"Ere the dolphin dies Its hues are brightest. Like an infant's breath Are tropic winds before the voice of death."

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Source : Fitz-Greene Halleck (1821). “Fanny”, p.59

Fitz-Greene Halleck

#Death Quotes #Wind Quotes #Voice Quotes

“Sometimes the most beautiful thing is precisely the one that comes unexpectedly and unearned, hence something given truly as a present.”
“All men's souls are immortal, but the souls of the righteous are immortal and divine.”
“Who you really are, is an immaterial soul and the body is an external thing that's sort of an encrustation your soul. So this has important implications for Plotinus' ethics, because his ethics are basically all about encouraging us to turn away from the body and turn towards these higher principles, so universal soul, universal intellect and ultimately the One.”

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“If a hundred-foot oak tree had the mind of a human, it would only grow to be ten feet tall!”
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“Some of the most important conversations I've ever had occurred at my family's dinner table.”
“Peace is worth far more than anything they might take from you.”

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