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  • And he said, My presence shall go with thee, and I will give thee rest. And he said unto him, If thy presence go not with me carry us not up hence.

    -Bible (Old Testament)
    Exodus 33:14^15.

  • Though wetravel theworld over tofind the beautiful, we must carry it with us, or we find it not.

    - RalphWaldo Emerson
    Essays: First Series,'Art'.

  • In arguing too, the parson owned his skill, For e'en though vanquished, he could argue still; While words of learned length, and thund'ring sound Amazed the gazing rustics ranged around, And still they gazed, and still the wonder grew, That one small head could carry all he knew.

    - Oliver Goldsmith
      The Deserted Village, l.211^16.

  • Asthe Spanishproverbsays,'He, whowould bring home the wealth of the Indies, must carry the wealth of the Indies with him.' So it is in travelling; a man must carry knowledge with him, if he would bring home knowledge.

    - Samuel known as Dr Johnson Johnson
      Remark,17  Apr. Quoted in  James Boswell  The Life of Samuel Johnson (1791), vol.3.

  • Science may carry us to Mars, but it will leave the Earth peopled as ever by the inept.

    - Agnes Repplier
      In Pursuit of Laughter.

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