The young have aspirations that never come to pass, the old have reminiscences of what never happened. Great short quote and quotation by: Saki , British (Burman-born) short story author (1870 – 1916)
George Santayana, Dialogues in Limbo (1925) ch. 3
The young man who has not wept is a savage, and the old man who will not laugh is a fool. Great short quote and quotation by: George Santayana, Dialogues in Limbo (1925) ch. 3 , US (Spanish-born) philosopher (1863 – 1952)
The [Interstate Commerce] commission, as its functions have now been limited by the courts is, or can be made, of great use to the railroads. It satisfies the public clamor for a government supervision of railroads, at the same time that that supervision is almost entirely nominal. Great short quote and quotation by: Richard Olney, […]
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LtGen Adolf Galland, Luftwaffe
Their element is to attack, to track, to hunt, and to destroy the enemy. Only in this way can the eager and skillful fighter pilot display his ability. Tie him to a narrow and confined task, rob him of his initiative, and you take away from him the best and most valuable qualities he posses: […]
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J. R. R. Tolkien, Mandos, The Silmarillion, Of the Flight of the Noldor
Their Oath shall drive them, and yet betray them, and ever snatch away the very treasures that they have sworn to pursue. Great short quote and quotation by: J. R. R. Tolkien, Mandos, The Silmarillion, Of the Flight of the Noldor , British scholar & fantasy novelist (1892 – 1973)
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Their plans were improved with the best advice. Great short quote and quotation by: J. R. R.Tolkien, The Hobbit ,
Their silence is sufficient praise. Great short quote and quotation by: Terence , Roman comic dramatist (185 BC – 159 BC)
Their understanding Begins to swell and the approaching tide Will shortly fill the reasonable shores That now lie foul and muddy. Great short quote and quotation by: William Shakespeare , Greatest English dramatist & poet (1564 – 1616)
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Madeline Bridges, O Magazine, December 2003
Then give to the world the best you have. And the best will come back to you. Great short quote and quotation by: Madeline Bridges, O Magazine, December 2003 ,
Samuel Butler, The Way of All Flesh
Then he saw also that it matters little what profession, whether of religion or irreligion, a man may make, provided only he follows it out with charitable inconsistency, and without insisting on it to the bitter end. It is in the uncompromisingness with which dogma is held and not in the dogma or want of […]
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Theology is the effort to explain the unknowable in terms of the not worth knowing. Great short quote and quotation by: H. L. Mencken , US editor (1880 – 1956)
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