“ We must make the best of those ills which cannot be avoided. ”
- Alexander Hamilton- Copy
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“ I have had an experience which might perhaps be described as being shot down. At the same time, I call shot down only when one falls down. Today I got into trouble but I escaped with a whole skin. ”
- Baron Manfred von Richthofen- Copy
- 1.6K
“ When any calamity has been suffered, the first thing to be remembered is how much has been escaped. ”
- Samuel Johnson- Copy
- 2.6K
“ The more sand has escaped from the hourglass of our life, the clearer we should see through it. ”
- Jean Paul Richter- Copy
- 2.7K
“ How can they say my life is not a success? Have I not for more than sixty years got enough to eat and escaped being eaten? ”
- Logan Pearsall Smith- Copy
- 3K
“ The more sand that has escaped from the hourglass of our life, the clearer we should see through it. ”
- Jean Paul Sartre- Copy
- 2.3K
“ Everybody's heart is open, you know, when they have recently escaped from severe pain, or are recovering the blessing of health. ”
- Jane Austen- Copy
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“ Antiquities are history defaced, or some remnants of history which have casually escaped the shipwreck of time. ”
- Francis Bacon- Copy
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“ Laws are sand, customs are rock. Laws can be evaded and punishment escaped but an openly transgressed custom brings sure punishment. ”
- Mark Twain- Copy
- 1.6K
“ Adam and Eve had many advantages, but the principle one was that they escaped teething. ”
- Mark Twain- Copy
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“ Many have been ruined by their fortunes, and many have escaped ruin by the want of fortune. To obtain it the great have become little, and the little great. ”
- Johann Georg Zimmermann- Copy
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