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Quote by Joseph Conrad
This magnificent butterfly finds a little heap of dirt and sits st

This magnificent butterfly finds a little heap of dirt and sits still on it; but man will never on his heap of mud keep still. – Joseph Conrad

Other quotes by Joseph Conrad

The last thing a woman will consent to discover in a man whom she loves, or on whom she simply depends, is want of courage. – Joseph Conrad

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Courage
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Joseph Conrad
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History repeats itself, but the special call of an art which has passed away is never reproduced. It is as utterly gone out of the world as the song of a destroyed wild bird. – Joseph Conrad

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Art
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Other Quotes from
Butterflies
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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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Butterflies

Know thyself! A maxim as pernicious as it is ugly. Whoever observes himself arrests his own development. A caterpillar who wanted to know itself well would never become a butterfly. – Andre Gide

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Butterflies

Happiness is a butterfly, which when pursued, is always just beyond your grasp, but which, if you will sit down quietly, may alight upon you. – Nathaniel Hawthorne

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Butterflies

Flowers and butterflies drift in color, illuminating spring. – Author Unknown

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Butterflies

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I am the baby in the family, and I always will be. I am actually very happy to have that position. But I still get teased. I dont mind that. – Janet Jackson

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Family

Many lick before they bite. – Proverb

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Flattery

Metaphor for the night sky: A trillion asterisks and no explanations. – Robert Brault, rbrault.blogspot.com

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Night

Books are the glass of council to dress ourselves by. – Bulstrode Whitlock

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Books