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“The unusual wins out over the usual.”

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Sam Abell is a renowned American photographer, born on February 19, 1945. His photography focuses on natural landscapes and humanistic documentation, characterized by a unique style and widespread acclaim. more

“I do not believe that a world without evil, preferable in order to ours, is possible; otherwise it would have been preferred. It is necessary to believe that the mixture of evil has produced the greatest possible good: otherwise the evil would not have been permitted. The combination of all the tendencies to the good has produced the best; but as there are goods that are incompatible together, this combination and this result can introduce the destruction of some good, and as a result some evil.”

World Believe Has Beens Together Order Evil Results Destruction Tendencies Combination Goods Introducing Mixtures

Author:Gottfried Leibniz

“Hell goes round and round. In shape it is circular, and by nature it is interminable, repetitive, and nearly unbearable.”

Hell Shapes Rounds Unbearable Repetitive

Book:The Complete Novels

Source: The Complete Novels

“The majority of the members of the Irish parliament are professional politicians, in the sense that otherwise they would not be given jobs minding mice at crossroads.”

Jobs Given Politician Members Majority Mice Parliament Crossroads Members Of Parliament

Book:The Hair of the Dogma: A Further Selection from 'Cruiskeen Lawn'

Source: The Hair of the Dogma: A Further Selection from 'Cruiskeen Lawn'

“I mean to say, whether a yarn is tall or small I like to hear it well told. I like to meet a man that can take in hand to tell a story and not make a balls of it while he's at it. I like to know where I am, do you know. Everything has a beginning and an end.”

Knows Men Wells Mean Ends Stories Hands Balls Tall Do You Know Yarn

Author:Flann O'Brien

“Past humanity is not only implicit in each new man born but is contained in him. Humanity is an ever-widening spiral and life is the beam that plays briefly on each succeeding ring. All humanity from its beginning to its end is already present but the beam has not yet played beyond you.”

Men Ends Play Past Life Is Humanity Born Succeed Rings Beam Spirals Implicit

Book:The Complete Novels

Source: The Complete Novels

“The first beginnings of wisdom...is to ask questions but never to answer any.”

Firsts Asks Answers

Book:The Complete Novels

Source: The Complete Novels

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