"We live not in our moments or our years: The present we fling from us like the rind Of some sweet future, which we after find Bitter to taste."

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Source : Richard Chenevix Trench (1874). “Poems”, p.135

Richard Chenevix Trench

#Life Quotes #Sweet Quotes #Years Quotes

“Hour after hour, they shouted at me, accused me, insulted me and members of my family.”

Source : Sam Sheppard (1966). “Endure and conquer”
“A monk asks:Is there anything more miraculous than the wonders of nature?The master answers:Yes, your awareness of the wonders of nature.”
“Lots of times you have to pretend to join a parade in which you're not really interested in order to get where you're going.”

Source : Christopher Morley “Kitty Foyle”
“In the foothills of the Himalayas, one hears the prayer: "Oh Lord, we know not what is good for us. You know what it is. For it we pray."”
“It is love rather than sexual lust or unbridled sexuality if, in addition to the need or want involved, there is also some impulse to give pleasure to the persons thus loved and not merely to use them for our own selfish pleasure.”
“The new crimes that the US and Israel were committing in Gaza as 2009 opened do not fit easily into any standard categoryâ€”except for the category of familiarity.”
“The lurking suspicion that something could be simplified is the world's richest source of rewarding challenges.”
“You can never be overdressed or overeducated.”

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