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Those whose conscience demands that they defy authority in some ways that involve great consequences must be willing to accept some penalty.
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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Nothing is too great or too good to be true. Do not believe that we can imagine things better than they are. In the long run, in the ultimate outlook, in the eye of the Creator, the possibilities of existence, the possibilities open to us, are beyond our imagination.
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Both the cockroach and the bird would get along very well without us, although the cockroach would miss us most.
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The rare moment is not the moment when there is something worth looking at, but the moment when we are capable of seeing.
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Nature takes no account of even the most reasonable of human excuses.
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