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Consider love: is there a nobler outpouring, a rapture less suspect? Its shudders rival music, compete with the tears of solitude and of ecstasy: sublime...but… — Emile M. Cioran
Each of us must pay for the slightest damage he inflicts upon a universe created for indifference and stagnation, sooner or later, he will regret… — Emile M. Cioran
Independence cannot be real if a nation depends upon gifts. — Julius Nyerere
The Roman Catholic Church has the unique power of keeping remote control over human souls which have once been part of her. G.K. Chesterton has… — Evelyn Waugh
Whether we be Italians or Frenchmen, misery concerns us all. Ever since history has been written, ever since philosophy has meditated, misery has been the… — Victor Hugo
Secession belongs to a different class of remedies. It is to be justified upon the basis that the States are Sovereign. There was a time… — Jefferson Davis
Nothing fills me with deeper sadness than to see a Southern man apologizing for the defense we made of our inheritance. Our cause was so… — Jefferson Davis
The contest is not over, the strife is not ended. It has only entered upon a new and enlarged arena. — Jefferson Davis
Upon my weary heart was showered smiles, plaudits and flowers, but beyond them I saw troubles and thorns innumerable. — Jefferson Davis
Shake off those gloomy feelings. Drive them away. Fix your mind and pleasures upon what is before you.All is bright if you will think it… — Robert E. Lee
It has not yet been recorded that any human being has gained a very large or permanent contentment from meditation upon the fact that he… — Sinclair Lewis
Every compulsion is put upon writers to become safe, polite, obedient, and sterile. In protest, I declined election to the National Institute of Arts and… — Sinclair Lewis
Upon this theology he rarely pondered. The kernel of his practical religion was that it was respectable, and beneficial to one's business, to be seen… — Sinclair Lewis
Whatever is felt upon the page without being specifically named there--that, we may say, is created. — Willa Cather
The time for the healing of the wounds has come. The moment to bridge the chasms that divide us has come. The time to build… — Nelson Mandela
The main function of the museum has been to serve as a pedestal upon which a clique of socialites pose as patrons of the arts — Albert Barnes
I took it upon myself to be more aggressive. I wanted the ball. Coach gave me the ball and I just tried to attack (and)… — Dwyane Wade
It lies upon the people's shoulders to prepare for the war, but it lies upon the Israeli army to carry out the fight with the… — Moshe Dayan
I struggle with enormous discrepancies: between the reality of motherhood and the image of it, between my love for my home and the need to… — Sally Mann
Iâ€™m so worried that Iâ€™m going to perfect [my] technique someday. I have to say its unfortunate how many of my pictures do depend upon… — Sally Mann

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