"Two turtle doves will show thee Where my cold ashes lie And sadly murmuring tell thee How in tears I did die"

-- Nikolai Gogol

#Lying Quotes #Two Quotes #Turtles Quotes

“Out of near disaster, came real progress.”

Source : Judy LaMarsh (1969). “Memoirs of a Bird in a Gilded Cage”, Toronto ; Montreal : McClelland and Stewart
“You should be angry. You must not be bitter. Bitterness is like cancer. It eats upon the host. It doesn't do anything to the object of its displeasure. So use that anger. You write it. You paint it. You dance it. You march it. You vote it. You do everything about it. You talk it. Never stop talking it.”
“In the dark times Will there also be singing? Yes, there will also be singing. About the dark times.”

Source : Bertolt Brecht, Ralph Manheim (1987). “Poems, 1913-1956”, p.320, Taylor & Francis
“Liberty will not descend to a people; a people must raise themselves to liberty; it is a blessing that must be earned before it can be enjoyed.”

Source : Charles Caleb Colton (1832). “Lacon: Or Many Things in Few Words, Addressed to Those who Think”
“Fame is a vapor, popularity is an accident, riches take wings, those who cheer today may curse tomorrow and only one thing endures - character.”
“I love the sounds and the power of pounding water, whether it is the waves or a waterfall.”

Source : "The trees were a deeper green than I imagined, and so tall" by Mike May, www.theguardian.com. August 25, 2003.
“And may the best of you - for it will only be the best of you, and even then only in the rarest and briefest moments - succeed in framing that most basic of questions, 'how do we live?'”
“Every human being is entitled to courtesy and consideration. Constructive criticism is not only to be expected but sought.”

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