"How sickly grow, How pale, the plants in those ill-fated vales That, circled round with the gigantic heap Of mountains, never felt, nor ever hope To feel, the genial vigor of the sun!"

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Source : John Armstrong, John Aikin, William Andrus Alcott (1838). “The Art of Preserving Health: A Poem, in Four Books”, p.46

John Armstrong

#Mountain Quotes #Vigor Quotes #Sun Quotes

“It doesnâ€™t matter what you are ranked until the end.”
“The advice nearest to my heart and deepest in my convictions is that the Union of the States be cherished and perpetuated.”
“I never take photographs myself. I don’t feel like a photographer, more like a recycler”
“The memory of past troubles is pleasant. [Lat., Jucunda memoria est praeteritorum malorum.]”
“I like 1.e4 very much, but my results are better with 1.d4.”
“I looked on child rearing not only as a work of love and duty but as a profession that was fully as interesting and challenging as any honorable profession in the world and one that demanded the best that I could bring to it.”
“Were kind of in our own cocoon making it. Every once in a while you stick your head up for a second, and you just cant believe how successful the show has become.”
“USA have got a comprehensive strategy to not only chase down the Al Qaida, wherever it exists - but to make sure that countries that harbor terrorists are held to account.”

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