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Men are probably nearer the central truth in their superstitions than in their science. – Henry David Thoreau

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Seeking is not always the way to find. – Augustus William Hare and Julius Charles Hare, Guesses at Truth, by Two Brothers

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In this, the late afternoon of my life, I wonder: am I casting a longer shadow or is my shadow casting a shorter me? – Robert Brault, rbrault.blogspot.com

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Among creatures born into chaos, a majority will imagine an order, a minority will question the order, and the rest will be pronounced insane. – Robert Brault, rbrault.blogspot.com

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Admiration and familiarity are strangers. – George Sand

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