John Eric Erichsen famous quotes

Last updated: Sep 5, 2024

Therefore, since the world has still Much good, but much less good than ill, And while the sun and moon endure Luck's a chance, but trouble's sure, I'd face it as a wise man would, And train for ill and not for good.
Our lives pass from us like the wind, and why Should wise men grieve to know that they must die? The Judas blossom fades, the lovely face Of light is dimmed, and darkness takes its place.
Begin, be bold, and venture to be wise, He who defers this work from day to day, Does on a river's bank expecting stay, Till the whole stream, which stopped him, should be gone, That runs, and as it runs, for ever will run on.
Law is nothing else but the best reason of wise men applied for ages to the transactions and business of mankind.
We need not take refuge in supernatural gods to explain our saints and sages and heroes and statesmen, as if to explain our disbelief that mere unaided human beings could be that good or wise.
I will not leave Burma until the cross is planted here forever.
You and I are just like a blade of grass sitting here; we are going to wither and die. "But the word of the Lord endures forever"
Brains first and then Hard Work.
Slowly, my brain let me in on the fact that I had just come this close to dying.
What a loverâ€™s heart knows let no manâ€™s brain dispute.

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