"A young man must let his ideas grow, not be continually rooting them up to see yow they are getting on."

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Source : "Harbours of Memory" by William McFee, (p. 236), 1921.

William McFee

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“When Christ was about to leave the world, He made His will. His soul He committed to His father; His body He bequeathed to Joseph to be decently interred; His clothes fell to the soldiers; His mother He left to the care of John; but what should He leave to His poor disciples that had left all for Him? Silver and gold He had none; but He left them that which was infinitely better, His peace.”

Source : Matthew Henry (2016). “Bible commentary - Gospel of John”, p.850, Bible Study Books
“My experience has been in a short 77 years that in the end when you fight for a desperate cause and have good reasons to fight, you usually win.”
“I was hurt so deep that I made up my mind never to hurt anybody else, no matter what. I never made jokes about anybody's big ears, their stut- terin', or about them bein' off their nut.”

Source : "Schnozzola: The Story of Jimmy Durante". Book by Gene Fowler, 1951.
“I think true beauty is everywhere. Be it. See it. Notice it. Love it. Be grateful for it. Marvel at it. It's everywhere. It's all around us all the time.”
“I think ex-Soviet or Russian-Jewish women are tougher and that comes through. And if they are more pragmatic than the men, it's because they are obliged to be. They have all the female responsibilities and all the male responsibilities.”

Source : Interview with Ratik Asokan, logger.believermag.com. September 23, 2014.
“I'm very thoughtful, and when I make a decision I usually stick to it.”

Source : "Biography / Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.
“When men destroy their old gods they will find new ones to take their place”
“every generation has a conceit of itself which elevates it, in its own opinion, above that which comes after it.”

Source : Margaret Oliphant (2015). “Delphi Works of Margaret Oliphant with Complete Stories of the Seen and Unseen”, p.7470, Delphi Classics

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