"Great events have sent before them their announcements."

-- Pedro Calderon de la Barca

#Events Quotes #Announcements Quotes

“Law stands mute in the midst of arms.”
“Life is funny. Things change, people change, but you will always be you, so stay true to yourself and never sacrifice who you are for anyone.”
“When news of the surrender first reached our lines our men commenced firing a salute of a hundred guns in honor of the victory. I at once sent word, however, to have it stopped. The Confederates were now our prisoners, and we did not want to exult over their downfall.”
“On more than one occasion David, in his urge to explore the darker corners of the bookshelves, had found himself wearing strands of spider silk in his face and hair, causing the web's creator to scuttle into a corner and crouch balefully, lost in thoughts of arachnoid revenge.”
“I am not at all the sort of person you and I took me for.”

Source : Letter to Thomas Carlyle, 7 May 1822, in C. R. Sanders et al. (eds.) 'The Collected Letters of Thomas and Jane Welsh Carlyle' (1970) vol. 2
“It is the invariable lesson to humanity that distance in time, and in space as well, lends focus. It is not recorded, incidentally, that the lesson has ever been permanently learned.”
“I firmly believe that respect is a lot more important, and a lot greater, than popularity.”

Source : "The Wondrous Dr. J". Academy of Achievement interview, www.achievement.org. June 26, 1992.
“Who ever said that one was born just once?”

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