“Courage is almost a contradiction in terms. It means a strong desire to live taking the form of a readiness to die.”
― Orthodoxy
― Orthodoxy
“In a world where thrushes sing and willow trees are golden in the spring, boredom should have been included among the seven deadly sins.”
― The Rosemary Tree
― The Rosemary Tree
“We need time to dream, time to remember, and time to reach the infinite. Time to be.”
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“Nothing is ever finished and done with in this world. You may think a seed was finished and done with when it falls like a dead thing into the earth; but when it puts forth leaves and flowers next spring you see your mistake.”
― The Little White Horse
― The Little White Horse
“The wisest thing in the world is to cry out before you are hurt. It is no good to cry out after you are hurt; especially after you are mortally hurt. People talk about the impatience of the populace; but sound historians know that most tyrannies have been possible because men moved too late. it is often essential to resist a tyranny before it exists.”
― Eugenics and Other Evils : An Argument Against the Scientifically Organized State
― Eugenics and Other Evils : An Argument Against the Scientifically Organized State
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