Ebenezer Elliott Quotes
Life is short, and time is swift;
Roses fade, and shadows shift.
Ebenezer Elliott
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Iris all hues, roses, and jessamine Reared high their flourished heads between, and wrought Mosaic; underfoot the violet, Crocus, and hyacinth with rich inlay Broidered the ground, more coloured than with stone Of costliest emblem: other creature here Beast, bird, insect, or worm durst enter none; Such was their awe of man.
John Milton
Few women see power as an end in itself. The point of power is the freedom to cultivate roses.
Erica Jong
Which is now a more hopeful statement than Swift intended it to be.
Will Durant
Life is short, so fall in love, dear maiden, before your youthful ardor cools off, for there is no tomorrow.
Atsushi
He is in youth swift, pliant and merry, and leapeth and rusheth on all thing that is before him; and is lead by a staw and playeth there with.
Bartholomeus Anglicus
Roses are reddish
Violets are bluish
If it weren't for Christmas
We'd all be Jewish.
Benny Hill
I do not shake hands from a sanitary standpoint.
Victoria Woodhull
The reason we all need a mutton alert, which needs constant testing, like smoke alarms, is because there is really no such thing as age-appropriate dressing any longer, as I know because my wardrobe is interchangeable with my daughter's.
Rachel Johnson
Sun, silence, and happiness.
Nancy Mitford
It's great that the Internet can enhance and speed up our communications and that computers can do all the things they do. It's fabulous. At the same time, it changes our priorities. For example, before I would always remember people's telephone numbers and now I don't know anyone's number. So what happens if computer systems go down but you still have landlines? Well, I couldn't call anyone because I don't know anyone's number.
Misha Glenny
Life is short, and time is swift;
Roses fade, and shadows shift.
Ebenezer Elliott
