Mountain Ranges quotes

Mountain Ranges

26 quotes on this topic — from poets, philosophers, and thinkers across history.

26 quotes
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Poet, Playwright, Novelist

"From inaccessible mountain range by way of desert untrod by human foot to the ends of the unknown seas, the breath of the everlasting creative spirit is felt, rejoicing over every speck of dust that hearkens to it and lives."

Mark Twain
Mark Twain Writer, Humorist

"That is the way of the scientist. He will spend thirty years in building up a mountain range of facts with the intent to prove a certain theory; then he is so happy with his achievement that as a rule he overlooks the main chief fact of all-that all his accumulation proves an entirely different thing."

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