"Words, like acts, become stale when they are repeated."

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Source : Ellen Glasgow, (2013). “In This Our Life”, p.352, Read Books Ltd

Ellen Glasgow

#Repetition Quotes #Stale Quotes

“Philosophy itself cannot but benefit from our disputes, for if our conceptions prove true, new achievements will be made; if false, their refutation will further confirm the original doctrines.”
“I hate to talk about myself.”
“How else but through a broken heart may Lord Christ enter in?”
“June suns, you cannot store them To warm the winter's cold, The lad that hopes for heaven Shall fill his mouth with mould.”
“It takes a lot of effort to make a building look effortless.”
“Let the spirit out - Discard all thoughts of reward, all hopes of praise and fears of blame, all awareness of one's bodily self. And, finally closing the avenues of sense perception, let the spirit out, as it will.”
“Death is in truth an illness from which we recover”
“I donâ€™t think thereâ€™s anything wrong with being paternalistic as a company,”

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