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“Ancient portraits are symbolic images without any immediate relation to the individuals represented; they are not portraits as we understand them. It is remarkable that philologists who are capable of carrying accuracy to the extremes in the case of words are as credulous as babies when it comes to "images," and yet an image is so full of information that ten thousands words would not add up to it.”

Individual Cases Information Baby Ten Capable Relation Add Ancient Extremes Remarkable Portraits Symbolic Accuracy

Author:George Sarton

“How were friendship possible? In mutual devotedness to the good and true; otherwise impossible, except as armed neutrality or hollow commercial league. A man, be the heavens ever praised, is sufficient for himself; yet were ten men, united in love, capable of being and of doing what ten thousand singly would fail in. Infinite is the help man can yield to man.”

Men Helping Heaven Friendship United Impossible Failing Thousand Ten Capable Infinite League Sufficient Mutual Yield Hollow Neutrality Man United

Book:Sartor Resartus: The Life and Opinions of Herr Teufelsdröckh in Three Books

Source: Sartor Resartus: The Life and Opinions of Herr Teufelsdröckh in Three Books

“Children between the ages of five to ten years are even more variable. They are going to vary from very high functioning, capable of doing normal school work, to nonverbal who have all kinds of neurological problems.”

Years Kind Children Problem Age School Five Ten Normal Capable All Kinds Vary Variables Nonverbal School Work Neurological Disorders

Author:Temple Grandin

“I really do inhabit a system in which words are capable of shaking the entire structure of government, where words can prove mightier than 10 military divisions.”

Government Creativity Military Hero Ten Prove Capable Structure Theatre Division Heroic Anti War Shaking

Author:Vaclav Havel

“It is an odd fact of evolution that we are the only species on Earth capable of creating science and philosophy. There easily could have been another species with some scientific talent, say that of the average human ten-year-old, but not as much as adult humans have; or one that is better than us at physics but worse at biology; or one that is better than us at everything. If there were such creatures all around us, I think we would be more willing to concede that human scientific intelligence might be limited in certain respects.”

“We [India in 70s] certainly were capable of producing eight to ten bombs, at a cost of about $250,000 each; and we had Boeing 707s to deliver them if we needed it, so I think we had a crude capability already at that time.”

Ifs Thinking Needed Cost Ten Capable India Eight Bombs Capability Crude Boeing

Author:Subramanian Swamy

“The orthodox view of colour experience assumes that, when we see a colour difference between two surfaces viewed side-by-side, this is because we have different responses to each of the two surfaces viewed singly. Since we can detect colour differences between something like ten million different surfaces, this implies that we are capable of ten million colour responses to surfaces viewed singly.”

Two Different Sides Differences Views Millions Ten Capable Assuming Response Surface Colour Orthodox

Author:David Papineau

“Ten years ago I said, you know, my goal is to be able to get food on the table. What I'm trying to say by that is trying to create a vibrant, capable and effective middle class. The quicker and stronger that we can be able to do this, the easier it is for political reform to move forward.”

Knows Trying Years Said Able Moving Political Goal Class Middle Easier Ten Capable Years Ago Stronger Tables Moving Forward Reform Middle Class Political Reform

Author:Abdallah II

“I realize that some people will not believe that a child of little more than ten years is capable of having such feelings. My story is not intended for them. I am telling it to those who have a better knowledge of man. The adult who has learned to translate a part of his feelings into thoughts notices the absence of these thoughts in a child, and therefore comes to believe that the child lacks these experiences, too. Yet rarely in my life have I felt and suffered as deeply as at that time.”

People Men Years Believe Children Littles Stories Feelings Felt Realizing Ten Capable Adults Absence Translate Demian

Author:Hermann Hesse

“Be about ten times more magnanimous than you believe yourself capable of. Your life will be a hundred times better for it.”

Believe Ten Capable Hundred Believe In Yourself Magnanimous

Book:Tiny Beautiful Things: Advice on Love and Life from Someone Who’s Been There

Source: Tiny Beautiful Things: Advice on Love and Life from Someone Who’s Been There

“The number of possible "on-off" patterns of neuronal firing is immense, estimated as a staggering ten times ten one million times (ten to the millionth power). The brain is obviously capable of an imponderably huge variety of activity; the fact that it is often organized and functional is quite an accomplishment!”

Facts Numbers Brain Millions Huge Activity Ten Capable Patterns Variety Accomplishment Organized Immense Firing Staggering

Book:The Developing Mind: How Relationships and the Brain Interact to Shape Who We Are

Source: The Developing Mind: How Relationships and the Brain Interact to Shape Who We Are

“The art of using troops is this: ......When ten to the enemy's one, surround him; ......When five times his strength, attack him; ......If double his strength, divide him; ......If equally matched you may engage him; ......If weaker numerically, be capable of withdrawing; ......And if in all respects unequal, be capable of eluding him, ..........for a small force is but booty for one more powerful.”

Ifs May Art Force Powerful Enemy Five Military Ten Capable Surround Divides Troops Art Of War Matched Booty Withdrawing

Author:Sun Tzu