"Life, to be sure, is nothing much to lose, But young men think it is, and we were young."

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Source : More Poems (1936) no. 36

A. E. Housman

#Life Quotes #Men Quotes #Thinking Quotes

“We show our adoration by going to visit Christ in the tabernacle or exposed in the monstrance. Would it not indeed be a failing in respect to neglect the divine Guest who awaits us? He dwells there, really present, He who was present in the crib, at Nazareth, upon the mountains of Judea, in the supper-room, upon the Cross. It is the same Jesus who said to the Samaritan woman, 'If thou didst know the gift of God!'”
“Nurture you mind with great thoughts”
“My weapon is literature”
“We need men with moral courage to speak and write their real thoughts, and to stand by their convictions, even to the very death.”
“You cannot see faith, but you can see the footprints of the faithful. We must leave behind "faithful footprints" for others to follow.”
“A promise made is a debt unpaid.”

Source : Songs of a Sourdough (1907) "Cremation of Sam McGee"
“We can't destroy the inequities between men and women until we destroy marriage.”

Source : Robin Morgan (1970). “Sisterhood is powerful: an anthology of writings from the women's liberation movement”, Vintage
“People just weren't interesting. Maybe they weren't supposed to be. But animals, birds, even insects were. I couldn't understand it.”

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