"Death has shaken out the sands of thy glass."

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Source : John Gardiner Calkins Brainard, Royal Robbins (1842). “The Poems of John G. C. Brainard: A New and Authentic Collection, with an Original Memoir of His Life”, p.70

John Gardiner Calkins Brainard

#Glasses Quotes #Sand Quotes

“Let us descend now therefore from this top Of speculation.”
“You know, I get a lot of people pitching songs to me.”
“Another culture can be learned in the classroom for a single term, but it can be felt from a person for a lifetime.”
“I can't stand modern movies. The images are too weird and eccentric for me.”
“As I've always said, 'I'm a lover, not a fighter.' I'm much better with women than I am being tough in a bar!”
“You can't make a racehorse out of a pig. But if you work hard enough at it you can make a mighty fast pig.”
“There is no 'slippery slope' toward loss of liberty, only a long staircase where each step down must first be tolerated by the American people and their leaders.”
“Memories may escape the action of the will, may sleep a long time, but when stirred by the right influence, though that influence be light as a shadow, they flash into full stature and life with everything in place”

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