"When eras die, their legacies Are left to……" — Clarence Day
"When eras die, their legacies Are left to strange police. Professors in New England guard The glory that was Greece."
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Clarence Day
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43 Quotes by Clarence Day
Clarence Day has 43 quotes on this site.
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There is an art of reading, as well as an art of thinking, and an art of writing.
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The test of a civilized person is first self-awareness, and then depth after depth of sincerity in self-confrontation.
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The artistic impulse seems not to wish to produce finished work. It certainly deserts us half-way, after the idea is…
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Too many moralists begin with a dislike of reality.
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It is fair to judge peoples by the rights they will sacrifice most for.
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The real world is not easy to live in. It is rough; it is slippery. Without the most clear-eyed adjustments…
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The creatures that want to live a life of their own, we call wild. If wild, then no matter how…
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Reason is the servant of instinct.
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Ants are good citizens; they place group interest first. But they carry it so far, they have few or no…
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Be adorable always to each other; respect is everlasting.
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I was different unique and always happy. At school this attracted playground harassment. Nowadays, while I remain effervescent, quicker to…
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If you don't go to other men's funerals, they won't go to yours.
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Most people live and die with their music still unplayed. They never dare to try.
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I write for the same reason I breathe - because if I didn't, I would die.
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I am Syrian, I was made in Syria, I have to live in Syria and die in Syria.
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To save your world you asked this man to die; would this man, could he see you now, ask why?
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When one by one our ties are torn, and friend from friend is snatched forlorn; when man is left alone…
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It is as natural to die as to be born; and to a little infant, perhaps, the one is as…
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You don't get to choose how you're going to die, or when. You can only decide how you're going to…
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When I die I want to go to Vogue.
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Men die in despair, while spirits die in ecstasy.
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