"A skylark wounded in the wing, / A cherubim does cease to sing."

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William Blake

#Wings Quotes #Singing Quotes #Doe Quotes

“It is work, work that one delights in, that is the surest guarantor of happiness. But even here it is a work that has to be earned by labor in one's earlier years. One should labor so hard in youth that everything one does subsequently is easy by comparison.”
“Curiosity is the surest sign of intelligence”
“Fortunately for themselves and the world, nearly all men are cowards and dare not act on what they believe. Nearly all our disasters come of a few fools having the "courage of their convictions."”

Source : Coventry Patmore (2016). “The Rod, the Root and the Flower”, p.19, Lulu.com
“I'm not comfortable being preachy, but more people need to start spending as much time in the library as they do on the basketball court.”

Source : Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, Mignon McCarthy (1990). “Kareem”, Random House Incorporated
“I don't know if I can live on my income or not - the government won't let me try it.”
“That cup of tea is definately not down your alley”
“I am a mountain goat that keeps going and going and going, I cannot be stopped, I just keep going.”

Source : "Fifa's president, Sepp Blatter, likens himself to a mountain goat". www.theguardian.com. May 24, 2015.
“When our souls are healthy, we change the environment; the environment doesn't change us.”

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