"Some day the soft Ideal that we wooed confronts us fiercely, foe-beset, pursued, and cries reproachful: Was it then my praise, and not myself was loved? Prove now thy truth; I claim of thee the promise of thy youth."

-- James Russell Lowell

#Love Quotes #Promise Quotes #Youth Quotes

“Political movements always belong to the young.”
“Literature is, in fact, the fruit of leisure.”

Source : Amelia B. Edwards (2011). “Pharaohs, Fellahs and Explorers”, p.193, Cambridge University Press
“Even if Mays is given every conceivable break on every unknown - defense, base running, clutch hitting - his performance still would not match Mantle's.”

Source : Bill James (1988). “The Bill James Historical Baseball Abstract”, Random House Incorporated
“Losers quit when they're tired. Winners quit when they've won.”
“To tell an adult exactly what steps to take towards his salvation was apt to weaken him. It deprived him of his inalienable right to trial and error which was tonic to the character.”
“But honestly, if you do a rigorous survey of my work, I'll bet you'll find that biology is a theme far more often than physical science.”
“Americans just want us to... not be concerned if they can be constitutionally justified... Why, if we had to do that we could not pass most of the laws we enact around here.”
“Modern women ... they don't sew your pockets ... forget that.”

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