Second Quotes

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The one and only substitute for experience which we have not ourselves had is art, literature. We have been given a miraculous faculty: Despite the… — Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn
For a man can lose neither the past nor the future; for how can one take from him that which is not his? So remember… — Marcus Aurelius
[B]y far the larger number of the dreams... occurred towards dawn; sometimes even, after sunrise, during a "second sleep." A condition of fasting, united, possibly,… — Anna Kingsford
Nature wants us to enjoy life to the full and die without giving it a second thought; Christianity wants the opposite. — Charles Augustin Sainte-Beuve
Bayle, when writing on "Comets," discovered this; for having collected many things applicable to his work, as they stood quoted in some modern writers, when… — Isaac D'Israeli
You see heaven isn't some place that we go to when we die. It's that split second in life where you actually feel alive, and… — Eyedea
Time taught me how to see every second as heaven, even though they're perfectly disguised as hell. — Eyedea
Don't go for second best. Put your love to the test. — Madonna Ciccone
Of all second-class citizens, neurotics are the only ones who are so by choice. — Mignon McLaughlin
Ah, how wonderful is the advent of the Spring!â€”the great annual miracle.... which no force can stay, no violence restrain, like love, that wins its… — Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
A nasty day! A nasty day! 'Twas thus I heard a critic say Because the skies were bleak and grayâ€” And yet it somehow seemed… — John Kendrick Bangs
I think a lot of studios today are run by women, and we are entering a time when a lot of women have evolved in… — Judd Apatow
I truly believe that I have been given a second chance at life. I never expected the results I have had. — Tim Ward
That was such an important time for us, as a team. It was our second gold medal in a row, following Salt Lake City, and… — Hayley Wickenheiser
Learning first occurs as a part of emotional interactions; it involves the split-second initiatives that children take as they try to engage other people,interact with… — Stanley Greenspan
It is impossible to love a second time what we have really ceased to love. — Francois de La Rochefoucauld
Love is a second life ... — Joseph Addison
For every man there is something in the vocabulary that would stick to him like a second skin. His enemies have only to find it. — Ambrose Bierce
Our mother gives us our earliest lessons in love- and its partner, hate. Our father-our "second other"-elaborates on them. — Judith Viorst
Nations do not think, they only feel. They get their feelings at second hand through their temperaments, not their brains. A nation can be brought… — Mark Twain

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