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The pencil of the Holy Ghost hath labored more in...

The pencil of the Holy Ghost hath labored more in describing the afflictions of Job than the felicities of Solomon.

Quote by Francis Bacon

The sergeant was describing a military life. It was all...

The sergeant was describing a military life. It was all drinking, he said, except that there were frequent intervals of eating and love making.

Quote by Charles Dickens about drinking, love, life

Some years ago, I wrote a book called the Emperor's New Mind and that book was describing a point of view I had about consciousness and why it was not something that comes about from complicated calculations.

Quote by Roger Penrose about books, mind

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