Escritas — Poems List

Siddharth Astir

Be Like the crayon...... Blunt,sharp,Long

Be Like the crayon...... Blunt,sharp,Long or Short...... Always add colours to others lives

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Voltaire

The instruction we find in

The instruction we find in books is like fire. We fetch it from our neighbours, kindle it at home, communicate it to others, and it becomes the property of all.

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Thomas Love Peacock

I almost think it is

I almost think it is the ultimate destiny of science to exterminate the human race.

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H. L. Mencken

Democracy is the theory that

Democracy is the theory that the common people know what they want, and deserve to get it good and hard.

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Voltaire

History is fables agreed upon.

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Bryce Komenda

It takes a big man

It takes a big man to admit he's small

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George Bernard Shaw

Virtue is insufficient temptation.

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Ivan Pavlov

What can I wish to

What can I wish to the youth of my country who devote themselves to science? ...Thirdly, passion. Remember that science demands from a man all his life. If you had two lives that would not be enough for you. Be passionate in your work and in your searching.

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Voltaire

Of all religions, Christianity is

Of all religions, Christianity is without a doubt the one that should inspire tolerance most, although, up to now, the Christians have been the most intolerant of all men.

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Barack Obama

That was pretty impressive. I

That was pretty impressive. I got the sucker! (after killing a miserable fly during an interview)

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Benoit Mandelbrot

Science would be ruined if

Science would be ruined if (like sports) it were to put competition above everything else, and if it were to clarify the rules of competition by withdrawing entirely into narrowly defined specialties. The rare scholars who are nomads-by-choice are essential to the intellectual welfare of the settled disciplines.

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James Reston

A government is the only

A government is the only known vessel that leaks from the top.

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Mike Zmija

My goal in life is

My goal in life is to make everyone else happy and when I'm happy I try to make them believe they're the cause of it

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Voltaire

Needless to say since Christ's

Needless to say since Christ's expiation not one single Christian has been known to sin, or die.

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Al Capp

Abstract art: a product of

Abstract art: a product of the untalented sold by the unprincipled to the utterly bewildered.

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G.H. Hardy

...a science is said to

...a science is said to be useful if its development tends to accentuate the existing inequalities in the destribution of wealth, or more directly promotes the destruction of human life.

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