"When you are getting on in years (but not ill, of course), you get very sleepy at times, and the hours seem to pass like lazy cattle moving across a landscape."

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Source : James Hilton (1941). “Three Famous Novels: Lost Horizon, Good-bye, Mr. Chips [and] Random Harvest”

James Hilton

#Moving Quotes #Book Quotes #Years Quotes

“Librarians are serious people, seldomgiven to idle jocularity. The reason for this, I believe, is because we are overwhelmed by the enormous number of good books waiting to be read, leaving little time for frivolity. My personal list of must-read books presents a daunting challenge; I can't even imagine the pressure our head librarian must be under.”
“I just hope that you miss me a little when I'm gone.”
“Knowledge of human nature is the beginning and end of political education.”

Source : Henry Adams (2013). “The Education of Henry Adams”, p.165, e-artnow
“Lo! the poor toper whose untutored sense, Sees bliss in ale, and can with wine dispense; Whose head proud fancy never taught to steer, Beyond the muddy ecstasies of beer.”
“Perfection does not consist in macerating or killing the body, but in killing our perverse self-will.”

Source : William Law (1726). “A practical treatise upon Christian perfection”, p.2
“On good teams coaches hold players accountable, on great teams players hold players accountable”
“I make my weaknesses my strengths and my stengths stronger.”
“Stereotypes involving Christian identity, Christian persecution is so far back in history now that no one fears it being revived, unless you live in China, I guess.”

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