"Go boldly forth, my simple lay,Whose accents flow with artless ease,Like orient pearls at random strung."

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Source : Sir William Jones (1783). “A Grammar of the Persian Language ... The third edition, with an index”, p.134

William Jones

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“The thing about politics is to plan 10 years ahead, and assume every year is your last.”

Source : "Ed Balls: Yorkshire beef and Westminster lasagne parties" by Rachel Cooke, www.theguardian.com. January 19, 2013.
“My guess is that Trump will begin withdrawing troops from Europe at a slow pace. He will demand a renovation of the Iran Accord and get nowhere with this. There might be more US sanctions on Iran. However, the Iranians will not compromise with Trump, and barring a naval confrontation in the Persian Gulf, it will be US businesses that will suffer and Trump's frustration level that will go up.”

Source : Source: www.truth-out.org
“I wish I looked more like my mother, but I think I look like my father. I wish I had one of those naturally beautiful faces. Or a more quirky face. I'm right down the middle: not interesting enough, not pretty enough.”
“Must I be carried to the skies on flowery beds of ease, while others fought to win the prize and sailed through bloody seas?”

Source : Isaac Watts (1831). “The Psalms and Hymns of Dr. Watts”
“It is a narrow mind which cannot look at a subject from various points of view.”
“As an actor, your motives and your own crazy psyche is really all you're responsible for in the movie.”

Source : Interview with Christina Radish, collider.com. July 15, 2012.
“A man contains all that is needed to make up a tree; likewise, a tree contains all that is needed to make up a man. Thus, finally, all things meet in all things, but we need a Prometheus to distill it.”

Source : "The Other World: Comical History of the States and Empires of the Moon". Book by Cyrano de Bergerac, 1657.
“UNICEF is helping mothers realize their dreams for the future - a future in which the basic needs for a child's survival: food, clean water and simple health care - are guaranteed.”

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