"Fortune, honour, beauty, youth, Are but blossoms dying; Wanton pleasures, doting love, Are but shadows flying."

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Source : Joseph Haslewood, Edmund Bolton, Thomas Campion, George Gascoigne, Samuel Daniel (1815). “Ancient critical essays upon English poets and poesy”, p.14

Thomas Campion

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“The love of science, and the energy and honesty in the pursuit of science, in the best of the Aryan races do seem to correspond in a remarkable way to the love of conduct, and the energy and honesty in the pursuit of conduct, in the best of the Semitic.”
“I guess you could say there are two Slashes. There's the crazy, rock-and-roll Slash, he's wild. And then there's the real Slash- he collects miniature soaps and treats his hookers real nice.”
“I want to sleep for eternity with a broad smile on my face. I want those who remain behind to say this man has done his duty.”
“If I had been a bricklayer Id still have been a journeyman.”
“Miss the audience's heart as a filmmaker, and the only wallet that gets hit will be your own. That's because the heart is always the first target in story telling.”

Source : Peter Guber (2011). “Tell to Win: Connect, Persuade, and Triumph with the Hidden Power of Story”, p.8, Crown Business
“I asked Mother how she endured so many years of goodbyes. She quoted a mountain-man who said, 'Make the least of all that goes and the most of all that comes.'”
“Music is my thing. It's my thing; it's what I love. It's what I do. It's football to me; it's Christmas to me; religion to me; poetry to me.”
“Like butterflies, we evolve; but as Beings of Light we continuously evolve when we are fully present.”

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