Jonathan Swift Quotes
This Day, whate'er the Fates decree;
Shall still be kept with Joy by me:
This Day then, let us not be told,
That you are sick, and I grown old
Jonathan Swift
Quotes to Explore
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If you're going to play a villain, there's no greater compliment than being told that you give people nightmares. I never thought I would be the actor that would give people nightmares.
Valorie Curry
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But an innovation, to grow organically from within, has to be based on an intact tradition, so our idea is to bring together musicians who represent all these traditions, in workshops, festivals, and concerts, to see how we can connect with each other in music.
Yo-Yo Ma
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My choice was to ruin my son's life by giving him money or giving 90-plus percent to charity. Not much of a choice.
Manoj Bhargava
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Creative people are more prone to depression.
Adam Ant
Adam and the Ants
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What's the most important thing in the world? It's love, and I look at that as an energy, not a sentiment.
Eddie Albert
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We are constantly competing with the monsters from the id.
Walter Becker
China Crisis
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Du im Voraus verlorne Geliebte, Nimmergekommene, nicht weiß ich, welche Töne dir lieb sind. Nicht mehr versuch ich, dich, wenn das Kommende wogt, zu erkennen.
Rainer Maria Rilke
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Knowing now what we have learned, unless the need were urgent, I could no more sink the blade of an ax into the tissues of a living tree than I could drive it into the flesh of a fellow human.
Edward Abbey
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Infidi maris insidis virisque dolumqueut vitare velint, neve ullo tempore credantsubdola cum ridet placidi pellacia ponti.
Lucretius
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From high black walls, gleaming vaguely with rain,Each yellow light looked down like a golden eye.They trembled from coign to coign, and tower to tower,Along high terraces quicker than dream they flew.And some of them steadily glowed, and some soon vanished,And some strange shadows threw.
Conrad Aiken
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The three great American vices seem to be efficiency, punctuality, and the desire for achievement and success. They are the things that make the Americans so unhappy and so nervous.
Lin Yutang
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So I'm definitely in favour of stimulating the dynamic wealth creation sectors of the economy.
Boris Johnson