"The flowers anew, returning seasons bring; but beauty faded has no second spring."

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Source : 'The First Pastoral' (1708) 'Lobbin' l. 47

Ambrose Philips

#Beauty Quotes #Spring Quotes #Flower Quotes

“Success is deciding from the start what end result you want and creating the circumstances to realize that result.”
“Only the actions of the just, Smell sweet and blossom in their dust.”

Source : 'The Contention of Ajax and Ulysses' (1659) act 1, sc. 3
“The fact that a Republican is in the late Senator Kennedy's old seat probably must have him rolling in his grave, probably spilling his drink.”
“A democratic public forms when citizens gather together to deliberate and make public judgments about local and national issues that affect their lives. By associating together for public discussion, citizens learn the skills necessary for the health of a democratic public; listening persuading, arguing, compromising, and seeking common ground. When these skills are nurtured within the institutions of a democratic public, citizens educate themselves in order to make informed political decisions.”
“Happiness is speechless.”

Source : GEORGE WILLIAM CURTIS (1856). “PRUE AND I.”, p.129
“You wish, or rather, have decided, to remove a splinter from someone? Very well, but do not go after it with a stick instead of a lancet for you will only drive it deeper. Rough speech and harsh gestures are the stick, while even-tempered instruction and patient reprimand are the lancet. 'Reprove, rebuke, exhort,' says the Apostle (II Tim. 4:2), not 'batter'.”
“My mother was pretty much on my case all the time.”
“I love cooking for myself and cooking for my family.”

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