"Oh, how small a portion of earth will hold us when we are dead, who ambitiously seek after the whole world while we are living!"

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Philip II of Macedon

#Humility Quotes #World Quotes #Earth Quotes

“I remember going through the cafeteria line and telling every kid that Nixon was in favor of school on Saturdays. It was my first political trick.”
“I was educated at Bradfield College and Oxford, where I graduated in 1939.”
“Not all who own a harp are harpers.”

Source : Marcus Porcius Cato, Marcus Terentius Varro (1967). “Marcus Porcius Cato, On agriculture; Marcus Terentius Varro. On agriculture”
“The original Star Wars ("A New Hope") has had the greatest impact on me of all the films I've ever watched. It's really what sparked something in me to want to make movies.”

Source : "Biography/Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.
“What a large volume of adventures may be grasped within this little span of life by him who interests his heart in every thing, and who, having eyes to see, what time and chance are perpetually holding out to him as he journeyeth on his way, misses nothing he can fairly lay his hands on.”
“Somehow politicians have become convinced that negative campaigning pays off in elections.”
“Only losers and amateurs blame the cards. After all, cards don't care; they don't take sides, and they have no memory. They are blind justice holding her scales, and in the long run they'll tip evenly for the novice and the skilled alike.”

Source : Lou Krieger (1999). “More Hold'em Excellence: A Winner for Life”, p.3, ConJelCo LLC
“My mother and I were like two continents moving slowly but inexorably apart; my father, the bridge builder, constantly extending the fragile edifice he had constructed to connect us.”

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