Short quotations about, world - Page 14

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To see a world in a grain of sand a…

13 Oct , 2011  

To see a world in a grain of sand and a heaven in a wildflower, 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)

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To succeed in the world it is not e…

13 Oct , 2011  

To succeed in the world it is not enough to be stupid, you must also be well-mannered. Great short quote and quotation by: Voltaire , French author, humanist, rationalist, & satirist (1694 – 1778)

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To succeed in the world it is not e…

13 Oct , 2011  

To succeed in the world it is not enough to be stupid, you must also be well-mannered. Great short quote and quotation by: Voltaire , French author, humanist, rationalist, & satirist (1694 – 1778)

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To succeed in the world it is not e…

13 Oct , 2011  

To succeed in the world it is not enough to be stupid; you must also be well-mannered. Great short quote and quotation by: Voltaire , French author, humanist, rationalist, & satirist (1694 – 1778)

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Charles Talleyrand

To succeed in the world, it is much…

13 Oct , 2011  

To succeed in the world, it is much more necessary to possess the penetration to discern who is a fool, than to discover who is a clever man. Great short quote and quotation by: Charles Talleyrand ,

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Sylvia Plath, The Bell Jar

To the person in the bell jar, blan…

13 Oct , 2011  

To the person in the bell jar, blank and stopped as a dead baby, the world itself is a bad dream. Great short quote and quotation by: Sylvia Plath, The Bell Jar , US novelist & poet (1932 – 1963)

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Pliny The Elder

True glory consists in doing what d…

13 Oct , 2011  

True glory consists in doing what deserves to be written; in writing what deserves to be read; and in so living as to make the world happier for our living in it. Great short quote and quotation by: Pliny The Elder , Roman scholar & scientist (23 AD – 79 AD)

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Truth never comes into the world bu…

5 Aug , 2011  

Truth never comes into the world but like a bastard, to the ignominy of him that brought her birth. Great short quote and quotation by: John Milton , English poet (1608 – 1674)

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Ben Hecht

Trying to determine what is going o…

5 Aug , 2011  

Trying to determine what is going on in the world by reading newspapers is like trying to tell the time by watching the second hand of a clock. Great short quote and quotation by: Ben Hecht , US author & dramatist (1893 – 1964)

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Turn the world over on its side and…

5 Aug , 2011  

Turn the world over on its side and everything loose will land in Los Angeles. Great short quote and quotation by: Frank Lloyd Wright , US architect (1869 – 1959)

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W. B. Yeats, the second coming

Turning and turning in the widening…

5 Aug , 2011  

Turning and turning in the widening gyre, The falcone cannot hear the falconer; Things fall apart; the centre cannot hold; Mere anarchy is loosed upon the world… Great short quote and quotation by: W. B. Yeats, the second coming ,

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Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

Viewed from the summit of reason, a…

24 Mar , 2011  

Viewed from the summit of reason, all life looks like a malignant disease and the world like a madhouse. Great short quote and quotation by: Johann Wolfgang von Goethe , German dramatist, novelist, poet, & scientist (1749 – 1832)

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