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Frank Herbert

There is no escape – we pay for the…

3 Jul , 2015  

There is no escape – we pay for the violence of our ancestors. Great short quote and quotation by: Frank Herbert , US science fiction novelist (1920 – 1986)

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There is no king who has not had a …

3 Jul , 2015  

There is no king who has not had a slave among his ancestors, and no slave who has not had a king among his. Great short quote and quotation by: Helen Keller , US blind & deaf educator (1880 – 1968)

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To us, the moment 8:17 A.M. means s…

13 Oct , 2011  

To us, the moment 8:17 A.M. means something – something very important, if it happens to be the starting time of our daily train. To our ancestors, such an odd eccentric instant was without significance – did not even exist. In inventing the locomotive, Watt and Stevenson were part inventors of time. Great short quote […]

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G. K. Chesterton, Orthodoxy

Tradition means giving votes to the…

13 Oct , 2011  

Tradition means giving votes to the most obscure of all classes, our ancestors. It is the democracy of the dead. Tradition refuses to submit to the small and arrogant oligarchy of those who merely happen to be walking about. Great short quote and quotation by: G. K. Chesterton, Orthodoxy , English author & mystery novelist […]

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Haida Indian saying

We do not inherit this land from ou…

15 Feb , 2011  

We do not inherit this land from our ancestors; we borrow it from our children. Great short quote and quotation by: Haida Indian saying ,

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Cyril Connolly

What grape to keep its place in the…

15 Feb , 2011  

What grape to keep its place in the sun, taught our ancestors to make wine? Great short quote and quotation by: Cyril Connolly , (1903 – 1974)

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Terry Pratchett, Pyramids

What our ancestors would really be …

15 Feb , 2011  

What our ancestors would really be thinking, if they were alive today, is: “Why is it so dark in here?” Great short quote and quotation by: Terry Pratchett, Pyramids ,

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