"On the four aces doom'd to roll."

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Source : Charles Churchill, George Gilfillan (1855). “The poetical works of Charles Churchill: with memoir, critical dissertation, and explanatory notes / by the Rev. George Gilfillan”, p.102

Charles Churchill

#Four Quotes #Aces Quotes #Doom Quotes

“Part of me is still waiting to grow up, to be an adult, and the other part knows there is no such thing.”
“Woe unto thee if after all thy profession thou shouldst be found under the power of ignorance, lost in formality, drowned in earthly-mindedness, envenomed with malice, exalted in an opinion of thine own righteousness, leavened with hypocrisy and carnal ends in God's service.”

Source : Joseph Alleine (1824). “An Alarm to Unconverted Sinners”, p.170
“Some men rob you with a six-gun -- others rob you with a fountain pen.”
“The thing about perfection is that it is unknowable, it's impossible, but its also right in front of us, all the time”
“I have ambitions to do a Broadway record one of these days and get in the studio with like, a real orchestra. I'm a big musical theatre geek.”
“Truth is, most of us contain a splashing, giggling, squealing child who knows without thinking that bare skin and water go together as wings go with air, roots with earth, and the phoenix with incendiary sun. And innocence belongs to us as it did to ancient Greek athletes, who never wore clothes for their footraces or boxing matches but rather oiled themselves until their nude bodies glistened in the sunlight.”
“God is really only another artist. He invented the giraffe, the elephant and the cat. He has no real style, He just goes on trying other things.”
“Of all mushrooms commonly consumed, oyster mushrooms in the genus Pleurotus stand out as exceptional allies for improving human and environmental health. These mushrooms enjoy a terrific reputation as the easiest to cultivate, richly nutritious and medicinally supportive.”

Source : "The Mighty Oyster Mushroom: The Workhorse of Gourmet Fungi" by Paul Stamets, www.huffingtonpost.com. January 25, 2013.

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