To do anything in this world worth doing, we must not stand back shivering and thinking of the cold and danger, but jump in, and scramble through as well as we can. Great short quote and quotation by: Sydney Smith , English essayist (1771 – 1845)
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To establish oneself in the world, one has to do all one can to appear established. Great short quote and quotation by: Francois de La Rochefoucauld , French author & moralist (1613 – 1680)
To get back my youth I would do anything in the world, except take exercise, get up early, or be respectable. Great short quote and quotation by: Oscar Wilde, The Picture of Dorian Gray, 1891 , Irish dramatist, novelist, & poet (1854 – 1900)
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To grow old is to grow common. Old age equalizes – we are aware that what is happening to us has happened to untold numbers from the beginning of time. When we are young we act as if we were the first young people in the world. Great short quote and quotation by: Eric Hoffer […]
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To laugh often and much; to win the respect of intelligent people and the affection of children; to earn the appreciation of honest critics and endure the betrayal of false friends; to appreciate beauty, to find the best in others; to leave the world a little better; whether by a healthy child, a garden patch […]
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To learn to get along without, to realize that what the world is going to demand of us may be a good deal more important than what we are entitled to demand of it – this is a hard lesson. Great short quote and quotation by: Bruce Catton ,
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To laugh often and much; to win the respect of intelligent people and the affection of children; to earn the appreciation of honest critics and endure the betrayal of false friends; to appreciate beauty; to find the best in others; to leave the world a bit better, whether by a healthy child, a garden patch […]
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To live is the rarest thing in the world. Most people exist, that is all. Great short quote and quotation by: George Orwell , English essayist, novelist, & satirist (1903 – 1950)
W. H. Auden, Epitaph for an Unknown Soldier
To save your world you asked this man to die; Would this man, could he see you now, ask why? Great short quote and quotation by: W. H. Auden, Epitaph for an Unknown Soldier , US (English-born) critic & poet (1907 – 1973)
To see a world in a Grain of Sand, And a Heaven in a Wild Flower, Hold Infinity in the palm of your hand, And eternity in an hour. Great short quote and quotation by: William Blake , English engraver, illustrator, & poet (1757 – 1827)