“ Every book is a quotation; and every house is a quotation out of all forests and mines and stone quarries; and every man is a quotation from all his ancestors. ”
- Ralph Waldo Emerson- Copy
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“ If I saw the gates of hell open and I stood on the brink of the abyss, I would not despair, I would not lose hope of mercy, because I would trust in You, my God. ”
- Gemma Galgani- Copy
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“ The writing of a poem is like a child throwing stones into a mineshaft. You compose first, then you listen for the reverberation. ”
- James Fenton- Copy
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“ Anyone who proposes to do good must not expect people to roll stones out of his way, but must accept his lot calmly, even if they roll a few stones upon it. ”
- Albert Schweitzer- Copy
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“ I hold it to be the inalienable right of anybody to go to hell in his own way. ”
- Robert Frost- Copy
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“ Since you have chosen to elect a man with a timber toe to succeed me, you may all go to hell and I will go to Texas. ”
- Davy Crockett- Copy
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“ Like stones, words are laborious and unforgiving, and the fitting of them together, like the fitting of stones, demands great patience and strength of purpose and particular skill. ”
- Edmund Morrison- Copy
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“ The drop hollows out the stone not by strength, but by constant falling. ”
- Plutarch- Copy
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“ In New York, there are so many potholes, they're like craters on the moon. That's another traffic thing. ”
- Jimmy Fallon- Copy
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“ The problem of land mines is a global tragedy. In all probability, land mines kill more children than soldiers, and they keep killing after wars are over. ”
- Bill Clinton- Copy
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“ When you look into an abyss, the abyss also looks into you. ”
- Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche- Copy
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“ My books kept me from the ring, the dog-pit, the tavern, and the saloon. ”
- Thomas Hood- Copy
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“ Difficulties show men what they are. In case of any difficulty remember that God has pitted you against a rough antagonist that you may be a conqueror, and this cannot be without toil. ”
- Epictetus- Copy
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“ An unstable pilot steers a leaking ship, and the blind is leading the blind straight to the pit. The ruler is like the ruled. ”
- Saint Jerome- Copy
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“ He who thinks he is raising a mound may only in reality be digging a pit. ”
- Ernest Bramah- Copy
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“ Greed is a bottomless pit which exhausts the person in an endless effort to satisfy the need without ever reaching satisfaction. ”
- Erich Fromm- Copy
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