“What sorrow was, thou bad'st her know, / And from her own she learned to melt at others' woe.”
Quotes for When You Need Peace · Page 159
Serene words to slow down your world and bring you back to stillness.
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“Visions of glory, spare my aching sight, / Ye unborn ages, crowd not on my soul!”
“Telephones are like women. No one really knows anything about them.”
“The true sporting spirit has always something religious about it.”
“Novelty, the most potent of all attractions, is also the most perishable.”
“A man's power and intelligence are limited. He who wants to do everything will never do anything.”
“A great statesman, like a good housekeeper, knows that cleaning has to be done every morning.”
“A nation that is not ready to die for its liberties will lose them.”
“Ten thousand airplanes built in time are better than fifty thousand after the battle.”
“Only passions can raise a man above the level of the animal.”
“Next year we shall be living in a country / That brought its soldiers home for lack of money.”
“Their yearly trick of looking new / Is written down in rings of grain.”