Quotes 21 till 40 of 219.
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A man should live with his superiors as he does with his fire: not too near, lest he burn; nor too far off, lest he freeze.
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A mistress should be like a little country retreat near the town, not to dwell in constantly, but only for a night and away.
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A rusty nail placed near a faithful compass, will sway it from the truth, and wreck the argosy.
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A tart temper never mellows with age, and a sharp tongue is the only edged tool that grows keener with constant use.
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A work can become modern only if it is first postmodern. Postmodernism thus understood is not modernism at its end but in the nascent state, and this state is constant.
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Accuracy of statement is one of the first elements of truth; inaccuracy is a near kin to falsehood.
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All things by immortal power. Near of far, to each other linked are, that thou canst not stir a flower without troubling of a star.
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All things change, nothing is extinguished. There is nothing in the whole world which is permanent. Everything flows onward; all things are brought into being with a changing nature; the ages themselves glide by in constant movement.
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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 -
Another thing I need to do, when I'm near the end of the book, is sleep in the same room with it...Somehow the book doesn't leave you when you're asleep right next to it.
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Anti-Semitism is a horrible disease from which nobody is immune, and it has a kind of evil fascination that makes an enlightened person draw near the source of infection, supposedly in a scientific spirit, but really to sniff the vapors and dally with the possibility.
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Anything we can do in the near future that begins to stimulate the interest of people - seeing somebody down the street have an opportunity to go into space - buoys up the whole neighborhood.
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Art does not exist only to entertain, but also to challenge one to think, to provoke, even to disturb, in a constant search for truth.
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Art has two constant, two unending concerns: It always meditates on death and thus always creates life. All great, genuine art resembles and continues the Revelation of St John.
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As life runs on, the road grows strange with faces new - and near the end. The milestones into headstones change, Neath every one a friend.
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As often happens during a war, some parts of the country prospered, notwithstanding the constant loss.
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Bahia is the Amazon's geographical next-of-kin: the same climate, forest canopy, diverse floor. But there is no wild cacao; the tree was introduced, most likely by a Frenchman, Louis Frederick Warneaux, who, in 1746, sowed seeds near one of Bahia's large rivers.
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Be slow to fall into friendship; but when thou art in, continue firm and constant.
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Become addicted to constant and never-ending self-improvement.
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