
#proverbs #african-proverbs #nature #reality
The most Blessed Virgin Mary, in the first instant of her conception, by a singular grace and privilege granted by almighty God, in view of the merits of Jesus Christ, the savior of the human race, was preserved free from all stain of original sin. ~Pope Pius IX
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No matter who you are, there is always some part of you that wishes you were someone else, and when, for a millisecond, you get that wish, it's a miracle. ~Jodi Picoult
#quotes #jodi-picoult #personality #wish