"High blood pressure, cheeriness at breakfast, a mellowing political philosophy, and an inability to drink more than half a bottle of proof spirits at cocktail time without falling over the fire irons all suggest dark wings hovering overhead and the impending midnight croak of the raven."

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Source : Lucius Morris Beebe (1966). “The Provocative Pen of Lucius Beebe, Esq”

Lucius Beebe

#Philosophy Quotes #Fall Quotes #Dark Quotes

“Every act of kindness is potent and lingers long in the heart of the recipient.”
“...Something we once loved, and love now, in the shape of a book. Maybe eBooks are going to take over, one day, but not until those whizzkids in Silicon Valley invent a way to bend the corners, fold the spine, yellow the pages, add a coffee ring or two and allow the plastic tablet to fall open at a favorite page.”
“Life is rapid, art is slow, occasion coy, practice fallacious, and judgment partial.”

Source : Henry Fuseli (1831). “The Life and Writings of Henry Fuseli”, p.63
“Um, yeah. I guess lying around reading books all day doesn't do much for physical endurance.”

Source : Amy Plum (2012). “Until I Die”, p.7, Harper Collins
“Excellence is the eternal quest. We achieve it by living up to our highest intellectual standards and our finest moral intuitions. In seeking excellence, take life seriously-but never yourself!”
“On April 1, 1998, I launched Webmaster-Resources.com, and I remember that date specifically because it was the date that the price of a two-year domain name registration dropped from $100 to $70, and considering I was funding this out of my allowance, that $30 made all the difference.”
“I ran away from St. Louis, and then I ran away from the United States, because of that terror of discrimination.”
“One may live tranquilly in a dungeon; but does life consist in living quietly?”

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