Abel Stevens famous quotes
Last updated: Sep 5, 2024
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I see that time divided is never long, and that regularity abridges all things.
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Genius is always more suggestive than expressive.
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A woman . . . always feels herself complimented by love, though it may be from a man incapable of winning her heart, or perhaps even her esteem.
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No great thought, no great object, satisfies the mind at first view, nor at the last.
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Only those who love with the heart can animate the love of others.
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My dream is of a place and a time where America will once again be seen as the last best hope of earth.
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The time comes upon every public man when it is best for him to keep his lips closed.
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When we asked Pooh what the opposite of an Introduction was, he said "The what of a what?" which didn't help us as much as we had hoped, but luckily Owl kept his head and told us that the Opposite of an Introduction, my dear Pooh, was a Contradiction; and, as he is very good at long words, I am sure that that's what it is.
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Oh, Eeyore, you are wet!†said Piglet, feeling him. Eeyore shook himself, and asked somebody to explain to Piglet what happened when you had been inside a river for quite a long time.
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When you get to my age life seems little more than one long march to and from the lavatory.
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I tried the paleo diet, which is the caveman diet - lots of meat. And I tried the calorie restriction diet: The idea is that if you eat very, very little - if you're on the verge of starvation, you will live a very long time, whether or not you want to, of course.
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A human lifespan is less than a thousand months long. You need to make some time to think how to live it.
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So long as the human spirit thrives on this planet, music in some living form will accompany and sustain it and give it expressive meaning.
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You either die a hero or live long enough to become the villain.
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You can find that sort of regularity in Stock Exchange quotations.
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