"A people without a language of its own, is only half a nation."

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Source : Thomas Osborne Davis (1865). “Literary and Historical Essays”, p.174

Thomas Davis

#People Quotes #Half Quotes #Language Quotes

“Two things I recognize, O Lord, in myself: Nature, which Thou hast made; Sin, which I have added.”

Source : Lancelot Andrewes (1957). “Private Prayers”, London : S.C.M. Press
“Like all good citizens, the elderly and people with disabilities want to eradicate waste and fraud from government, but helping people with special needs meet their basic needs doesn't fit this description.”
“I must go deeper and even stronger into my treasure mine and stint nothing of time, toil, or torture.”
“If a girl understands your BS, sticks with you through your mistakes, smiles even when you've done nothing for her, it's obvious she's a keeper. But it's also obvious you don't deserve her.”
“The great secret of morals is love; or a going out of our nature, and an identification of ourselves with the beautiful which exists in thought, action, or person, not our own. A man, to be greatly good, must imagine intensely and comprehensively; he must put himself in the place of another and of many others; the pains and pleasure of his species must become his own. The great instrument of moral good is the imagination.”
“When you are giving a certain portion of your life to people and you're selling it sexually, you're selling it sensually, and you're selling it romantically - for you to then take that portion that you give only to fans away and to give it to one person, it kind of... if they don't approve, it might be crickets for me.”
“If there is a fear of falling, the only safety consists in deliberately jumping.”
“Certain money is not always good money. It could be just being at the wrong place at the wrong time. I mean, if you have your priorities in check then for the most part it's easy.”

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