"As shadows attend substances, so words follow upon things."

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Source : Richard Chenevix Trench (1911). “The Study of Words”

Richard Chenevix Trench

#Shadow Quotes #Substance Quotes

“I had a dog I raised for many years. He was a Pekingese with big eyes and a flat face, very cute.”
“If one steps out on a starry night and observes one's inner state, one asks if one could hate or be overwhelmed by envy or resentment. ... Is it not true that no man or woman has ever committed a crime while in a state of wonder?”
“Having nothing to lose is the new wealth.”
“The Church welcomes technological progress and receives it with love, for it is an indubitable fact that technological progress comes from God and, therefore, can and must lead to Him.”
“I can slay a devil when I see one, Steady practice mastery of self so not to be one”
“The words we speak to each other should leave stretch marks, not bruises. Love is always picky about what it says.”
“You also realize, Venerable Brothers, that the Eucharist is reserved in churches or oratories to serve as the spiritual center of a religious community or a parish community, indeed of the whole Church and the whole of mankind, since it contains, beneath the veil of the species, Christ the invisible Head of the Church, the Redeemer of the world, the center of all hearts, 'by whom all things are and by whom we exist'.”
“Movies are not the book. Movies are not even the screenplay. They are the movie.”

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