Quotes 581 till 600 of 833.
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The doctrine of the Second Coming has failed, so far as we are concerned, if it does not make us realize that at every moment of every year in our lives Donne's question What if this present were the world's last night? is equally relevant.
The Worlds Last Night (1952) -
The doctrine of the Second Coming teaches us that we do not and cannot know when the world drama will end. The curtain may be rung down at any moment: say, before you have finished reading this paragraph.
The Worlds Last Night (1952) -
The evening sings in a voice of amber, the dawn is surely coming.
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The excess of our youth are checks written against our age and they are payable with interest thirty years later.
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The fellow that owns his own home is always just coming out of a hardware store.
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The First World War had begun, imposed on the statesmen of Europe by railway timetables. It was an unexpected climax to the railway age.
The First World War (1963) p. 20 -
The foolishness of old age does not characterize all who are old, but only the foolish.
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The force that through the green fuse drives the flower. Drives my green age that blasts the roots of trees is my destroyer.
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The freethinking of one age is the common sense of the next.
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The glory of a nation and an age is always the work of a few great persons, and it disappears with them.
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The glory of a people and of an age is always the work of a small number of great men, and disappears with them.
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The golden age only comes to men when they have forgotten gold.
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The good news is that Jesus is coming back. The bad news is that he's really pissed off.
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The great difficulty is first to win a reputation; the next to keep it while you live; and the next to preserve it after you die, when affection and interest are over, and nothing but sterling excellence can preserve your name. Never suffer youth to be an excuse for inadequacy, nor age and fame to be an excuse for indolence.
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The greatest problem about old age is the fear that it may go on too long.
An Old Mans Diary (1981) p. 39 -
The Guide sang: The new age, the new art, the new ethic and thought, And fools crying, Because it has begun It will continue as it has begun! The wheel runs fast, therefore the wheel will run Faster for ever, The old age is done, We have new lights and see without the sun.
The Pilgrims Regress (1933) Pilgrims Regress 186-187 -
The harvest of old age is the recollection and abundance of blessing previously secured.
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The heart never grows better by age; I fear rather worse, always harder. A young liar will be an old one, and a young knave will only be a greater knave as he grows older.
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The height of ability consists in a thorough knowledge of the real value of things, and of the genius of the age in which we live.
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The inner thought coming from the heart represents the real motives and desires. These are the cause of action.
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