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Quote by Christian Furchtegott Gellert

“Happy the man who knows his duties!”

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Christian Furchtegott Gellert was a German poet born on July 4, 1715, and died on December 13, 1769. His poetry, deeply influenced by the Enlightenment, is known for its emotional sincerity and moral instruction. more

“And therefore education at the University mostly worked by the age-old method of putting a lot of young people in the vicinity of a lot of books and hoping that something would pass from one to the other, while the actual young people put themselves in the vicinity of inns and taverns for exactly the same reason.”

People Book Reason Age Young Method University Inns Taverns Vicinity Interesting Times

Author:Terry Pratchett

“The wrap dress is the most traditional form of dressing: It's like a robe, it's like a kimono, it's like a toga. It doesn't have buttons or zippers. What made it different was that it was jersey; therefore, it was close to the body and it was a print.”

Made Different Body Form Dresses Traditional Made It Print Buttons Dressings Wraps Jersey Robes Zippers Togas Kimonos

Author:Diane von Furstenberg

“Gnomes live ten times faster than humans. They're harder to see than a high-speed mouse. That's one reason why most humans hardly ever see them. The other is that humans are very good at not seeing things they know aren't there. And, since sensible humans know that there are no such things as people four inches high, a gnome who doesn't want to be seen probably won't be seen... Wings.”

People Knows Want Humans Reason Four Seeing Ten Harder Wings Very Good Speed Faster Reason Why Sensible Inches Mice Gnome High Speed

Author:Terry Pratchett

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