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When a man wantonly destroys one of the works of man we call him a vandal. When he destroys one of the works of god we call him a sportsman.
Joseph Wood Krutch
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Joseph Wood Krutch
Age: 76 †
Born: 1893
Born: November 25
Died: 1970
Died: May 22
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When, in the present world, men behave well, that is no doubt sometimes because they are creatures of habit as well as, sometimes, because they are reasonable.
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Nature takes no account of even the most reasonable of human excuses.
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The wilderness and the idea of wilderness is one of the permanent homes of the human spirit.
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The most important part of our lives-our sensations, emotions, desires, and aspirations-takes place in a universe of illusions which science can attenuate or destroy, but which it is powerless to enrich.
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As machines get to be more and more like men, men will come to be more like machines.
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There is no such thing as a dangerous woman there are only susceptible men.
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Only those within whose own consciousness the sun rise and set, the leaves burgeon and wither, can be said to be aware of what living is.
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Life is very persistent and very ingenious in seizing every opportunity.
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