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And beyond what has been said, experience, which is the mother of all things, undeceives us and removes all our doubts.
Duarte Pacheco Pereira
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The termites, ever hard at work, were reconstructing their habitations. Strange Arachnidios, such as the silkweaving spider, ma-vuvi (Nephita bragantina) were swinging from spray to spray, fastening them together with their delicate yellow webs. The active and obscure Xylophages were mining to the very heart the knotted trunks of ancient trees.
Roberto Ivens
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They have among themselves a scientific language, which is like the Latin among us, that no one understands unless he is instructed in it.
Afonso de Albuquerque
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Good authors, too, who once knew better words Now only use four-letter words Writing prose — Anything goes.
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