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O sweet, delusive Noon, Which the morning climbs to find, O moment sped too soon, And morning left behind.
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The wild mustard in Southern California is like that spoken of in the New Testament. . . . Its gold is as…
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There is nothing so skillful in its own defense as imperious pride.
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There cannot be found in the animal kingdom a bat, or any other creature, so blind in its own range of circumstance…
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Wounded vanity knows when it is mortally hurt; and limps off the field, piteous, all disguises thrown away. But pride carries its…
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But all lost things are in the angels' keeping, Love; No past is dead for us, but only sleeping, Love; The years…
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Who longest waits most surely wins.
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For April sobs while these are so glad April weeps while these are so gay,- Weeps like a tired child who had,…
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O bees, sweet bees!" I said; "that nearest field Is shining white with fragrant immortelles Fly swiftly there and drain those honey…
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One of Dr. Johnson's ingredients of happiness was, "A little less time than you want." That means always to have so many…
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O May, sweet-voice one, going thus before, Forever June may pour her warm red wine Of life and passions,--sweeter days are thine!
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Gazing around, looking up at the lofty pinnacles above, which seemed to pierce the sky, looking down upon the world,-\-\it seemed the…
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There is nothing so skillful in its own defense as imperious pride.
— Helen Hunt Jackson
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An Atlas, whose back is bowed and whose hands are busy holding up the world, has no arms to lift to deal…
— Murray Rothbard
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For where the instrument of intelligence is added to brute power and evil will, mankind is powerless in its own defense.
— Dante Alighieri
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Some libs took offense at my David Broder quip earlier. In my own defense, I was taught in college it's OK to…
— James Taranto
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A society whose moral ideas, inhibit their own defense will always suffer defeat by the very predators they deem immoral. In any…
— Randy Wayne White
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Right is its own defense.
— Bertolt Brecht
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In my own defense, I wrote a one-man show, and that to me was more where I fit.
— Christopher Meloni
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I attributed the incidence to temporary insanity, and in my own defense, I'd like to say I haven't run over anyone since.
— Janet Evanovich
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The nerves of the skin send pain signals to the brain to warn us of the danger from and impending injury. In…
— Steven Levenkron
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In Ferguson, there are witnesses who say Brown had his hands up when he was shot. That should be enough probable cause…
— Al Sharpton
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Every state has not only the right but the duty to make adequate provision for its own defense in the way it…
— Lester B. Pearson
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