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Monkeys are superior to men in this: When a monkey looks into a mi

Monkeys are superior to men in this: When a monkey looks into a mirror, he sees a monkey. – Malcolm de Chazal

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Man — a being in search of meaning. – Plato

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It is curious to note the old sea-margins of human thought! Each subsiding century reveals some new mystery; we build where monsters used to hide themselves. – Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, Kavanagh, 1849

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Everyone is as God made him, and often a good deal worse. – Miguel de Cervantes

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Man desired concord; but nature knows better what is good for his species; she desires discord. Man wants to live easy and content; but nature compels him to leave ease… and throw himself into roils and labors. – Immanuel Kant, Idea for a Universal History with a Cosmopolitan Purpose, 1787

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Respecting yourself means listening to your body and emotions continuously. Then acting beyond a linear logic to achieve ones goals. – Author Unknown

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I like learning new stuff, and continuing to educate myself as best I can. – Dominic Monaghan

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We are wide-eyed in contemplating the possibility that life may exist elsewhere in the universe, but we wear blinders when contemplating the possibilities of life on earth. – Norman Cousins

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So much of my poetry begins with something that I can describe in visual terms, so thinking about distance, thinking about how life begins and what might be watching us. – Tracy K. Smith

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