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«If Providence did beards devise, To prove the wearers of them wise, A fulsome goat would then, by nature, Excel each other human creature»
Author: Thomas D'Urfey
| Keywords:
beards, devise, excel, fulsome, goat, providence, wearer, wearers
«Human subtlety will never devise an invention more beautiful, more simple or more direct than does nature because in her inventions nothing is lacking, and nothing is superfluous.»
Author: Leonardo da Vinci
(Architect, Engineer, Painter, Sculptor)
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Inventions
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devise, devises, devising, direct, invention, inventions, lacking, simple, subtleties, subtlety, superfluous
«Do they not err that devise evil? but mercy and truth shall be to them that devise good.»
«For they speak not peace: but they devise deceitful matters against them that are quiet in the land.»
«All that hate me whisper together against me: against me do they devise my hurt.»
«He shutteth his eyes to devise froward things: moving his lips he bringeth evil to pass.»
«And Moses said unto the children of Israel, See, the LORD hath called by name Bezaleel the son of Uri, the son of Hur, of the tribe of Judah; / And he hath filled him with the spirit of God, in wisdom, in understanding, and in knowledge, and in all manner of workmanship; / And to devise curious works, to work in gold, and in silver, and in brass, / And in the cutting of stones, to set them, and in carving of wood, to make any manner of cunning work.»
«And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, / See, I have called by name Bezaleel the son of Uri, the son of Hur, of the tribe of Judah: / And I have filled him with the spirit of God, in wisdom, and in understanding, and in knowledge, and in all manner of workmanship, / To devise cunning works, to work in gold, and in silver, and in brass, / And in cutting of stones, to set them, and in carving of timber, to work in all manner of workmanship.»
Author: Bible
| Keywords:
carved in stone, carving, carvings, devise, timber, Tribe of Judah, workmanship
«And be on they guard against the good and the just! They would fain crucify those who devise their own virtue - they hate the lonesome ones»
Author: Friedrich Nietzsche
(Critic, Philosopher, Scholar)
| Keywords:
be on, crucify, crucifying, devise, fain
«Devise, wit; write, pen; for I am for whole volumes in folio.»
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