#les

Some kinds of nails, such as those used for defending the soles of coarse shoes, called hobnails, require a particular form of the head, which is made by the stroke of a die. ↗

— Charles Babbage

#coarse #defending #die #form #head

Rest assured that whatever station of life we are placed, princely or lowly, it contains the lessons and experiences necessary at the moment for our evolution, and gives us the best advantage for the development of ourselves. ↗

— Edward Bach

#assured #best #contains #development #evolution

The simplest things are often the truest. ↗

— Richard Bach

#often #simplest #simplest things #things #truest

I mean I've never been thrown in jail in New York or Los Angeles. ↗

— Sebastian Bach

#been #i #jail #los #los angeles

Sweet is the memory of past troubles. ↗

— Marcus Tullius Cicero

#past #sweet #troubles

One must always maintain one's connection to the past and yet ceaselessly pull away from it. ↗

— Gaston Bachelard

#away #ceaselessly #connection #maintain #must

The subconscious is ceaselessly murmuring, and it is by listening to these murmurs that one hears the truth. ↗

— Gaston Bachelard

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They politics like ours profess, the greater prey upon the less. ↗

— Matthew Green

#less #like #ours #politics #prey

Prosperity is the blessing of the Old Testament; adversity is the blessing of the New. ↗

— Francis Bacon

#blessing #new #old #old testament #prosperity

Rules are for the obedience of fools and the guidance of wise men. ↗

— Douglas Bader

#guidance #men #obedience #rules #wise