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What we see depends mainly on what we look for. - John Lubbock

What we see depends mainly on what we look for. – John Lubbock

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Rest is not idleness, and to lie sometimes on the grass under trees on a summers day, listening to the murmur of the water, or watching the clouds float across the sky, is by no means a waste of time. – John Lubbock

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For many men, the acquisition of wealth does not end their troubles, it only changes them. – Seneca

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The moment one gives close attention to any thing, even a blade of grass it becomes a mysterious, awesome, indescribably magnificent world in itself. – Henry Miller

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While his eyes saw the sky, his soul saw Heaven. – K. Smith

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Set out from any point. They are all alike. They all lead to a point of departure. – Antonio Porchia, Voces, 1943, translated from Spanish by W.S. Merwin

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