"Darius was clearly of the opinion That the air is also man's dominion, And that, with paddle or fins or pinion, We soon or late Shall navigate The azure, as now we sail the sea."

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Source : "Darius Green and his Flying-Machine". Book by John Townsend Trowbridge, 1910.

John Townsend Trowbridge

#Men Quotes #Air Quotes #Sea Quotes

“I probably belong to a type of composer of songs who keeps thinking about melody... I am old fashioned.”
“Do not allow yourselves to be disheartened by any failure as long as you have done your best.”

Source : Marvin J. Ashton (1987). “Be of Good Cheer”, Deseret Book Co
“Love is like a dying ember, only memories remain.”
“One of the biggest mistakes girls can make concerning their romantic life is sitting around waiting for their prince to find them, rather than getting out there and finding him themselves.”
“Ive always loved movies since I was a kid. I loved how they could make me happy, sad, or just show me different parts of the world and people. So when I was about six, I decided that that was what I wanted to do: make movies.”
“After being impaled by a javelin, while officiating- I'm doing fine now, just resting and hanging around.”
“... store of bees, in a dry and warme bee-house, comely made of fir boards, to sing, and sit, and feede upon your flowers and sprouts, make a pleasant noyse and sight. For cleanly and innocent bees, of all other things, love and become, and thrive in your orchard. If they thrive (as they must needs if your gardiner be skilfull, and love them: for they love their friends and hate none but their enemies) they will besides the pleasure, yeeld great profit, to pay him his wages; yea the increase of twenty stock of stools with other bees, will keep your orchard.”

Source : William Lawson, Simon Harward (1927). “A new orchard & garden: or, The best way for planting, graffing, and to make any ground good for a rich orchard: particularly in the north, and generally for the whole commonwealth, as in nature, reason, situation, and all probability, may and doth appear. With the country house-wifes garden for herbs of common use. Their virtues, seasons, ornaments, variety of knots, models for trees, and plots, for the best ordering of grounds and walks. As also the husbandry of bees, with their several uses and annoyances: all being the experience of forty eight years labour”
“Suffering gives us no special rights.”

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