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Shifting Balance

2017-05-30 · 1,340 views · license: CC BY-NC 2.0

Shifting Balance — pen and ink drawing by Daniel Ari Friedman. "Every believer is God's miracle." – Philip James Bailey, 'Festus' (1813). "Admiration, n. Our polite recognition of ano
Shifting Balance — pen and ink drawing

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"Every believer is God's miracle." – Philip James Bailey, 'Festus' (1813).

"Admiration, n. Our polite recognition of another's resemblance to ourselves." – Ambrose Bierce, 'The Devil's Dictionary'.

"It should be noted that children at play are not playing about; their games should be seen as their most serious-minded activity." – Michel de Montaigne, 'Essays' (1580).

"How dreary — to be — Somebody! How public — like a Frog — To tell one's name — the livelong June — To an admiring Bog!" – Emily Dickinson, 'I'm Nobody! Who are you?' (1891).

"The logic now in use serves rather to fix and give stability to the errors which have their foundation in commonly received notions than to help the search…

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