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Camille Flammarion Quotes: Lightning is like an elementary spirit, eccentric or rational, clever or silly, passing from one extreme to the other.
         

Lightning is like an elementary spirit, eccentric or rational, clever or silly, passing from one extreme to the other.


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Men have had the vanity to pretend that the whole creation was made for them, while in reality the whole creation does not suspect their existence.

Men have had the vanity to pretend that the whole creation was made for them, while in reality the whole creation does not suspect their existence.



Nature is so varied in its modes of action, so multiple in the manisftations of its power, that we have no night to set any limits to its capabilities.

Nature is so varied in its modes of action, so multiple in the manisftations of its power, that we have no night to set any limits to its capabilities.



If the existence of human beings leads to nothing, what is all this comedy about?

If the existence of human beings leads to nothing, what is all this comedy about?



There are men who would be afraid to commit themselves on the doctrine that castor oil is a laxative.

There are men who would be afraid to commit themselves on the doctrine that castor oil is a laxative.



What, then, is this blue sky, which certainly does exist, and which veils from us the stars during the day?

What, then, is this blue sky, which certainly does exist, and which veils from us the stars during the day?



The present inhabitation of Mars be a race superior to ours is very probable.

The present inhabitation of Mars be a race superior to ours is very probable.



Lightning seems a thought, which instead of being attached to a brain, is attached to an electric current.

Lightning seems a thought, which instead of being attached to a brain, is attached to an electric current.



The supernatural does not exist.

The supernatural does not exist.



Le Verrier-without leaving his study, without even looking at the sky-had found the unknown planet [Neptune] solely by mathematical calculation, and, as it were, touched it with the tip of his pen!

Le Verrier-without leaving his study, without even looking at the sky-had found the unknown planet [Neptune] solely by mathematical calculation, and, as it were, touched it with the tip of his pen!





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Fearlessness comes from working with the softness of the human heart.

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If I'm around spiders, my fear isn't so much the spider, but my fear is that I'm somewhere rustic and that spiders are crawling around. I must be in the woods.

If I'm around spiders, my fear isn't so much the spider, but my fear is that I'm somewhere rustic and that spiders are crawling around. I must be in the woods.



It's a fallen world. We eat and sacrifice in the process.

It's a fallen world. We eat and sacrifice in the process.



My dad always told me that perseverance furthers. He was right.

My dad always told me that perseverance furthers. He was right.



Today I am one of the senior technical cadre that makes the Internet work, and a core Linux and open-source developer.

Today I am one of the senior technical cadre that makes the Internet work, and a core Linux and open-source developer.



'What's a couple?' I asked my mum. She said, 'Two or three'. Which probably explains why her marriage collapsed

'What's a couple?' I asked my mum. She said, 'Two or three'. Which probably explains why her marriage collapsed



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Don't you know. I am a ticking time bomb. I'm going to explode. This time, I may never be able to recover from it!

Don't you know. I am a ticking time bomb. I'm going to explode. This time, I may never be able to recover from it!



Logic is not satisfied with assertion. It cares nothing for the opinions of the great; nothing for the prejudices of the many, and least of all for the superstitions of the dead.

Logic is not satisfied with assertion. It cares nothing for the opinions of the great; nothing for the prejudices of the many, and least of all for the superstitions of the dead.



If I can get it down on paper without puking all over the word processor, then as far as I'm concerned, it's fit to see the light of day.

If I can get it down on paper without puking all over the word processor, then as far as I'm concerned, it's fit to see the light of day.




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