Quotes 81 till 100 of 158.
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Let's not burn the universities yet. After all, the damage they do might be worse.
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Life is no brief candle to me. It is a sort of splendid torch which I have got a hold of for the moment, and I want to make it burn as brightly as possible before handing it on to future generations.
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Love is a fire. But whether it is going to warm your hearth or burn down your house, you can never tell.
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My dear brothers, take note of this: Everyone should be quick to listen, slow to speak and slow to become angry, for man's anger does not bring about the righteous life that God desires.
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No matter how slow the film, Spirit always stands still long enough for the photographer It has chosen.
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Now hollow fires burn out to black,
And lights are guttering low:
Square your shoulders, lift your pack,
And leave your friends and go.
Oh never fear, man, nought's to dread,
Look not to left nor right:
In all the endless road you tread
There's nothing but the night.Source: A Shropshire Lad (1896) -
Old wood best to burn, old wine to drink, old friends to trust, and old authors to read.
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Once in seven years I burn all my sermons; for it is a shame if I cannot write better sermons now than I did seven years ago.
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One thing at a time, all things in succession. That which grows fast withers as rapidly; and that which grows slow endures.
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One's age should be tranquil, as childhood should be playful. Hard work at either extremity of life seems out of place. At midday the sun may burn, and men labor under it; but the morning and evening should be alike calm and cheerful.
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Our trouble is that we drink too much tea. I see in this the slow revenge of the Orient, which has diverted the Yellow River down our throats.
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Out of the Slow Food movement has grown something called the Slow Cities movement, which has started in Italy but has spread right across Europe and beyond. And in this, towns begin to rethink how they organize the urban landscape so that people are encouraged to slow down and smell the roses and connect with one another.
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Paris is mostly retired people - I love it, and it's a beautiful city, but it's quite slow.
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People are slow to believe that, which if believed would work them harm.
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Perfection is attained by slow degrees; she requires the hand of time.
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Politeness is the slow poison of collaboration.
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Probably the simplest hypothesis... is that there may be a slow process of annihilation of matter.
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Programs today get very fat; the enhancements tend to slow the programs down because people put in special checks. When they want to add some feature, they'll just stick in these checks without thinking how they might slow the thing down.
Source: Interview from Programmers at Work -
Progress however, of the best kind, is comparatively slow. Great results cannot be achieved at once; and we must be satisfied to advance in life as we walk, step by step.
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