People often say that I'm curious about too many things at once. . . But can you really … - Alexander von Humboldt

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High school – those are your prime suffering years. They don’t get better suffering than that.

Alexander von Humboldt

People often say that I'm curious about too many things at once. . . But can you really forbid a man from harbouring a desire to know and embrace everything that surrounds him?

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Die gefährlichste Weltanschauung ist die Weltanschauung derer, die die Welt nie angeschaut haben. (The most dangerous worldview is the worldview of those who have not viewed the world)

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Cruelty to animals is one of the most significant vices of a low and ignoble people. Wherever one notices them, they constitute a sign of ignorance and brutality which cannot be painted over even by all the evidence of wealth and luxury.

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Insight into universal nature provides an intellectual delight and sense of freedom that no blows of fate and no evil can destroy.

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Mere communion with nature, mere contact with the free air, exercise a soothing yet comforting and strengthening influence on the wearied mind, calm the storm of passion, and soften the heart when shaken by sorrow to its inmost depths.

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Before being free, it is necessary to be just

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High school – those are your prime suffering years. They don’t get better suffering than that.

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