"Happiness will never be any greater than the idea we have of it."

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Maurice Maeterlinck

#Positive Quotes #Ideas Quotes

“It is not science that has destroyed the world, despite all the gloomy forebodings of the earlier prophets. It is man who has destroyed man.”
“The best-concerted schemes men lay for fame, Die fast away: only themselves die faster. The far-fam'd sculptor, and the laurell'd bard, Those bold insurancers of deathless fame, Supply their little feeble aids in vain.”

Source : Robert Blair, Robert Anderson (1802). “The Poetical Works of Robert Blair: Containing The Grave, Etc., to which is Prefixed, A Life of the Author, by Robert Anderson, Accompanied by Prints, Designed and Engraved by W. Gardiner”, p.14
“If you desire to find the true spirit of Christmas and partake of the sweetness of it, let me make this suggestion to you. During the hurry of the festive occasion of this Christmas season, find time to turn your heart to God. Perhaps in the quiet hours, and in a quiet place, and on your knees-alone or with loved ones-give thanks for the good things that have come to you, and ask that His Spirit might dwell in you as you earnestly strive to serve Him and keep His commandments. He will take you by the hand and His promises will be kept.”
“I'm the one who's always kissing all the boys and stuff.”
“Each of us has his place in the world. If we cannot serve in one way, there is always another. If we do what we are able, a door always opens to something else.”
“Before the Beatles, songwriters were very anonymous people and nobody paid any attention to them.”

Source : "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.
“A system of cameras and censors are used along the border and interior to help detect the movement of illegal immigrants crossing through the dense brush.”
“Given a thimbleful of [dramatic] facts we rush to make generalizations as large as a tub.”

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