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  • There may have been disillusionments in the lives of the medieval saints, but they would scarcely have been better pleased if they could have foreseen that their names would be associated nowadays chiefly with racehorses and the cheaper clarets.
  • 5 years ago



    Tags : Hector Hugh Munro Quotes , Names Quotes , May Quotes
  • We may like well to know what is Plato’s and what is Montesquieu’s or Goethe’s part, and what thought was always dear to the writer himself; but the worth of the sentences consists in their radiancy and equal aptitude to all intelligence. They fit all our facts like a charm. We respect ourselves the more that we know them.
  • 5 years ago



    Tags : Ralph Waldo Emerson Quotes , Plato Quotes , May Quotes