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It was with deep interest that my companion and myself, both now about to see and examine the beauties of a tropical country for the first time, gazed on the land where I, at least, eventually spent eleven of the best years of my life. ↗

— Henry Walter Bates

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Their elegant shape, showy colours, and slow, sailing mode of flight, make them very attractive objects, and their numbers are so great that they form quite a feature in the physiognomy of the forest, compensating for the scarcity of flowers. ↗

— Henry Walter Bates

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The greatest weakness of most humans is their hesitancy to tell others how much they love them while they're alive. ↗

— Orlando A. Battista

#greatest #greatest weakness #how #humans #love

Jack made it very comfortable for me on the set. We'd met socially before but never worked together. You know, he's very professional, very disciplined and he's always prepared and knows his lines. ↗

— Kathy Bates

#before #comfortable #disciplined #his #jack

Cruel and cold is the judgment of man, Cruel as winter, and cold as the snow; But by-and-by will the deed and the plan Be judged by the motive that lieth below. ↗

— Lewis J. Bates

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The year goes wrong, and tares grow strong, Hope starves without a crumb; But God's time is our harvest time, And that is sure to come. ↗

— Lewis J. Bates

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But epistemology is always and inevitably personal. The point of the probe is always in the heart of the explorer: What is my answer to the question of the nature of knowing? ↗

— Gregory Bateson

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The fellow who says he'll meet you halfway usually thinks he's standing on the dividing line. ↗

— Orlando A. Battista

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Rather, for all objects and experiences, there is a quantity that has optimum value. Above that quantity, the variable becomes toxic. To fall below that value is to be deprived. ↗

— Gregory Bateson

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We do not know enough about how the present will lead into the future. ↗

— Gregory Bateson

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