« All Which Quotes · William Falconer's Page
Which Quotes by William Falconer
- Freedom from care and anxiety of mind is a blessing, which I apprehend such people enjoy in higher perfection than most others, and is of…
- The simplicity and uniformity of rural occupations, and their incessant practice, preclude any anxieties and agitations of hope and fear, to which employments of a…
- The admiral, or commander in chief of a squadron, being frequently invested with a great charge, on which the fate of a kingdom may depend,…
- Hence a ship is said to be tight, when her planks are so compact and solid as to prevent the entrance of the water in…
- The fishes are also employed for the same purpose on any yard, which happens to be sprung or fractured. Thus their form, application, and utility…
- The fleet being thus more inclosed will more readily observe the signals, and with greater facility form itself into the line of battle a circumstance…
More Which Quotes
- This is the precept by which I have lived: Prepare for the worst; expect the best; and take what comes. — Hannah Arendt
- Poets are the only people to whom love is not only a crucial, but an indispensable experience, which entitles them to mistake… — Hannah Arendt
- Total loyalty is possible only when fidelity is emptied of all concrete content, from which changes of mind might naturally arise. — Hannah Arendt
- The ultimate end of human acts is eudaimonia, happiness in the sense of living well, which all men desire; all acts are… — Hannah Arendt
- The new always happens against the overwhelming odds of statistical laws and their probability, which for all practical, everyday purposes amounts to… — Hannah Arendt
- I'd take precision any day over power; as far as being tactical you know you have to see what's going on in… — Alexis Arguello
- Your lost friends are not dead, but gone before, advanced a stage or two upon that road which you must travel in… — Aristophanes
- The most perfect political community is one in which the middle class is in control, and outnumbers both of the other classes. — Aristotle