Escritas - Poems List

David Russell

The hardest thing to learn

The hardest thing to learn in life is which bridge to cross and which to burn.

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Ogden Nash

When there are monsters there

When there are monsters there are miracles.

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Livy

Children form a bond of

Children form a bond of union than which the human heart finds none more enduring.

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Mehmet Murat Ildan

Snowing is an attempt of

Snowing is an attempt of God to make the dirty world look clean.

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The Apostle Paul (Saul of Tarsus)

But the fruit of the

But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, and self-control. Against such things, there is no law.

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Peter F. Drucker

Management means, in the last

Management" means, in the last analysis, the substitution of thought for brawn and muscle, of knowledge for folklore and superstition, and of cooperation for force. . .

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Mehmet Murat Ildan

If everything is going very

If everything is going very well in your life, don't change any parameters; don't even think about it!

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Livy

Toil and pleasure, in their

Toil and pleasure, in their natures opposite, are yet linked together in a kind of necessary connection.

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Book of Proverbs

Charm is deceptive and beauty

Charm is deceptive and beauty is fleeting, but a woman who fears the Lord is to be praised.

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Henry David Thoreau

What is called resignation is

What is called resignation is confirmed desperation.

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Mary Nicola

Don't talk too fast, you

Don't talk too fast, you will trip on your words.

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Livy

Being continually in people?s sight,

Being continually in people?s sight, by the satiety which it creates, diminishes the reverence felt for great characters.

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Erykah Badu

Peace and blessings manifest with

Peace and blessings manifest with every lesson learned - and if your knowledge were your wealth then it would be well earned.

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Albert Einstein

It is, in fact, nothing

It is, in fact, nothing short of a miracle that the modern methods of instruction have not yet entirely strangled the holy curiosity of inquiry.

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Livy

Assume in adversity a countenance

Assume in adversity a countenance of prosperity, and in prosperity moderate thy temper.

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Mehmet Murat Ildan

If you are not afraid

If you are not afraid of rising, you will see that wings start growing in your body!

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Michel de Montaigne

Wise men have more to

Wise men have more to learn of fools than fools of wise men.

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Hannah More

One kernel is felt in

One kernel is felt in a hogshead; one drop of water helps to swell the ocean; a spark of fire helps to give light to the world. None are too small, too feeble, too poor to be of service. Think of this and act.

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Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

In character, in manners, in

In character, in manners, in style, in all things, the supreme excellence is simplicity.

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Mehmet Murat Ildan

Here is a good revolution

Here is a good revolution in conscious and a good salvation formula for mankind: Get rid of religion, keep the God!

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Mao Zedong

We shall support whatever the

We shall support whatever the enemy opposes and oppose whatever the enemy supports.

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Martin Luther

The human heart is like

The human heart is like a ship on a stormy sea driven about by winds blowing from all four corners of heaven.

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Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

Men of genius are often

Men of genius are often dull and inert in society, as the blazing meteor when it descends to earth is only a stone.

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Mehmet Murat Ildan

Every man must be like

Every man must be like Stephen Hawking. His body is here on earth, but his mind walks in the universe!

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