"Many men spend their lives in gazing at their own shadows, and so dwindle away into shadows thereof."

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Augustus William Hare

#Men Quotes #Shadow Quotes #Gazing Quotes

“If you don't go to other men's funerals, they won't go to yours.”
“I continue to be a strong believer in the life-saving importance of early detection, and I encourage everyone to be proactive about their preventive screenings.”

Source : "Roy Blunt undergoes medical procedure" by Seung Min Kim, www.politico.com. January 13, 2012.
“Nothing overshadows truth so much as authority.”
“I mean by Society, the totality of concepts of all purely natural relations and institutions between man and man.”

Source : Franz Oppenheimer (2017). “The State: Its History and Development Viewed Sociologically”, p.15, The Floating Press
“Throughout the history of el Bulli, there have been many changes in its organisation or philosophy. This is another one of those moments. There will be risk, and freedom, and creativity. But there won't be opening hours, or reservations, or routines.”
“Larry Schwarm's photographs of fire on the prairie are so compelling that I cannot imagine any later photographer trying to do better. His pictures convince us that seemingly far away events are close by, relevant to any serious person's life.”
“The principal problem I had during the five years I ran the Caisse - and I bet you that it will be the same problem for my successor - is the retention, recruitment and training of competent personnel.”
“Consequences lost all purchase when they became mad. And desperation, when pressed beyond anguish, became narcotic.”

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