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«Books are the carriers of civilization. Without books, history is silent, literature dumb, science crippled, thought and speculation at a standstill. They are engines of change, windows on the world, lighthouses erected in the sea of time.»
Author: Barbara W. Tuchman
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Books,
Literature
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«Books are lighthouses erected in the great sea of time»
Author: Edwin P. Whipple
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Books
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«Character is the firm foundation stone upon which one must build to win respect. Just as no worthy building can be erected on a weak foundation, so no lasting reputation worthy of respect can be built on a weak character.»
Author: R. C. Samsel
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Character
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«There are no constraints on the human mind, no walls around the human spirit, no barriers to our progress except those we ourselves erect.»
Author: Ronald Reagan
(President)
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«In order to master the unruly torrent of life the learned man meditates, the poet quivers, and the political hero erects the fortress of his will.»
Author: Jose Ortega y Gasset
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«The superior man is the providence of the inferior. He is eyes for the blind, strength for the weak, and a shield for the defenseless. He stands erect by bending above the fallen. He rises by lifting others.»
Author: Robert Green Ingersoll
(Orator, Statesman)
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«Creating a new theory is not like destroying an old barn and erecting a skyscraper in its place. It is rather like climbing a mountain, gaining new and wider views, discovering unexpected connections between our starting points and its rich environment. But the point from which we started out still exists and can be seen, although it appears smaller and forms a tiny part of our broad view gained by the mastery of the obstacles on our adventurous way up.»
Author: Albert Einstein
(Physicist)
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«Atheism leaves a man to sense, to philosophy, to natural piety, to laws, to reputation; all of which may be guides to an outward moral virtue, even if religion vanished; but religious superstition dismounts all these and erects an absolute monarchy i»
Author: Francis Bacon, Sr.
(Lawyer, Philosopher)
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«I respect the man who knows distinctly what he wishes. The greater part of all mischief in the world arises from the fact that men do not sufficiently understand their own aims. They have undertaken to build a tower, and spend no more labor on the foundation than would be necessary to erect a hut.»
Author: Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
(Dramatist, Novelist, Playwright, Poet)
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Respect
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«He stands erect by bending over the fallen. He rises by lifting others.»
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