Quotes with beacon

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• Alone! Alone! No beacon, far or near! No chart, no compass, and no anchor stay!

  Source: The Hand in the Dark And Other Poems

  ― Ada Cambridge
  English-born Australian writer (1844 - 1926)
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• England was full of words I'd never heard before - streaky bacon, short back and sides, Belisha beacon, serviettes, high tea, ice-cream cornet.

  ― Bill Bryson
  American-British author (1951 - )
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• He who thinks and thinks for himself, will always have a claim to thanks; it is no matter whether it be right or wrong, so as it be explicit. If it is right, it will serve as a guide to direct; if wrong, as a beacon to warn.

  ― Jeremy Bentham
  English philosopher, jurist, and social reformer (1748 - 1832)
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• Modest doubt is called the beacon of the wise.

  ― William Shakespeare
  English playwright and poet (1564 - 1616)
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• When Nelson Mandela walked free, the world sang with joy. Ever since, South Africa has stood as a beacon of hope for Africa.

  ― Ban Ki-moon
  South Korean politician and diplomat (1944 - )
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Subjects in these quotes:

• serviettes
• ice-cream
• explicit
• belisha
• himself
• whether

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