#oft

The noble simplicity in the works of nature only too often originates in the noble shortsightedness of him who observes it. ↗

— Georg C. Lichtenberg

#nature #noble #observes #often #only

I think there is only one quality worse than hardness of heart and that is softness of head. ↗

— Theodore Roosevelt

#head #heart #i #i think #only

We often discover what will do, by finding out what will not do; and probably he who never made a mistake never made a discovery. ↗

— Samuel Smiles

#discovery #finding #made #mistake #never

I am often the brunt of my own humor. ↗

— Charles R. Swindoll

#brunt #humor #i #i am #my own

Father asked us what was God's noblest work. Anna said men, but I said babies. Men are often bad, but babies never are. ↗

— Louisa May Alcott

#asked #babies #bad #father #god

Yet another thing Canadians and Europeans have in common is an obsession with the United States, and with distinguishing themselves from it, often by crude stereotyping. ↗

— Timothy Garton Ash

#canadians #common #crude #distinguishing #europeans

When I draw a character, very often as I'm doing a face, my face mirrors the expression. ↗

— Matthew Ashford

#doing #draw #expression #face #i

I often find the smaller, independent films are much more rewarding than the bigger stuff, but you do the bigger stuff because it's a business, and you've got to show your face a bit, get yourself around. ↗

— Jamie Bell

#because #bigger #bit #business #face

All too often arrogance accompanies strength, and we must never assume that justice is on the side of the strong. The use of power must always be accompanied by moral choice. ↗

— Theodore Bikel

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In software systems it is often the early bird that makes the worm. ↗

— Alan Perlis

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