Quote by Ludwig Wittgenstein
I sit astride life like a bad rider on a horse. I only owe it to t

I sit astride life like a bad rider on a horse. I only owe it to the horses good nature that I am not thrown off at this very moment. – Ludwig Wittgenstein

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It is so characteristic, that just when the mechanics of reproduction are so vastly improved, there are fewer and fewer people who know how the music should be played. – Ludwig Wittgenstein

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All, all is theft, all is unceasing and rigorous competition in nature the desire to make off with the substance of others is the foremost – the most legitimate – passion nature has bred into us and, without doubt, the most agreeable one. – Marquis de Sade

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I remember a hundred lovely lakes, and recall the fragrant breath of pine and fir and cedar and poplar trees. The trail has strung upon it, as upon a thread of silk, opalescent dawns and saffron sunsets. – Hamlin Garland

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Nature rejuvenates so quickly, so completely. Though we often view ourselves otherwise, we are nature. – Jeb Dickerson, jebdickerson.com

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Extremes in nature equal ends produce In man they join to some mysterious use. – Alexander Pope

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Men know everything – all of them – all the time – no matter how stupid or inexperienced or arrogant or ignorant they are. – Andrea Dworkin

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