William Somervile Quotes
For the next inn he spurs amain, In haste alights, and skuds away, But time and tide for no man stay.
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The tide of history only advances when people make themselves fully visible.
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Language exerts hidden power, like the moon on the tides.
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We must follow the rule: Better fewer, but better. We must follow the rule: Better get good human material in two or even three years than work in haste without hope of getting any at all.
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I have touch'd the highest point of all my greatness, And from that full meridian of my glory I haste now to my setting.
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There is a tide in the affairs of men
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I have a temper on me that could hold back tides.
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Dead fish don't swim around in jealous tides.
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In our haste to grow too soon, we left our innocence on Desert Moon.
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Riches amassed in haste will diminish; but those collected by hand and little by little will multiply.
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Without haste! without rest! Bind the motto to thy breast! Bear it with thee as a spell; Storm or sunshine, guard it well.
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She thought in would be awkward for both to be brought into conscious collision; and fancied that, from her being on a low seat at first, and now standing behind her father, he had overlooked her in his haste. As if he did not feel the consciousness of her presence all over, though his eyes had never rested on her!
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The dotted line my father's ashplant made On Sandymount Strand Is something else the tide won't wash away.
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Make haste to live, and consider each day a life.
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We all know what the moon does to the ocean in the form of tides. Well, we are about 85% salt water; don't you think it is also affecting you? Maybe you cannot quantify that effect along with zillions of other effects, but certainly you are being affected.
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Let the boy win his spurs.
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I love the Christmas-tide, and yet, I notice this, each year I live; I always like the gifts I get, But how I love the gifts I give!
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When a just cause reaches its flood-tide...whatever stands in its way must fall before its overwhelming force.
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It's a really fulfilling life if you can make your job what you love doing.
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I don't really know how to play drums, so I play them wrong. But the pro guys, they never sweat. You know if someone's gone to music school, because they don't sweat when they play drums if they have.
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If God is, man is a slave; now, man can and must be free; then, God does not exist. I defy anyone whomsoever to avoid this circle; now, therefore, let all choose.
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For the next inn he spurs amain, In haste alights, and skuds away, But time and tide for no man stay.
