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“A man is not a wall, whose stones are crushed upon the road; or a pipe, whose fragments are thrown away at a street corner. The fragments of an intellect are always good.”

Men Wisdom Streets Wall Stones Intelligence Corners Intellect Thrown Fragments Crushed Pipe Street Corners

Author:George Sand

“While God waits for His temple to be built of love, men bring stones.”

Men Love Waiting Built Stones True Love Temples

Book:Poems

Source: Poems

“I have never seen the Philosopher's Stone that turns lead into Gold, but I have known the pursuit of it turn a Man's Gold into Lead.”

Knows Men Science Turns Known Knowledge Stones Gold Philosopher Pursuit Poor Richard

Book:The Way to Wealth and Poor Richard's Almanac

Source: The Way to Wealth and Poor Richard's Almanac

“The Rolling Stones suffered a great loss with the death of Ian Stewart, the man who had for so many years played piano quietly and silently with them on stage.”

Men Years Funny Loss Stage He Man Stones Dumb Piano Rolling Rolling Stones Great Loss

Author:Andy Peebles

“How peacefully he sleep! Yet may his ever-questing spirit, freed at length from all the frettings of this little world, Wander at will among the uncharted stars. Fairfield his name. Perchance celestial fields disclosing long sought secrets of the past Spread 'neath his enraptured gaze And beasts and men that to his earthly sight were merely bits of stone shall live again to gladden those eager eyes. o let us picture him-enthusiast-scientist-friend- Seeker of truth and light through all eternity!”

“When the uncultured man sees a stone in the road it tells him no story other than the fact that he sees a stone ... The scientist looking at the same stone perhaps will stop, and with a hammer break it open, when the newly exposed faces of the rock will have written upon them a history that is as real to him as the printed page.”

Men Real Facts Stories Reality Faces Science Culture Break History Written Rocks Pages Stones Scientist Exposed Hammers Printed

Book:Nature's Miracles: Familiar Talks on Science

Source: Nature's Miracles: Familiar Talks on Science

“You can keep the things of bronze and stone and give me one man to remember me just once a year.”

Men Giving Years Remember Stones Give Me One Man Last Words Remember Me Bronze

Author:Damon Runyon