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Kin Hubbard:Some folks can look so busy doing

Some folks can look so busy doing nothin' that they seem indispensable.
by Kin Hubbard

Joseph Wood Krutch:Cats seem to go on the

Cats seem to go on the principle that it never does any harm to ask for what you want.
by Joseph Wood Krutch

Francis Palgrave:Love to his soul gave eyes; he

Love to his soul gave eyes; he knew things are not as they seem. The dream is his real life; the world around him is the dream.
by Francis Palgrave

John Frederick Herschel:All human discoveries

All human discoveries seem to be made only for the purpose of confirming more and more strongly the truths that come from on high and are contained in the sacred writings.
by John Frederick Herschel

Charles Dickens:Change begets change. Nothing

Change begets change. Nothing propagates so fast. If a man habituated to a narrow circle of cares and pleasures, out of which he seldom travels, step beyond it, though for never so brief a space, his departure from the monotonous scene on which he has been an actor of importance would seem to be the signal for instant confusion.... The mine which Time has slowly dug beneath familiar objects is sprung in an instant; and what was rock before, becomes but sand and dust.
by Charles Dickens

Change begets change. Nothing propagates so fast. If a man habituated to a narrow circle of cares and pleasures, out of which he seldom travels, step beyond it, though for never so brief a space, his departure from the monotonous scene on which he has been an actor of importance would seem to be the signal for instant confusion.... The mine which Time has slowly dug beneath familiar objects is sprung in an instant; and what was rock before, becomes but sand and dust.

by Charles Dickens

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