"Dwellers by the sea cannot fail to be impressed by the sight of its ceaseless ebb and flow, and are apt, on the principles of that rude philosophy of sympathy and resemblance...to trace a subtle relation, a secret harmony , between its tides and the life of man...The belief that most deaths happen at ebb tide is said to be held along the east coast of England from Northumberland to Kent."

-- James G. Frazer

#Philosophy Quotes #Men Quotes #Sight Quotes

“The trust that we put in ourselves makes us feel trust in others.”
“A born terror, a rebel without a pause... Ain't never had a good Christmas, so who is Santa Claus?”
“Literature should not be exclusive, it should be inclusive. My general view is that you can't, based on your own experience, project what a book will do for someone else. That's why I don't review books.”
“For the first fourteen years for a rod they do while for the next as a pearl in the world they do shine. For the next trim beauty beginneth to swerve. For the next matrons or drudges they serve. For the next doth crave a staff for a stay. For the next a bier to fetch them away.”
“The great political questions are in their final analysis great moral questions.”
“Ultimately you should follow advice not because someone tells you to, but because it was something that you already knew you should be doing.”

Source : Interview with Kareem Carr, blogs.ams.org. October 4, 2009.
“Coordinating the retreat was important too, so important that Jiaan had assigned Aram as Fasal's assistant, to be sure he didn't overlook anything important. Like the fact that they were supposed to retreat.”

Source : Hilari Bell (2008). “Forging the Sword”, p.55, Simon and Schuster
“Beauty is only skin deep, and the world is full of thin skinned people.”

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