“À voir ce que l’on fut sur terre et ce qu'on laisse
Seul le silence est grand; tout le reste est faiblesse.”
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Seul le silence est grand; tout le reste est faiblesse.”
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“An Englishman thinks a hundred miles is a long way; and American thinks a hundred years is a long time”
― Drums of Autumn
― Drums of Autumn
“Why, all the Saints and Sages who discuss'd
Of the Two Worlds so wisely - they are thrust
Like foolish Prophets forth; their Words to Scorn
Are scatter'd, and their Mouths are stopt with Dust.”
― Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám
Of the Two Worlds so wisely - they are thrust
Like foolish Prophets forth; their Words to Scorn
Are scatter'd, and their Mouths are stopt with Dust.”
― Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám
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