Unknown Lands Quotes by John Hay

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• True luck consists not in holding the best of the cards at the table; luckiest is he who knows just when to…
• Break not the rose; its fragrance and beauty are surely sufficient, resting contented with these, never a thorn shall you feel.
• Speak with the speech of the world; think with the thoughts of the few.
• The evils of tyranny are rarely seen but by him who resists it.
• At my door the Pale Horse stands to carry me to unknown lands.
• There are occasions when you can hear the mysterious language of the Earth, in water, or coming through the trees, emanating from…
• Dealing with a government with whom mendacity is a science is an extremely difficult matter.
• There are three species of creatures who when they seem coming are going, when they seem going they come: diplomats, women, and…
• It would never occur to most of us that 'plants' say anything at all, except in terms of what we read into…
• Make all good men your well-wishers, and then, in the years' steady sifting, Some of them turn into friends. Friends are the…
• The best loved man or maid in the town would perish with anguish Could they hear all that their friends say in…
• What is first love worth, except to prepare for a second? What does second love bring? Only regret for the first.

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