To those who were not familiar with the motions of the moon, they demonstrated that she possesses two distinct motions, the first being that of rotation upon her axis, the second being that of revolution round the earth, accomplishing both together in an equal period of time, that is to say, in twenty-seven and one-third days.
Jules Verne
Related Food Allergies Are Not Due to Food, Rather Are Due to the Constant Contamination of That Food That Y... THEHEALTHFOODGURU Millions of people acknowledge today that they do not know the meaning of life. JAMES C. DOBSON The two men had a conversation. Brief, cryptic, to the point. As though they had exchanged numbers a... ARUNDHATI ROY I don't know if I have a favorite color. KATE MIDDLETON It's very special having a new little girl. KATE MIDDLETON The unfortunate thing is that, sometimes, we slip, but, fortunately, consciously or unconsciously, w... ERNEST AGYEMANG YEBOAH There is no greater glory than to die for love. GABRIEL GARCíA MáRQUEZ Together they had overcome the daily incomprehension, the instantaneous hatred, the reciprocal nasti... GABRIEL GARCíA MáRQUEZ She would defend herself, saying that love, no matter what else it might be, was a natural talent. S... GABRIEL GARCíA MáRQUEZ I like to open for a band as it brings on sort of a challenge and it makes things more interesting. ... KELLY JONES Here is one fact 1 minute to finish the class, 1 day to die, one day behind that fact, one day in th... DEYTH BANGER Here was one with an air of high nobility such as Aragorn at times revealed, less high perhaps, yet ... J.R.R. TOLKIEN The Biggest Threat to our Democracy, Freedoms and Future is Leadership that fosters and Appeases the... MICHAEL HARRIS Life begins somewhere and ends somewhere with time but to get somewhere with the life you have depen... ERNEST AGYEMANG YEBOAH Without God there could be no American form of government nor an American way of life. Recognition o... DWIGHT DAVID EISENHOWER How should I know?" said Alice, surprised at her own courage. "It's no business of mine." The Q... LEWIS CARROLL There was a house at the foot of the tower, close to the thunder of the waves breaking against the c... GABRIEL GARCíA MáRQUEZ God has the capacity to look at the world through two lenses. When God looks at a painful or wicked ... JOHN PIPER We can leave a place behind, or we can stay in that place and leave our selfishness (often expressed... JOHN H. GROBERG Clay in the hands of a good potter suffers so many good turns, but in the end, we see its real and t... ERNEST AGYEMANG YEBOAH She said 'Over my dead body!' so I took her at her word. DIANA WYNNE JONES The end of the world is a strange concept. The world is always ending, and the end is always being a... NEIL GAIMAN What is the Other?" they ask. The Other is the one who taught me whatI should be like, but not ... PAULO COELHO May I never neither turn left nor turn right in my journey of life, but may I go straight to Christ ... ERNEST AGYEMANG YEBOAH Dive into the river of the present, but don't thrash about, go with the flow. JIM GENOVESE It's all to do with the training: you can do a lot if you're properly trained. QUEEN ELIZABETH II Like all best families, we have our share of eccentricities, of impetuous and wayward youngsters and... QUEEN ELIZABETH II My husband has quite simply been my strength and stay all these years, and I owe him a debt greater ... QUEEN ELIZABETH II It is easy enough to define what the Commonwealth is not. Indeed this is quite a popular pastime. QUEEN ELIZABETH II I have to be seen to be believed. QUEEN ELIZABETH II I have in sincerity pledged myself to your service, as so many of you are pledged to mine. Throughou... QUEEN ELIZABETH II I hope that tomorrow we can all, wherever we are, join in expressing our grief at Diana's loss, ... QUEEN ELIZABETH II I myself prefer my New Zealand eggs for breakfast. QUEEN ELIZABETH II The British constitution has always been puzzling and always will be. QUEEN ELIZABETH II I have behind me not only the splendid traditions and the annals of more than a thousand years but t... QUEEN ELIZABETH II To what greater inspiration and counsel can we turn than to the imperishable truth to be found in th... QUEEN ELIZABETH II What were once only hopes for the future have now come to pass; it is almost exactly 13 years since ... QUEEN ELIZABETH II First, I want to pay tribute to Diana myself. She was an exceptional and gifted human being. In good... QUEEN ELIZABETH II I cannot lead you into battle. I do not give you laws or administer justice but I can do something e... QUEEN ELIZABETH II To all those who have suffered as a consequence of our troubled past I extend my sincere thoughts an... QUEEN ELIZABETH II Grief is the price we pay for love. QUEEN ELIZABETH II The upward course of a nation's history is due in the long run to the soundness of heart of its ... QUEEN ELIZABETH II At its heart, engineering is about using science to find creative, practical solutions. It is a nobl... QUEEN ELIZABETH II At Christmas, I am always struck by how the spirit of togetherness lies also at the heart of the Chr... QUEEN ELIZABETH II For many, Christmas is also a time for coming together. But for others, service will come first. QUEEN ELIZABETH II The lessons from the peace process are clear; whatever life throws at us, our individual responses w... QUEEN ELIZABETH II I declare before you all that my whole life, whether it be long or short, shall be devoted to your s... QUEEN ELIZABETH II Therefore I am sure that this, my Coronation, is not the symbol of a power and a splendor that are g... QUEEN ELIZABETH II We lost the American colonies because we lacked the statesmanship to know the right time and the man... QUEEN ELIZABETH II Madam President, speaking here in Dublin Castle it is impossible to ignore the weight of history, as... QUEEN ELIZABETH II These wretched babies don't come until they are ready. QUEEN ELIZABETH II I know of no single formula for success. But over the years I have observed that some attributes of ... QUEEN ELIZABETH II The events that I have attended to mark my Diamond Jubilee have been a humbling experience. It has t... QUEEN ELIZABETH II In remembering the appalling suffering of war on both sides, we recognise how precious is the peace ... QUEEN ELIZABETH II Like all the best families, we have our share of eccentricities, of impetuous and wayward youngsters... QUEEN ELIZABETH II No one who knew Diana will ever forget her. Millions of others who never met her, but felt they knew... QUEEN ELIZABETH II I have been aware all the time that my peoples, spread far and wide throughout every continent and o... QUEEN ELIZABETH II Look, my friends!' he called. 'Here's a pretty hobbit-skin to wrap an elven princeling in! If it wer... J.R.R. TOLKIEN She wasn't bitter. She was sad, though. But it was a hopeful kind of sad. The kind of sad that just ... STEPHEN CHBOSKY So, I guess we are who we are for alot of reasons. And maybe we'll never know most of them. But even... STEPHEN CHBOSKY I love my mom so much. I don't care if that's corny to say. I think on my next birthday, I'm going t... STEPHEN CHBOSKY We Are All Infinite STEPHEN CHBOSKY You can't just sit there and put everyone's lives ahead of yours and think that counts as love. You ... STEPHEN CHBOSKY I saw other people there. Old men sitting alone. Young girls with blue eye shadow and awkward jaws. ... STEPHEN CHBOSKY That one moment when you know you are not a sad story. You are ALIVE. STEPHAN CHBOSKY Somos quienes somos por un montón de razones.Quizás nunca conozcamos la mayoría de ellas.Pero aun... STEPHEN CHBOSKY Ambos dijeron que tomara asiento y parecían hablar en serio, así que me senté. STEPHEN CHBOSKY I know these will all be stories some day, and our pictures will become old photographs. We all beco... STEPHEN CHBOSKY So I guess we are who we are for a lot of reasons. And maybewe'll never know most of them. STEPHEN CHBOSKY So I guess we are who we are for a lot of reasons. And maybe we'll never know most of them. STEPHEN CHBOSKY There's nothing like the deep breathes after laughing that hard. Nothing in the world like a sore st... STHEPHEN CHBOSKY no more pencils, no more books, no more teachers' dirty looks, when the teacher rings the bell, drop... STEPHEN CHBOSKY I don't know the significance of this, but I find it very interesting. STEPHEN CHBOSKY Maybe it’s sad that these are now memories. And maybe it’s not sad. STEPHEN CHBOSKY Even after the dehadhyas (the belief that 'I am the body') has gone, people will say, "I saw you eat... DADA BHAGWAN All believers are members of the same body and should be viewed and treated that way. HENRY HON We'll sort of get over the marriage first and then maybe look at the kids. But obviously we want... PRINCE WILLIAM Family is the most important thing in the world. PRINCESS DIANA You philosophers are lucky men. You write on paper and paper is patient. Unfortunate Empress that I ... CATHERINE THE GREAT With the right help, children have a good chance of overcoming their issues while they are still you... KATE MIDDLETON As iron sharpens iron, so a friend sharpens a friend. KING SOLOMON I don't mind a big fascinator. I think there is more scope for artwork in a fascinator rather th... ZARA PHILLIPS I was always told from the hat-makers that you should have your hair up because it shows the hat mor... ZARA PHILLIPS I don't think I'll still be riding at 40. There are a couple of people who are still riding ... ZARA PHILLIPS My dad's not a big talker. ZARA PHILLIPS My dad can be pretty critical sometimes. ZARA PHILLIPS I'd love to have kids, but not at the moment. ZARA PHILLIPS You cannot make horses 'safe.' ZARA PHILLIPS Virtually everything that gets printed about me is wrong anyway, so it doesn't really matter wha... ZARA PHILLIPS It's stupid to say that I don't like being in the public eye, but I don't like doing stu... ZARA PHILLIPS I'm an affectionate person. ZARA PHILLIPS People still text me to say that there is something about me in the paper, and what really annoys me... ZARA PHILLIPS Sometimes people will come up in the street and say: 'My daughter loves you, will you sign an au... ZARA PHILLIPS Taking part in an Olympics on home ground is something you dream about. ZARA PHILLIPS My brother and I have been able to get on and have been very lucky to do things with our family that... ZARA PHILLIPS I don't think about the media. ZARA PHILLIPS I love the sport and being competitive. ZARA PHILLIPS The horses are all characters, all personalities. Some you get along with, some you don't, some ... ZARA PHILLIPS I hate having my picture taken. ZARA PHILLIPS Unfortunately in sport it's either good or bad. You've got to take the highs and the lows. ZARA PHILLIPS
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JULES RENARD Laziness is nothing more than the habit of resting before
you get tired. JULES RENARD The only man who is really free is the one who can turn down an
invitation to dinner without giving ... JULES RENARD Writing is the only profession where no one considers you ridiculous if you earn no money. JULES RENARD Laziness is nothing more than the habit of resting before you get tired. JULES RENARD Make yourself indispensable, and you will move up. Act as though you are indispensable, and you will... JULES ORMONT We spend our lives talking about this mystery. Our life. JULES RENARD There are moments when everything goes well, but don't be frightened. JULES RENARD At sixteen I was stupid, confused and indecisive. At twenty-five I was wise, self-confident, preposs... JULES FEIFFER Don't tell a woman she's pretty; tell her there's no other woman like her, and all roads will open t... JULES RENARD He who knows how to be poor knows everything. JULES MICHELET I used to think I was poor. Then they told me I wasn't poor, I was needy. Then they told me it was s... JULES FEIFFER Failure is not our only punishment for laziness; there is also the success of others. JULES RENARD There are good and bad times, but our mood changes more often than our fortune. JULES RENARD Success is never final and failure is never fatal. It's courage that counts. JULES ELLINGER Writing is the only profession where no one considers you ridiculous if you earn no money. JULES RENARD Socialism must come down from the brain and reach the heart. JULES RENARD A beautiful line of verse has twelve feet, and two wings. JULES RENARD Not an inch of our territory not a stone of our fortress. JULES FAVRE School is an institution for drilling children in cultural orientation. ...American classrooms, like... JULES HENRY Fame is a constant effort JULES RENARD There has never been a statue erected to the memory of someone who let well enough alone. JULES ELLINGER On earth there is no heaven, but there are pieces of it. JULES RENARD The reward of great men is that, long after they have died, one is not quite sure that they are dead... JULES RENARD Woman is a miracle of divine contradictions JULES MICHELET Talent is a question of quantity. Talent does not write one page: it writes three hundred. JULES RENARD Talent is a matter of quantity. Talent does not write on page, it writes three hundred. JULES RENARD A cold in the head causes less suffering than an idea. JULES RENARD If you are afraid of being lonely, don't try to be right. JULES RENARD There are places and moments in which one is so completely alone that one sees the world entire. JULES RENARD Jesus died to forgive our sins. Dare we make his martyrdom meaningless by not committing them? JULES FEIFFER Failure is not the only punishment for laziness; there is also the success of others. JULES RENARD I don't know if God exists, but it would be better for His reputation if He didn't. JULES RENARD Be modest! It is the kind of pride least likely to offend. JULES RENARD I am not sincere, even when I say I am not. JULES RENARD It took a bit of talking through administrative people, but only once did an attorney try and get in... JULES SHEAR Maturity is only a short break in adolescence. JULES FEIFFER I was never really a model. That somehow is in my bio. The whole thing is I was tall since I was a c... JULES ASNER Laziness is nothing more than the habit of resting before you get tired. JULES RENARD The bourgeois are other people. JULES RENARD It doesn't pay to say too much when you are mad enough to choke. For the word that stings the de... JULES RENARD The ideal of calm exists in a sitting cat. JULES RENARD The truly free man is the one who can turn down an invitation to dinner without giving an excuse. JULES RENARD Truth makes many appeals, not the least of which is its power to shock. JULES RENARD An optimist is a driver who thinks that empty space at the curb won't have a hydrant beside it. JULES RENARD Make yourself indispensable, and you will move up. Act as though you are
indispensable, and you will... JULES ORMONT There has never been a statue erected to the memory of someone who let
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