"to grow old is to have taken away, one by one, all gifts of life, the food and wine, the music and the company. ... the gods unloose, one by one, the mortal fingers that cling to the edge of the table."

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Source : Storm Jameson (1926). “Three kingdoms”

Storm Jameson

#Taken Quotes #Wine Quotes #Tables Quotes

“We never do great things without trying.”
“I don't fall in love anymore. Just like I don't get the mumps.”
“To have one's mother-in-law in the country when one lives in Paris, and vice versa, is one of those strokes of luck that one encounters only too rarely.”
“I think U.N. organizations are important organizations. They exist for good reasons. And we also admit that there is room for us to improve the way we do business. The WHO will be a very positive and proactive partner in the overall U.N. reform, which is also important.”
“Sometimes we don't move forward because the people who love us the most unconsciously sabotage our efforts.”

Source : Source: bobmorris.biz
“You have to understand, my dears, that the shortest distance between truth and a human being is a story.”
“One must know one's own secret.”
“Horseback riding is my passion. Other than work. People can't imagine me getting dirty, but that's what I love about it.”

Source : "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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