"If hours did not hang heavy, what would become of scandal?"

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Source : George Bancroft (1855). “Literary and historical miscellanies”, p.64

George Bancroft

#Scandal Quotes #Hours Quotes #Heavy Quotes

“I have always said that a studious perusal of the sacred volume will make better citizens, better fathers, and better husbands.”
“There are three types of baseball players: Those who make it happen, those who watch it happen and those who wonder what happens.”

Source : "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.
“True meditation has no direction or goal. It is pure wordless surrender, pure silent prayer.”
“If we were brought to trial for the crimes we have committed against ourselves, few would escape the gallows.”
“We were so far back in the woods, they almost had to pipe in sunlight.”
“In every nowhere town There are somewhere dreams.”

Source : "Song: 'Love Shines'". 2011.
“I was attracted to science fiction because it was so wide open. I was able to do anything and there were no walls to hem you in and there was no human condition that you were stopped from examining.”
“It doesn't hurt me. I'm not governed by the fear of what other people say. Events don't elicit feelings; I think beliefs elicit feelings, and I understand what my beliefs are and I know how I am.”

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