Quote by Mark Twain
We have not the reverent feeling for the rainbow that a savage has

We have not the reverent feeling for the rainbow that a savage has, because we know how it is made. We have lost as much as we gained by prying into that matter. – Mark Twain

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It is discouraging to try to penetrate a mind like yours. You ought to get it out and dance on it. That would take some of the rigidity out of it. – Mark Twain

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It’s spring fever. That is what the name of it is. And when you’ve got it, you want — oh, you don’t quite know what it is you do want, but it just fairly makes your heart ache, you want it so! – Mark Twain

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The treasure of self is buried under the rainbow and yet glows beyond the sun. – Terri Guillemets

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Weekends are a bit like rainbows; they look good from a distance but disappear when you get up close to them. – John Shirley

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Rainbows apologize for angry skies. – Sylvia Voirol

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Riding on gardenias embracing rainbows… – Claudia Adrienne Grandi, 1974

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People who know little are usually great talkers, while men who know much say little. – Jean-Jacques Rousseau

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