If triangles were to make to themselves gods, they would give them three sides.

Si les triangles faisoient un Dieu, ils lui donneroient trois cotes.

Montesquieu

Persian Letters

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Topic

Nature of God God and man God

Author

Montesquieu

Source

Persian Letters

Medium

Novel

Genre

Epistolary novel

Language

French

Time

1721 1720s 18th century

Occupation

Philosopher Writer

From

France Europe

Authentication Score 3

Citation

Montesquieu. Rica to Uzbek. 14th of the moon of Saphar, 1714.

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He had been eight years upon a project for extracting sunbeams out of cucumbers, which were to be put into vials hermetically sealed, and let out to warm the air in raw inclement summers.

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Jonathan Swift
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Gulliver's Travels
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Satire Travel writing
Language
English
Time
1726 1720s 18th century
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Original Citation

Swift, Jonathan. Travels into Several Remote Nations of the World. In Four Parts. By Lemuel Gulliver, First a Surgeon, and then a Captain of Several Ships. London: Benjamin Motte, 1726, pt. 3, ch. 5.

Current Citation

Swift, Jonathan. Gulliver's Travels, edited by Albert J. Rivero. W. W. Norton & Company, 2001, pt. 3, ch. 5.

Another quote about Nature of God

For I am the Lord, I change not.

Malachi 3:6

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Nature of God God
Source
Malachi The Bible
Medium
Scripture
Genre
Religious literature
Language
Hebrew
Time
424 BC 420s BC 5th century BC
Era
Classical antiquity
Authentication Score 3
Citation

The Holy Bible: The King James Version. 1611. (Malachi 3:6).

Another quote originally in French

It is only with the heart that one can see rightly; what is essential is invisible to the eyes.

Antoine de Saint-Exupery

The Little Prince

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What really matters The heart Perception Reason and emotion
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Fox

Author

Antoine de Saint-Exupery
Source
The Little Prince
Language
French
Time
1943 1940s 20th century
Authentication Score 3
Citation

De Saint-Exupery, Antoine. Le Petit Prince [The Little Prince]. Reynal & Hitchcock, 1943, ch. 21.