"Sometimes the archaism of the language when it's spoken is why we are all in love with the Irish today."

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Diane Wakoski

#Today Quotes #Language Quotes #Sometimes Quotes

“Most of the people near Hitler were mental breast-stroke swimmers.”
“The way to happiness is much, much easier to travel with people one can trust.”
“And, even if Affirmative Action survives, it is also clear that these policies are not themselves sufficient to close the educational and employment gaps that plague U.S. minorities.”
“So far from engaging in a war to perpetuate slavery, I am rejoiced that Slavery is abolished. I believe it will be greatly for the interest of the South. So fully am I satisfied of this that I would have cheerfully lost all that I have lost by the war, and have suffered all that I have suffered to have this object attained.”

Source : Statement to John Leyburn on May 01, 1870. "R. E. Lee: A Biography" by Douglas Southall Freeman, 1934.
“Fashion you can BUY, but style you POSSESS.”
“We thus see that the Greeks of the early ages knew little of any real people except those to the east and south of their own country, or near the coast of the Mediterranean.”

Source : Thomas Bulfinch (2015). “Stories of Gods and Heroes”, p.6, Thomas Bulfinch
“So do you want a turd sandwich or a turd sandwich with mustard. I'd go with the mustard, but still, it's a turd sandwich.”
“The light of the Christmas star to you. The warmth of home and hearth to you. The cheer and goodwill of friends to you. The hope of a child-like heart to you. The joy of a thousand angels to you. The love of the Son and God's peace to you.”

Source : Sherryl Woods (2011). “An O'Brien Family Christmas”, p.213, Harlequin

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