"He who preserves a man's life against his will does the same thing as if he slew him."

-- Horace

#Men Quotes #Doe Quotes

“There's a lot more to competence than a law degree and a modicum of courtroom skill.”
“In the present age, alas! our pens are ravished by unlettered authors and unmannered critics, that make a havoc rather than a building, a wilderness rather than a garden. But, a lack! what boots it to drop tears upon the preterit?”
“The major reason for setting a goal is for what it makes of you to accomplish it. What it makes of you will always be the far greater value than what you get.”
“There's never any closure in an awe-inspired life, only constant acceptance of the mysteries of life.”

Source : Paul Pearsall (2007). “AWE: The Delights and Dangers of Our Eleventh Emotion”, p.27, Health Communications, Inc.
“...this beginning motion, this first time when a sail truly filled and the boat took life and knifed across the lake under perfect control, this was so beautiful it stopped my breath...”
“I believe our biggest issue is the same biggest issue that the whole world is facing, and that's habitat destruction.”
“Without a single shot we've managed to liberate the world of communism but now there is a need for a global solidarity.”
“A schoolmaster should have an atmosphere of awe, and walk wonderingly, as if he was amazed at being himself.”

Source : Walter Bagehot (1910). “Literary Studies (Miscellaneous Essays): Hartley Coleridge. Shakespeare, the man. William Cowper. The first Edinburgh reviewers. Edward Gibbon. Percy Bysshe Shelley”

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