"Where lies the land, to which the ship……" — Arthur Hugh Clough
"Where lies the land, to which the ship would go? Far, far ahead is all, her seamen know. And where the land she travels from? Away, far far behind, is all that they can say."
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Arthur Hugh Clough
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22 Quotes by Arthur Hugh Clough
Arthur Hugh Clough has 22 quotes on this site.
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Thou shalt not kill; but needst not strive officiously to keep alive.
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In front, the sun climbs slow, how slowly, but westward, look, the land is bright.
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Grace is given of god, but knowledge is bought in the market.
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Thou shalt not covet; but tradition approves all forms of competition.
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A world where nothing is had for nothing.
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Action will furnish belief,-but will that belief be the true one? This is the point, you know.
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Whither depart the souls of the brave that die in the battle, Die in the lost, lost fight, for the…
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It fortifies my soul to know That, though I perish, Truth is so: That, howsoe'er I stray and range, Whate'er…
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Thou shalt not steal; an empty feat, When it's so lucrative to cheat.
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If hopes were dupes, fears may be liars.
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Do not adultery commit; Advantage rarely comes of it.
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And almost everyone when age, disease, or sorrows strike him, inclines to think there is a God, or something very…
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There is only one way left to escape the alienation of present day society: to retreat ahead of it.
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