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During the many centuries that magic, here on this planet, was presumed to have worked, there were at least as many theories as to how magic worked as there were cultures and religions.

Quote by Lynn Abbey about magic

From the heights of these pyramids, forty centuries look...

From the heights of these pyramids, forty centuries look down on us.

Quote by Napoleon Bonaparte

For centuries the death penalty, often accompanied by barbarous refinements, has been trying to hold crime in check; yet crime persists. Why? Because the instincts that are warring in man are not, as the law claims, constant forces in a state of...

Quote by Albert Camus about opinion, crime, criminals, force, law, state, death, man

The market is not an invention of capitalism. It has...

The market is not an invention of capitalism. It has existed for centuries. It is an invention of civilization.

Quote by Mikhail Gorbachev about invention, capitalism, civilization

More than two centuries have since the Hurons vanished from their ancient seats, and the settlers of this rude solitude stand perplexed and wondering over the relics of a lost people.

Quote by Francis Parkman about opinion, old, solitude, people

During my lifetime greater and more spectacular progress...

During my lifetime greater and more spectacular progress has been made in the physical sciences than in many centuries that preceded it.

Quote by Lester B. Pearson about opinion, progress

The mill of hopes is running for centuries.

The mill of hopes is running for centuries.

Quote by Tudor Arghezi about hope

Objects are what matter. Only they carry the evidence...

Objects are what matter. Only they carry the evidence that throughout the centuries something really happened among human beings.

Quote by Levi Strauss about objects, human imperfections

I am little concerned with beauty or perfection. I don't care for the great centuries. All I care about is life, struggle, intensity. I am at ease in my generation.

Quote by Emile Zola about opinion, fight, perfection, beauty, life

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