"Father eternal, ruler of creation, Spirit of life,……" — Laurence Housman
"Father eternal, ruler of creation, Spirit of life, which moved ere form was made Through the thick darkness covering every nation Light to man's blindness, O be Thou our aid."
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29 Quotes by Laurence Housman
Laurence Housman has 29 quotes on this site.
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For the last half of my life I have had the doubtful benefit of a brother whose literary reputation is…
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I had never thought of myself as a dramatist, and, for really good technical results, the thought came too late:…
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I believe absolutely in love being the central motive force of the universe.
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I have always been a writer of letters, and of long ones; so, when I first thought of writing a…
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I still think that if the human race, or even one nation, could only get right about its God the…
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I was just then going through a healthy reaction from the orthodoxy of my youth; religion had become for me…
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If I live for another ten years I shall probably have written all that I want to write.
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It is right and natural that generous minds while in the twenties should think the books which try to reform…
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A saint is one who makes goodness attractive.
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A saint is one who makes goodness attractive. Surely, a great teacher does the same thing for education.
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Prosecution I have managed to avoid; but I have been arrested, charged in a police court, have refused to be…
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But it has also enabled me to find my feet as a lecturer and a reader of my own plays…
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More Aid Quotes
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In poverty and other misfortunes of life, true friends are a sure refuge. The young they keep out of mischief;…
— Aristotle
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The half minute which we daily devote to the winding-up of our watches is an exertion of labour almost insensible;…
— Charles Babbage
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Watergate enabled the Democrats to cut off all aid to South Vietnam and ensure American defeat in a war their…
— Conrad Black
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U2 was involved in Live Aid, and I ended up going to Ethiopia and working there for some time with…
— Bono
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The slave has but one master, the ambitious man has as many as there are persons whose aid may contribute…
— Jean de la Bruyere
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By pouring money and goods into devastated regions, foreign aid workers sometimes compound the disruption and debauch the survivors.
— James Buchan
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Governments of rich countries spend some $6bn of tax money a year on disaster relief and development aid overseas, while…
— James Buchan
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At the heart of banking is a suicidal strategy. Banks take money from the public or each other on call,…
— James Buchan
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Under the pressure of the cares and sorrows of our mortal condition, men have at all times, and in all…
— Edmund Burke
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There are two things in the painter, the eye and the mind; each of them should aid the other.
— Paul Cezanne
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It is commonly supposed that the art of pleasing is a wonderful aid in the pursuit of fortune; but the…
— Nicolas Chamfort
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Great minds are to make others great. Their superiority is to be used, not to break the multitude to intellectual…
— William Ellery Channing
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