Preserved Quotes
319 Preserved quotes by 283 unique authors
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There comes a time when you realize that everything is a dream, and only those things preserved in writing have any possibility of being real.
— James Salter
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I think that marriage is an amazing institution and should be preserved, and you can have great marriages, and you must because sharing your life…
— Jenna Elfman
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One is almost tempted to say that the language itself is a mythology deprived of its vitality, a bloodless mythology so to speak, which has…
— Friedrich Wilhelm Joseph Schelling
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Modesty teaches us to speak of the ancients with respect, especially when we are not very familiar with their works. Newton, who knew them practically…
— Francis Atterbury
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Religion is preserved by wealth; knowledge by diligent practice; a king by conciliatory words; and a home by a dutiful housewife.
— Chanakya
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The silken rush of woodland waters and the scoured shapes of the desert - these and countless other treasures we owe to those farsighted enough…
— T. H. Watkins
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All that the South has ever desired was that the Union, as established by our forefathers, should be preserved, and that the government as originally…
— Robert E. Lee
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I will, to the best of my ability, preserve, protect and defend the Constitution of the United States. It is not the Constitution as I…
— Abraham Lincoln
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Anything John Stott says is worth listening to. Anything he writes is worth reading. Basic Christianity is not only a classic must-read for every believer;…
— Anne Graham Lotz
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Seek wisdom in books, rare manuscripts, and cryptic poems if you will, but seek it out also in simple stones, and fragile herbs, and in…
— Scott Cunningham
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It must be splendid to command millions of people in great national ventures, to lead a hundred thousand to victory in battle. But it seems…
— Ludwig Boltzmann
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Temperance and bravery, then, are ruined by excess and deficiency, but preserved by the mean.
— Aristotle
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All my life I have preserved in the depths of my heart a live faith in my Creator, the Defender of the World, in His…
— Unknown Author
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There is one principle that should never be abandoned, namely, that the rider must learn to control himself before he can control his horse. This…
— Alois Podhajsky
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Poetry cannot be translated; and, therefore, it is the poets that preserve the languages; for we would not be at the trouble to learn a…
— Samuel Johnson
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Tradition, history and respect; that kind of qualities I admire, that I want to see preserved. Time is the only commodity that matters. Being successful…
— Randy Pausch
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The Holy Ghost has called me by the gospel and illuminated me with his gifts and sanctified and preserved me in the true faith.
— Martin Luther
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That no free government, nor the blessings of liberty, can be preserved to any people, but by a firm adherence to justice, moderation, temperance, frugality,…
— George Mason
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A life is like a garden. Perfect moments can be had, but not preserved, except in memory.
— Leonard Nimoy
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Then worms shall try That long preserved virginity, And your quaint honor turn to dust, And into ashes all my lust. The grave's a fine…
— Moliere
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This Apostolic Church never turned from the way of truth nor held any kind of error. It is imperative that nothing of the truths which…
— Pope Agatho
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The preservation of parks, wilderness, and wildlife has also aided liberty by keeping alive the 19th century sense of adventure and awe with which our…
— Ronald Reagan
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Social Security must be preserved and strengthened. But we need to be candid about the costs and willing to make the tough choices that real…
— Lindsey Graham
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The Americans never use the word peasant, because they have no idea of the class which that term denotes; the ignorance of more remote ages,…
— Alexis de Tocqueville
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I also have a lot of preserved foods, things that will keep for a long time like dried fish, seaweed or lotus seed.
— Martin Yan
Who Wrote These Preserved Quotes
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