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The poet, as everyone knows, must strike his individual note sometime between the ages of fifteen and twenty-five. He may hold it a long time,… — Robert Frost
Battles, in these ages, are transacted by mechanism; with the slightest possible development of human individuality or spontaneity; men now even die, and kill one… — Thomas Carlyle
We...live in a world that is too prone to the tasteless, and we need to provide an opportunity to cultivate a taste for the finest… — Neal A. Maxwell
The brilliant passes, like the dew at morn; The true endures, for ages yet unborn. — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Grief hallows hearts, even while it ages heads. — Philip James Bailey
We ought never to be afraid to repeat an ancient truth, when we feel that we can make it more striking by a neater turn,… — Luc de Clapiers
In the end, science offers us the only way out of politics. And if we allow science to become politicized, then we are lost. We… — Michael Crichton
Unless all ages and races of men have been deluded by the same mass hypnotist (who?), there seems to be such a thing as beauty,… — Annie Dillard
National security rests on the credible threat of a form of warfare universally condemned since the Dark Ages, the wholesale slaughter of noncombatants. — George Will
Contrary to current cynicism about past golden ages, the abstraction known as 'the intelligent layperson' does exist - in the form of millions of folks… — Stephen Jay Gould
Some of us, regarding the ocean with understanding and affection, have seen it looking old, as if the immemorial ages had been stirred up from… — Joseph Conrad
Every age and generation must be as free to act for itself in all cases as the ages and generations which preceded it. The vanity… — Thomas Paine
Never underestimate the power of temptation to disarm your better senses. Throughout the ages good people surrendered their honor for the empty promise that wealth… — Michael Josephson
I developed a passion for the Middle Ages the same way some people develop a passion for coconuts. — Umberto Eco
It's pretty strange because you have images of people in your head when you left, then you just think they're going to be the same… — Zayn Malik
Through the ages all great men have taught truth and happiness can't be bought. — Stevie Wonder
We think of the number "five" as applying to appropriate groups of any entities whatsoever - to five fishes, five children, five apples, five days...… — Alfred North Whitehead
The advice I continually give to young writers is this, "Learn to paint pictures with words." Not just once upon a time, but ... In… — Brian Jacques
The highest development was in the Egyptian and Cabalistic systems, and it was blended with Christian thought in the schools of the Neo-Platonists and the… — Dion Fortune
I saw in 'the wandering Jew' the personification of the Jewish people, exiled in the Middle Ages. Nevertheless, they are once again extremely rich, owing… — George Sand
Earlier ages fortified themselves behind the sovereign state, behind protectionism and militarism. — Christian Lous Lange
Beginning under the Roman Empire, intellectual leadership in the West had been provided by Christianity. In the middle ages, who invented the first universities -… — Nancy Pearcey
My favorite novel is 'To Kill a Mockingbird' because of its broad sweep, its tackling of big issues in ways that even young minds can… — Ridley Pearson
I was nuts for stuff in the Middle Ages when I was just in the third and fourth grades. — Tamora Pierce
I really respond to diversity, a broader landscape, with actors of different ages and races and backgrounds. — Ryan Phillippe

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