"Valor and power may gain a lasting memory, but where are they when the brave and mighty are departed? Their effects may remain, but they live not in them any more than the fire in the work of the potter."

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Source : Philip Massinger, Hartley Coleridge, John Ford (1848). “The Dramatic Works of Massinger and Ford. With an introduction, by Hartley Coleridge”, p.20

Hartley Coleridge

#Memories Quotes #Fire Quotes #Brave Quotes

“A man may be as much a fool from the want of sensibility as the want of sense.”
“The notion of 'history from below' hit the history profession in England very hard around the time I came to Oxford in the early 1960s.”
“You can't live with letting your feelings guide you, you'll get smooshed.”
“My first book, 'Running Loose', was censored back in 1983 or '84. Every book I've written since has been censored somewhere.”
“The fact that these scientific theories have a fine track record of successful prediction and explanation speaks for itself. (Which is not to say that I don't directly discuss the work of those philosophers who would disagree.) But even if we grant this, many will argue that scientific knowledge in humans, and, indeed, reflective knowledge in general, is quite different in kind from the knowledge we see in other animals.”
“The scripture in times of disputes is like an open town in times of war, which serves in differently the occasions of both parties.”
“The conquest of learning is achieved through the knowledge of languages.”
“I really think everything happens for a reason.”

Source : "Lily Collins opens up about Taylor Lautner: 'he's a great guy'". www.mtv.com. September 9, 2011.

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