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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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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Lawana Blackwell, The Dowry of Miss Lydia Clark, 1999
True repentance means making amends with the person when at all possible. Great short quote and quotation by: Lawana Blackwell, The Dowry of Miss Lydia Clark, 1999 ,
Until and unless you discover that money is the root of all good, you ask for your own destruction. When money ceases to become the means by which men deal with one another, then men become the tools of other men. Blood, whips and guns–or dollars. Take your choice–there is no other. Great short quote […]
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Carl Von Clausewitz, quoted by Gene Hackman in "Crimson Tide"
War is a continuation of politics by other means. Great short quote and quotation by: Carl Von Clausewitz, quoted by Gene Hackman in “Crimson Tide” ,
General Karl Von Clausewitz, Book: "On War"
War is the continuation of politics by other means. Great short quote and quotation by: General Karl Von Clausewitz, Book: “On War” ,
We are always too busy for our children; we never give them the time or interest they deserve. We lavish gifts upon them; but the most precious gift, our personal association, which means so much to them, we give grudgingly. Great short quote and quotation by: Mark Twain , US humorist, novelist, short story author, […]
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We are weighed down, every moment, by the conception and the sensation of Time. And there are but two means of escaping and forgetting this nightmare: pleasure and work. Pleasure consumes us. Work strengthens us. Let us choose. Great short quote and quotation by: Charles Baudelaire , French poet (1821 – 1867)
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We have perhaps a natural fear of ends. We would rather be always on the way than arrive. Given the means, we hang on to them and often forget the ends. Great short quote and quotation by: Eric Hoffer , (1902 – 1983)
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We must come to see that peace is not merely a distant goal we seek, but it is a means by which we arrive at that goal. We must pursue peaceful ends through peaceful means. Great short quote and quotation by: Martin Luther King, Jr. ,
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Real Live Preacher, RealLivePreacher.com Weblog, December 26, 2002
We think having faith means being convinced God exists in the same way we are convinced a chair exists. People who cannot be completely convinced of God?s existence think faith is impossible for them. Not so. People who doubt can have great faith because faith is something you do, not something you think. In fact, […]
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