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"So far as modern science is concerned, we have to abandon completely the idea that by going into the realm of the small we shall reach the ultimate foundations of the universe. I believe we can abandon this idea without any regret. The universe is infinite in all directions, not only above us in the large but also below us in the small." »Emil Wiechert
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"When you have faults, do not fear to abandon them." »Confucius
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"All hope abandon, ye who enter here" »Dante Alighieri
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"All hope abandon, ye who enter here!" »Dante Alighieri, The Divine Comedy
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"Cooking is like love. It should be entered into with abandon or not at all." »Harriet Van Horne
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"We are not abandoning our convictions, our philosophy or traditions, nor do we urge anyone to abandon theirs." »Mikhail Sergeyevich Gorbachev
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"Lasciate ogni speranza voi ch'entrate. (Abandon all hope, all ye who enter here)" »Alighieri Dante
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"It's the soul's duty to be loyal to its own desires. It must abandon itself to its master passion." »Rebecca West
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"Why abandon a belief merely because it ceases to be true Cling to it long enough, and it will turn true again, for so it goes. Most of the change we think we see in life is due to truths being in and out of favor." »Robert Frost
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"The essence of optimism is that it takes no account of the present, but it is a source of inspiration, of vitality and hope where others have resigned it enables a man to hold his head high, to claim the future for himself and not to abandon it to his enemy." »Dietrich Bonhoeffer
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"Curiosity in children, is but an appetite for knowledge. One great reason why children abandon themselves wholly to silly pursuits and trifle away their time insipidly is, because they find their curiosity balked, and their inquiries neglected." »John Locke
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"There will one day spring from the brain of science a machine or force so fearful in its potentialities, so absolutely terrifying, that even man, the fighter, who will dare torture and death in order to inflict torture and death, will be appalled, and so abandon war forever." »Thomas Alva Edison
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"We live in a time of transition, an uneasy era which is likely to endure for the rest of this century. During the period we may be tempted to abandon some of the time-honored principles and commitments which have been proven during the difficult times of past generations. We must never yield to this temptation. Our American values are not luxuries, but necessities - not the salt in our bread, but the bread itself." »Jimmy Carter
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"Through me you pass into the city of woeThrough me you pass into eternal painThrough me among the people lost for aye.Justice the founder of my fabric movedTo rear me was the task of power divine,Supremest wisdom, and primeval love.Before me things create were none, save thingsEternal, and eternal I shall endure.All hope abandon, ye who enter here." »Dante Alighieri
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"Through me you pass into the city of woe:
Through me you pass into eternal pain:
Through me among the people lost for aye.
Justice the founder of my fabric moved:
To rear me was the task of power divine,
Supremest wisdom, and primeval love.
Before me things create were none, save things
Eternal, and eternal I shall endure.
All hope abandon, ye who enter here.
" »Dante Alighieri, The Divine Comedy
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