#contemplates

We see things in this material world, wherein our bodies dwell, only because our mind through its attention lives in another world, only because it contemplates the beauties of the archetypal and intelligible world which Reason contains. ↗

— Nicolas Malebranche

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When a benevolent mind contemplates the republic of Lycurgus, its admiration is mixed with a degree of horror. ↗

— Thomas Day

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Any plan of administration which contemplates a concentrating of responsibility is open to the dangers which follow the creation of a bureaucracy. ↗

— Arthur Capper

#any #bureaucracy #concentrating #contemplates #creation

Beauty in things exists in the mind which contemplates them. ↗

— David Hume

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My arse contemplates those who talk behind my back. ↗

— Francis Picabia

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My ass contemplates those who talk behind my back. ↗

— Francis Picabia

#back #behind #contemplates #talk #those

A rock pile ceases to be a rock pile the moment a single man contemplates it, bearing within him the image of a cathedral. ↗

— Antoine de Saint-Exupery

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Logic works, metaphysics contemplates. ↗

— Joseph Joubert

#logic #metaphysics #works