"The Almighty gave us our lives, and I suppose He meant us to defend them, at least I have always acted on that, and I hope it will not be brought up against me when my clock strikes."

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Source : H. Rider Haggard (2015). “King Solomon's Mine”, p.10, Lulu Press, Inc

H. Rider Haggard

#Clock Quotes #Almighty Quotes #Strikes Quotes

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“We will ultimately be judged by how we react in times of trouble and how we care for the least among us.”
“Within our perceived weaknesses and imperfections lies the key to realizing our true strength.”
“A full-out rebellion would take a major amount of luck and coordination. The Tech Nos and Domotor looked at me, waiting. No one else would be able to organize both sides. I drew in a deep breath. We had the technology, the intelligence and the peopleâ€”put enough sheep together and you have a herd, a force to be reckoned with. We needed a leader.”
“Nothing is funnier than unhappiness.”
“Wrinkles will only go where the smiles have been.”
“Seemed to me important in writing about people to be able to describe the sexual transactions between them. It's - for many people it's the height of, what they see, of ecstasy and poetry is in their sexual encounters. And furthermore, personality - human personality does not end in the bedroom, but persists.”
“Facts, when combined with ideas, constitute the greatest force in the world. They are greater than armaments, greater than finance, greater than science, business and law because they constitute the common denominator of all of them.”

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