"Memory is man's greatest friend and worst enemy." — Gilbert Parker
"Memory is man's greatest friend and worst enemy."
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Gilbert Parker
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28 Quotes by Gilbert Parker
Gilbert Parker has 28 quotes on this site.
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When a child is born the mother also is born again.
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The real business of life is trying to understand each other.
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Love knows not distance; it hath no continent; its eyes are for the stars, its feet for the swords; it…
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That which is loved may pass, but love hath no end.
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Tomorrow is no man's gift.
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War is cruelty, and none can make it gentle.
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The music throbbed in a voice of singular and delicate power; the air was resonant with melody, love and pain.…
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Love knows not distance; it hath no continent; its eyes are for the stars.
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There is no refuge from memory and remorse in this world. The spirits of our foolish deeds haunt us, with…
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In all secrets there is a kind of guilt, however beautiful or joyful they may be, or for what good…
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It is not the broken heart that kills, but broken pride, monseigneur.
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Man is born in a day, and he dies in a day, and the thing is easily over; but to…
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In taking revenge, a man is but even with his enemy; but in passing it over, he is superior.
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The only defense is offense, which means that you have to kill more women and children more quickly than the…
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Biography should be written by an acute enemy.
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