Glossary of Inspirational Quotes that Rekindle the Soul
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| Quote:I was thrown out of college for cheating on the metaphysics exam: I looked into the soul of another boy.[Woody Allen] Quote:Dualism is a truncated metaphysic.[C.S. Lewis] Quote:I must study politics and war that my sons may have liberty to study mathematics and philosophy. My sons ought to study mathematics and philosophy, geography, natural history, naval architecture, navigation, commerce and agriculture in order to give their children a right to study painting, poetry, music, architecture, statuary, tapestry, and porcelain.[John Adams] Quote:I have suffered a great deal from writers who have quoted this or that sentence of mine either out of its context or in juxtaposition to some incongruous matter which quite distorted my meaning , or destroyed it altogether. [Alfred North Whitehead] Quote:History is powerful stuff. One day your world is fine. The next day it's knocked for a metaphysical loop. Was Napoleon really at Waterloo? Would that change what I had for breakfast? [Henry Bromel] Quote:All slang is a metaphor, and all metaphor is poetry. [G. K. Chesterton] Definitions of: tapDefinition: To strike with a slight or gentle blow; to touch gently; to rap lightly; to pat; as, to tap one with the hand or a cane.Definition: To put a new sole or heel on; as, to tap shoes. Definition: To strike a gentle blow. Definition: To pierce so as to let out, or draw off, a fluid; as, to tap a cask, a tree, a tumor, a keg of beer, etc. Definition: Hence, to draw resources from (a reservoir) in any analogous way; as, to tap someone's knowledge of the Unix system; to tap the treasury. Definition: To draw, or cause to flow, by piercing. Definition: To form an internal screw in (anything) by means of a tool called a tap; as, to tap a nut, a pipe, or tubing. Definition: to connect a listening device to (a telephone or telegraph line) secretly, for the purpose of hearing private conversations; also, to obtain or record (information) by tapping; -- a technique used by law enforcement agencies investigating suspected criminals. In the United States it is illegal without a court order permitting it. |
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