"In Europe we have cities wealthier and more populous than yours and we are not happy. You dream of your posterity; but your posterity will look back to yours as the golden age, and envy those who first burst into this silent, splendid Nature..."

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Source : James Bryce (1889). “The American Commonwealth”

James Bryce

#Dream Quotes #Europe Quotes #Cities Quotes

“Every duty, even the least duty, involves the whole principle of obedience.”

Source : Henry Edward Manning, Aeterna Press “Sermons”, Aeterna Press
“We write so many songs, it is difficult to narrow them down.”
“I grew up down in the hills of Virginia. I can be in Kentucky in 20 minutes, Tennessee in 20 minutes or in the state of West Virginia in 20 minutes. And it's down in the Appalachian Mountains, down there. And it's sort of a poorer country. Most of the livelihood is coal mining and logging, working in the woods and things like that. Most people has a hard life down that way.”

Source : Source: www.npr.org
“I love him so very much. As Romeo did Jugurtha, as Pyramid did Thirsty, as-" "Oh, please, no need to elaborate further," interjected Alexia, wincing. "But what would my family SAY to such a union?" "They would say that yours hats had leaked into your head," muttered Alexia, unheard under her breath.”
“The virtue of books is to be readable.”
“Maybe it's because I've never been in politics, but I don't believe that America is run by politicians in Washington. I believe it's run by people like us, in places like this.”
“My life is a gift not an obligation and I Get To make the most of it.”
“Morality is always the product of terror; its chains and strait-waistcoats are fashioned by those who dare not trust others, because they dare not trust themselves, to walk in liberty.”

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