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“He that feareth is a slave, were he never so rich, were he never so powerful. But he that is without fear is king of all the world.”

Book:The worm Ouroboros: a romance

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The worm Ouroboros: a romance

This book is a romantic exploration of the Ouroboros, a mythical creature that represents the concept of infinity and the cycle of life. The story delves into themes of love, fate, and the eternal nature of human existence. more

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Eric Rucker Eddison

Eric Rucker Eddison was a distinguished British civil servant known for his contributions to public administration. He was born on November 24, 1882, and passed away on August 18, 1945. more

“Now, since everything else is furnished with the exact amount of needle and thread required to maintain its being, it is in truth incredible that we alone should be brought into the world in a defective and indigent state, in a state such that we cannot maintain ourselves without external aid.”

World Should States Amount Incredibles Aids Clothings Thread Needles Defective Needle And Thread

Book:Complete Essays

Source: Complete Essays

“Our skin is provided as adequately as theirs with endurance against the assaults of the weather: witness so many nations who have not yet tried the use of any clothes. Our ancient Gauls wore hardly any clothes; nor do the Irish, our neighbors, under so cold a sky.”

Use Nations Sky Cold Clothes Skins Ancient Neighbor Weather Witness Endurance Clothings Assault

Author:Michel de Montaigne

“For all parts of the body that we see fit to expose to the wind and air are found fit to endure it: face, feet, hands, legs, shoulders, head, according as custom invites us. For if there is a part of us that is tender and that seems as though it should fear the cold, it should be the stomach, where digestion takes place; our fathers left it uncovered, and our ladies, soft and delicate as they are, sometimes go half bare down to the navel.”

Source: Complete Essays

“Man is the sole animal whose nudities offend his own companions, and the only one who, in his natural actions, withdraws and hides himself from his own kind.”

Men Kind Action Natural Animal Companion Clothings Sole Nudity

Book:The Works of Michael de Montaigne: Comprising His Essays, Letters, and Journey Through Germany and Italy. With Notes from All the Commentators, Biographical and Bibliographical Notices &c., &c

Source: The Works of Michael de Montaigne: Comprising His Essays, Letters, and Journey Through Germany and Italy. With Notes from All the Commentators, Biographical and Bibliographical Notices &c., &c

“Indecency, vulgarity, obscenity - these are strictly confined to man; he invented them. Among the higher animals there is no trace of them. They hide nothing. They are not ashamed.”

Men Animal Higher Ashamed Clothings Confined Vulgarity Obscenity

Book:Mark Twain’s Book of Animals

Source: Mark Twain’s Book of Animals

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