"Ah, words are poor receipts for what time hath stole away..."

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Source : John Clare, “Remembrances”

John Clare

#Poor Quotes #Receipts Quotes

“So long as my body lives, and yours -- we are one flesh," he whispered, "And when my body shall cease, my soul will still be yours. Claire -- I swear by my hope of heaven, I will not be parted from you.”
“I feel grateful that the person I end up working with a lot is Paul Rudd. He's a prince among men, and so talented, and generous, and effortless.”
“To try to expunge an individual's history is a terrible violation.”
“People think of the inventor as a screwball, but no one ever asks the inventor what he thinks of other people.”
“To banish imperfection is to destroy expression, to check exertion, to paralyze vitality.”

Source : John Ruskin, John D. Rosenberg (1964). “The Genius of John Ruskin: Selections from His Writings”, p.184, University of Virginia Press
“Idealism loses to pragmatism when it comes to winning elections.”
“To the shepherds alone was given all power to teach, to judge, to direct; on the faithful was imposed the duty of following their teaching, of submitting with docility to their judgment, and of allowing themselves to be governed, corrected, and guided by them in the way of salvation. Thus, it is an absolute necessity for the simple faithful to submit in mind and heart to their own pastors, and for the latter to submit with them to the Head and Supreme Pastor.”
“I spend a lot of time thinking about what I do and how it fits into the scheme of things. I won't do something just because it's funny.”

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