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It is a dreadful truth, but it is a truth that cannot be concealed; in ability, in dexterity, in the distinctness of their views, the Jacobins are our superiors. Edmund Burke
We should accept misfortune not only in thanks but in infinite gratitude to providence, which by such means detaches us from an excessive love for earthly things and elevates our minds to the celestial and the divine. Galileo Galilei
I have perceived much beauty In the hoarse oaths that kept our courage straight; Heard music in the silentness of duty; Found peace where shell-storms spouted reddest spate. Wilfred Owen
On Earth, we are unmanned by our longing for a pastoral past that never really existed; and that, if it had existed, could never exist again...on the Moon, there is no past to long for or dream about. There is no direction but forward. Isaac Asimov
After all, what can we ever gain in forever looking back and blaming ourselves if our lives have not turned out quite as we might have wished? Kazuo Ishiguro
In the face of such hopelessness as our eventual, unavoidable death, there is little sense in not at least trying to accomplish all of your wildest dreams in life. Kevin Smith
Patti Smith quote: "We went our separate ways, but within walking distance of one..."
We went our separate ways, but within walking distance of one another. Patti Smith
I asked for very little from life, and even this little was denied me. A nearby field, a ray of sunlight, a little bit of calm along with a bit of bread, not to feel oppressed by the knowledge that I exist, not to demand anything from others, and not to have others demand anything from me - this was denied me, like the spare change we might deny a beggar not because we're mean-hearted but because we don't feel like unbuttoning our coat. Fernando Pessoa
The castle? The monster? The man of learning? I only just thought of it. Surely you know that just as the momentous events of the past cast their shadows down the ages, so now, when the sun is drawing toward the dark, our own shadows race into the past to trouble mankind's dreams. Gene Wolfe
Gary Snyder quote: "What use, Milton, a silly story Of our lost general parents,..."
What use, Milton, a silly story Of our lost general parents, eaters of fruit? Gary Snyder
Inherently, each one of us has the substance within to achieve whatever our goals and dreams define. What is missing from each of us is the training, education, knowledge and insight to utilize what we already have. Mark Twain
At last she sighed. "But the most wretched thing — is it not? — is to drag out, as I do, a useless existence. If our pains were only of some use to someone, we should find consolation in the thought of the sacrifice. Gustave Flaubert
What have they done to the earth . Whathave they done to our fair sister. Ravaged and plundered. Ripped her n bit her. Stuck her with knives in the side of the dawn . Tied her with fences and dragged her down Jim Morrison
So many of the conscious and unconscious ways men and women treat each other have to do with romantic and sexual fantasies that are deeply ingrained not just in society but in literature. The women's movement may manage to clean up the mess in society, but I don't know if it can clean up the mess in our minds. Nora Ephron
Wilkie Collins quote: "The dress of Virtue, in our parts, was cotton print. I had silk."
The dress of Virtue, in our parts, was cotton print. I had silk. Wilkie Collins

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