"Whose life is a bubble, and in length a span."

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Source : William Browne (1845). “Britannia's Pastorals”, p.65

William Browne

#Life Quotes #Life Is Quotes #Length Quotes

“(Shortly after Germany forced Denmark to sign a non-aggression pact in 1939) How nice. Now the Germans can sleep in peace, knowing that they will not be invaded by us.”
“I always knew that St. Jude was an amazing organization but meeting the kids and seeing how the hospital works first hand was truly beautiful. It doesn't feel like a regular hospital all dreary and sad. It's a colorful, beautiful, comfortable, fun place to live and the energy is wonderful.”
“Citizens who take it upon themselves to do unusual actions which attract the attention of the police should be careful to bring these actions into one of the recognized categories of crimes and offences, for it is intolerable that the police should be put to the pains of inventing reasons for finding them undesirable.”

Source : "Uncommon Law". Book by A. P. Herbert. Chapter "Is It a Free Country?", 1935.
“Self-interest is but the survival of the animal in us. Humanity only begins for man with self-surrender.”
“Why did I laugh at his sorry, bedraggled appearance? Because ridiculousness made a repellant situation more bearable.”
“Books are always good company if you have the right sort.”
“In the new computer age, the proliferation of typefaces and type manipulations represents a new level of visual pollution threatening our culture. Out of thousands of typefaces, all we need are a few basic ones, and trash the rest.”

Source : Massimo Vignelli, Lella Vignelli, Images Publishing (2004). “Design is One”, p.155, Images Publishing
“Enlightenment is lightening up.”

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