"The highest and most lofty trees have the most reason to dread the thunder."

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Source : Charles Rollin (1851). “The Ancient History of the Egyptians, Carthaginians, Assyrians, Babylonians, Medes and Persians, Grecians, and Macedonians”, p.285

Charles Rollin

#Greatness Quotes #Tree Quotes #Reason Quotes

“A national language is a band of national union.”

Source : Noah Webster (1951). “Dissertations on the English Language”
“If it comes easy, if it doesnâ€™t require extraordinary effort, youâ€™re not pushing hard enough.Â Itâ€™s supposed to hurt like hell.”
“We do not receive wisdom, we must discover it for ourselves, after a journey through the wilderness which no one else can make for us, which no one can spare us, for our wisdom is the point of view from which we come at last to regard the world.”
“The baby's life is never willfully destroyed because the mother's life is in danger.”
“I might not come home with hardware, but I'm winning.”
“I like the idea of watching the sun go down in the ocean. I've always felt comfortable about that, I like sunsets. There's something about a westward movement that seems fascinating, although the Irish refer to going West as a metaphor for dying. I see it differently.”
“The first forty years of our life give the text, the next thirty furnish the commentary upon it, which enables us rightly to understand the true meaning and connection of the text with its moral and its beauties.”
“A Fiddle for Angus is a charming tale. This is a very fine book.”

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