"Emma dropped the paper. Her first impression was of a weak feeling in her stomach and in her knees; then of blind guilt, of unreality, of coldness, of fear; then she wished that it were already the next day. Immediately afterwards she realized that that wish was futile because the death of her father was the only thing that had happened in the world, and it would go on happening endlessly."

-- Jorge Luis Borges

#Father Quotes #Feelings Quotes #First Impression Quotes

“There is so much of good in human nature that men grow to like each other upon better acquaintance, and this points to another way in which we may strive to promote the peace of the world.”

Source : Elihu Root (1916). “Addresses on International Subjects”
“He who retains unchangeable in his heart the rule of the truth which he received by means of baptism will doubtless recognise the names, the expressions, and the parables taken from the Scriptures [by the gnostics], but will by no means acknowledge the blasphemous use which these men make of them.”
“No nation was ever drunk when wine was cheap.”
“Worship is the grand theme of the Bible.”
“We can be certain that God will give us the strength and resources we need to live through any situation in life that he ordains. The will of God will never take us where the grace of God cannot sustain us.”
“It is my experience that proofs involving matrices can be shortened by 50% if one throws the matrices out.”

Source : Emil Artin (2016). “Geometric Algebra”, p.14, Courier Dover Publications
“The basis of the First Amendment is the hypothesis that speech can rebut speech, propaganda will answer propaganda, free debate of ideas will result in the wisest governmental policies.”
“The last player to score a hatrick in a cup final was Stan Mortenson. He even had a final named after him, the Matthews final”

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