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- Many a man curses the rain that falls upon his head, and knows not that it brings abundance to drive away the… — Saint Basil
- The death penalty is no more effective a deterrent than life imprisonment... It is also evident that the burden of capital punishment… — Thurgood Marshall
- Certain periods in history suddenly lift humanity to an observation point where a clear light falls upon a world previously dark. — Anne Sullivan Macy
- To set one's name to a work gives no one a title to be remembered, for who knows how many of the… — W G Sebald
- Man is a dream about a shadow. But when some splendour falls upon him from God, a glory comes to him and… — R. S. Thomas
- A mass of Latin words falls upon the facts like soft snow, blurring the outline and covering up all the details. The… — George Orwell
- [Every disappointment or misfortune can become a blessing in disguise, for which we should be grateful. But only if the hidden blessing… — Saint Basil
- Rain which falls upon the sea is useless; so is food for one who is satiated; in vain is a gift for… — Chanakya
- Pleasures lie thickest where no pleasures seem: There's not a leaf that falls upon the ground But holds some joy of silence… — Unknown Author
- There is something tenderly appropriate in the serene death of the old. . . . When the duties of life have all… — Robert Green Ingersoll
- Sometimes it falls upon a generation to be great. You be that great generation. Let your greatness blossom. Of course the task… — Nelson Mandela
- The rain ...falls upon the just and the unjust alike; a thing which would not happen if I were superintending the rain's… — Mark Twain