#discover

The public conviction that a railroad linking the West and the East was an absolute necessity became so pronounced after the gold discoveries of '49 that Congress passed an act in 1853 providing for a survey of several lines from the Mississippi to the Pacific. ↗

— John Moody

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Romantic love is an illusion. Most of us discover this truth at the end of a love affair or else when the sweet emotions of love lead us into marriage and then turn down their flames. ↗

— Thomas Moore

#affair #discover #down #else #emotions

I can say that I never knew what joy was like until I gave up pursuing happiness, or cared to live until I chose to die. For these two discoveries I am beholden to Jesus. ↗

— Malcolm Muggeridge

#beholden #cared #chose #die #discoveries

The last thing one discovers in composing a work is what to put first. ↗

— T. S. Eliot

#discovers #first #last #put #thing

Knowing yourself is the beginning of all wisdom. ↗

— Aristotle

#self-discovery #wisdom #wisdom

This is a place where you can go, that you can feel safe and look inside yourself and discover yourself. ↗

— Betty Ford

#feel #go #inside #look #place

My students frequently ask what their next project should be. My advice: immerse yourself in the music you love and you will find what you want to do; you will discover your next project. ↗

— Lukas Foss

#ask #discover #find #frequently #immerse

I didn't really discover yakuza films until about five or six years ago. ↗

— John Foster

#ago #discover #films #five #i

The real pleasure in writing this, for me, was discovering how little you need. ↗

— Jonathan Franzen

#how #little #me #need #pleasure

The greatest and noblest pleasure which we have in this world is to discover new truths, and the next is to shake off old prejudices. ↗

— Frederick II

#greatest #new #next #noblest #off