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Quote by Carl Sagan
We are like butterflies who flutter for a day and think it is fore

We are like butterflies who flutter for a day and think it is forever. – Carl Sagan

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A celibate clergy is an especially good idea, because it tends to suppress any hereditary propensity toward fanaticism. – Carl Sagan

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Weve arranged a civilization in which most crucial elements profoundly depend on science and technology. – Carl Sagan

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Skeptical scrutiny is the means, in both science and religion, by which deep thoughts can be winnowed from deep nonsense. – Carl Sagan

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And to my thinking as a lover of life, butterflies, soap-bubbles, and whatever is of their kind among men, know most of happiness. To see these light, foolish, delicate, mobile little souls flitting about—that moveth Zarathustra to tears and to song. – Friedrich Nietzsche (1844–1900), “Of Reading and Writing,” Thus Spake Zarathus

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In nature a repulsive caterpillar turns into a lovely butterfly. But with humans it is the other way around: a lovely butterfly turns into a repulsive caterpillar. – Anton Chekhov

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“Just living is not enough,” said the butterfly, “one must have sunshine, freedom and a little flower.” – Hans Christian Andersen

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We are closer to the ants than to butterflies. Very few people can endure much leisure. – Gerald Brenan

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Nothing brings me more happiness than trying to help the most vulnerable people in society. It is a goal and an essential part of my life – a kind of destiny. Whoever is in distress can call on me. I will come running wherever they are. – Princess Diana

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A majority of this country opposes this war, a majority of this country never voted for this administration. – Michael Moore

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We often forgive those who bore us, but never those whom we bore. – Francois, Duc de La Rochefoucauld, Maxims

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