"The lonely sunsets flare forlorn Down valleys dreadly……" — Robert W. Service
"The lonely sunsets flare forlorn Down valleys dreadly desolate; The lonely mountains soar in scorn As still as death, as stern as fate."
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32 Quotes by Robert W. Service
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The happy man is he who knows his limitations, yet bows to no false gods.
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Ah! the clock is always slow; it is later than you think.
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Old Year! upon the Stage of Time You stand to bow your last adieu; A moment, and the prompter's chime…
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Carry on! Carry on! Fight the good fight and true; Believe in you mission, greet life with a cheer;
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Even goats may have starlight in their eyes.
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The trails of the world be countless, and most of the trails be tried; You tread on the heels of…
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And each forgets, as he strips and runs With a brilliant, fitful pace, It's the steady, quiet, plodding ones Who…
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Now a promise made is a debt unpaid, and the trail has its own stern code.
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When children's children shall talk of War as a madness that may not be; When we thank our God for…
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It's easy to fight when everything's right And you're mad with the thrill and the glory; It's easy to cheer…
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It isn't the mountain ahead that wears you out; it's the grain of sand in your shoe.
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Be sure your wisest words are those you do not say.
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In order to go on living one must try to escape the death involved in perfectionism.
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The educated differ from the uneducated as much as the living from the dead.
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Truth sits upon the lips of dying men.
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Life is pleasant. Death is peaceful. It's the transition that's troublesome.
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Death is the sound of distant thunder at a picnic.
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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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