Quotes with down-on-his-luck

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  • A. E. Housman Good literature continually read for pleasure must, let us hope, do some good to the reader: must quicken his perception though dull, and sharpen his discrimination though blunt, and mellow the rawness of his personal opinions.
    The Name and Nature of Poetry
    A. E. Housman
    British poet (1859 - 1936)
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  • James Russell Lowell Good luck is the willing handmaid of a upright and energetic character, and conscientious observance of duty.
    James Russell Lowell
    American Romantic poet, critic, editor, and diplomat (1819 - 1891)
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  • Ben Folds Good morning, son
    In twenty years from now
    Maybe we'll both sit down and have a few beers
    And I can tell you 'bout today
    And how I picked you up and everything changed.
    Lyrics Still Fighting It, Rockin the Suburbs (2001)
    Ben Folds
    American singer-songwriter, musician and composer (1966 - )
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  • Virginia Graham Good shot, bad luck and hell are the five basic words to be used in a game of tennis, though these, of course, can be slightly amplified.
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  • Brendan Fraser Graham Greene, as I understand it, was quite outspoken in his criticism of American foreign policy.
    Brendan Fraser
    American and Canadian actor (1969 - )
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  • Nathaniel P. Willis Gratitude is not only the memory but the homage of the heart rendered to God for his goodness.
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  • Hitopadesa Greatness does not approach him who is forever looking down.
    Hitopadesa
    Indian text in Sanskrit
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  • Anne Morrow Lindbergh Grief can't be shared. Everyone carries it alone. His own burden in his own way.
    Anne Morrow Lindbergh
    American Author (1906 - 2001)
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  • William Shakespeare Grief fills the room up of my absent child, lies in his bed, walks up and down with me, puts on his pretty looks, repeats his words.
    William Shakespeare
    English playwright and poet (1564 - 1616)
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  • Jean de la Bruyère Grief that is dazed and speechless is out of fashion: the modern woman mourns her husband loudly and tells you the whole story of his death, which distresses her so much that she forgets not the slightest detail about it.
    Jean de la Bruyère
    French writer (1645 - 1696)
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  • Roxana Robinson Grief was an actual weight, he thought. It felt like a physical burden. You carried it with you all day, unsheddable. Your shoulders, by nightfall, felt dragged down.
    This is My Daughter p.320
    Roxana Robinson
    American writer (1946 - )
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  • B. B. King Growing up, I was taught that a man has to defend his family. When the wolf is trying to get in, you gotta stand in the doorway.
    B. B. King
    American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and record producer (1925 - 2015)
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  • Betty Wright Hands down, Rick Ross is a genius. Hands down, Diddy is a genius. Hands down, Kanye is a genius. All of them.
    Betty Wright
    American singer (1953 - 2020)
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  • Benjamin Franklin Happiness consists more in small conveniences of pleasures that occur every day, than in great pieces of good fortune that happen but seldom to a man in the course of his life.
    Benjamin Franklin
    American statesman and physicist (1706 - 1790)
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  • Nathaniel Hawthorne Happiness is a butterfly, which, when pursued, is always just beyond your grasp, but which, if you will sit down quietly, may alight upon you.
    Nathaniel Hawthorne
    American short story writer (1804 - 1864)
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  • Tryon Edwards Happiness is like manna; it is to be gathered in grains, and enjoyed every day. It will not keep; it cannot be accumulated; nor have we got to go out of ourselves or into remote places to gather it, since it has rained down from a Heaven, at our very door
    Tryon Edwards
    American theologian (1809 - 1894)
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  • Rufus Choate Happy is he who has laid up in his youth, and held fast in all fortune, a genuine and passionate love for reading.
    Rufus Choate
    American lawyer, orator, and Congressman (1799 - 1859)
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  • George Bernard Shaw Happy is the man who can make a living by his hobby.
    George Bernard Shaw
    Irish-English writer and critic (1856 - 1950)
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  • Midrash Happy is the man whose deeds are greater than his learning
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  • Alexander Pope Happy the man whose wish and care a few paternal acres bound, content to breathe his native air in his own ground.
    Alexander Pope
    English poet (1688 - 1744)
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