Abstracts, abridgments, summaries, etc. , have the same use with burning-glasses,--to collect the diffused light rays of wit … - Jonathan Swift

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My brushes, my cameras, and my willingness to use them.

Jonathan Swift

Abstracts, abridgments, summaries, etc. , have the same use with burning-glasses,--to collect the diffused light rays of wit and learning in authors, and make them point with warmth and quickness upon the reader's imagination.

Glasses, Imagination, Light, Use, Warmth

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When a true genius appears, you can know him by this sign: that all the dunces are in a confederacy against him.

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I have now lost my barrier between me and death; God grant I may live to be as well prepared for it, as I confidently believe her to have been! If the way to Heaven be through piety, truth, justice and charity, she is there.

Believe, Death, God, Heaven, Justice

Vision is the art of seeing what is invisible to others.

Appreciation, Inspirational, Invisible, Leadership, Seeing, Vision

Laws are like cobwebs, which may catch small flies, but let wasps and hornets break through.

Break Through, Catch, Inspirational, Law, Laws, Small

We have enough religion to make us hate, but not enough to make us love one another.

Enough, Hate, Love, Make, Religious

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The foundations of population genetics were laid chiefly by mathematical deduction from basic premises contained in the works of Mendel and Morgan and their followers. Haldane, Wright, and Fisher are the pioneers of population genetics whose main research equipment was paper and ink rather than microscopes, experimental fields, Drosophila bottles, or mouse cages. Theirs is theoretical biology at its best, and it has provided a guiding light for rigorous quantitative experimentation and observation.

Science, Light, Research, Rigorous, Biology, Experimental

Philip Sidney

The tip no jewel needs to wear: The tip is jewel of the ear.

Ear, Ears, Jewel, Jewels, Needs

Dean Kamen

If history is any indication, all truths will eventually turn out to be false.

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James Nares

My brushes, my cameras, and my willingness to use them.

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Mandy Moore

I wanna be with you, if only for a night to be the one who's in your arms to hold you tight. I wanna be with you, there's nothing left to say.

Arms, Low Self Esteem, Night, Tight