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I was surprised just now at seeing a cobweb around a knocker; for

I was surprised just now at seeing a cobweb around a knocker; for it was not on the door of heaven. – Augustus William Hare and Julius Charles Hare, Guesses at Truth, by Two Brothers

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Every human being is a repeated question asked to the spirit of the Universe. – Mihai Eminescu, translated by Oana Platon

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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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In each generation the human mind in every man reverts to its starting-point; each new man is a primitive man. – Alexandre Vinet (1797–1847)

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On the Sixth Day, God created man, the sort of result you often get when you go in to work on a Saturday. – Robert Brault, rbrault.blogspot.com

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Natural history is not about producing fables. – David Attenborough

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If thou desire the love of God and man, be humble, for the proud heart, as it loves none but itself, is beloved of none but itself. Humility enforces where neither virtue, nor strength, nor reason can prevail. – Francis Quarles

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