"There were two good fellows I used to know. --How distant it all appears! We played together in football weather, And messed together for years: Now one of them's wed, and the other's dead So long that he's hardly missed Save by us, who messed with him years ago: But we're all in the old School List."

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Source : James Kenneth Stephen (1909). “Lapsus Calami and Other Verses”

James Kenneth Stephen

#Football Quotes #School Quotes #Years Quotes

“Yes, victory is sweet, but it doesn't necessarily make life any easier the next season or even the next day.”
“He...boasted an unassuming mustache, which was perched atop his upper lip cautiously, as though it were slightly embarrassed to be there and would like to slide away and become a sideburn or something more fashionable.”
“Everything if given to God can become your gateway to joy.”
“Journalism is a flawed profession, but it has a self-correcting mechanism. The rule of journalism is: talk to everybody.”
“Exercising underwater also creates tremendous benefits by challenging your body in ways you can't on dry land.”
“Suicide doesn't solve your problems. It only makes them infinitely, un-countably worse.”
“Novelists are always resisting autobiographical readings of their work, because they know how false those can be.”
“In every moment the Universe is whispering to you.”

Source : Denise Linn (2010). “Unlock the Secret Messages of Your Body!: A 28-Day Jump-Start Program for Radiant Health and Glorious Vitality (Large Print 16pt)”, p.98, ReadHowYouWant.com

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