Quotes 161 till 180 of 222.
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The best theology is rather a divine life than a divine knowledge.
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The bravest are the most tender; the loving are the daring.
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The clouds are scudding across the moon, A misty light is on the sea; The wind in the shrouds has a wintry tune, And the foam is flying free.
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The crusade against Communism was even more imaginary than the specter of Communism.
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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 Germans form one of the most important branches of the Indo-Germanic or Aryan race - a division of the human family which also includes the Hindoos, Persians, Greeks, Romans, Celts, and the Slavonic tribes.
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The great armies, accumulated to provide security and preserve the peace, carried the nations to war by their own weight.
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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 happiness of life is made up of minute fractions - the little soon forgotten charities of a kiss or smile, a kind look, a heartfelt compliment, and the countless infinitesimal of pleasurable and genial feeling.
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The hearts that dare are quick to feel; The hands that wound are soft to heal.
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The hollows are heavy and dank
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The hope, and not the fact, of advancement, is the spur to industry.
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The maxims tell you to aim at perfection, which is well; but it's unattainable, all the same.
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The native Jewish families in Jerusalem, as well as those in other parts of Palestine, present a marked difference to the Jews of Europe and America. They possess the same physical characteristics - the dark, oblong eye, the prominent nose, the strongly-marked cheek and jaw - but in the latter, these traits have become harsh and coarse.
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The nearest approach I have ever seen to the symmetry of ancient sculpture was among the Arab tribes of Ethiopia. Our Saxon race can supply the athlete, but not the Apollo.
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The original home of the Aryan race appears to have been somewhere among the mountains and lofty table-lands of Central Asia. The word 'Arya,' meaning the high or the excellent, indicates their superiority over the neighboring races long before the beginning of history.
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The Poet's leaves are gathered one by one, In the slow process of the doubtful years.
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The principle of the Gothic architecture is infinity made imaginable.
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The problem with people who have no vices is that generally you can be pretty sure they're going to have some pretty annoying virtues.
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