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«This head has risen above its hair in a moment of abandon known only to men who have drawn their feet out of their boots to walk awhile in the corridors of the mind»
Author: Djuna Barnes
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abandon, awhile, boots, corridor, corridors, drawn, in a moment, risen
«The essence of optimism is that it takes no account of the present, but it is a source of inspiration, of vitality and hope where others have resigned; it enables a man to hold his head high, to claim the future for himself and not to abandon it to h»
Author: Dietrich Bonhoeffer
(Pastor, Theologian)
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Optimism
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abandon, enables, no-account, optimism, resigned, vitality
«The Constitution is the guide which I never will abandon»
Author: George Washington
(President)
| About:
Constitution
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abandon, constitution, guide, The Guide
«We can safely abandon the doctrine of the eighties, namely that the rich were not working because they had too little money, the poor because they had much.»
«We are not abandoning our convictions, our philosophy or traditions, nor do we urge anyone to abandon theirs.»
Author: Mikhail Gorbachev
(President)
| Keywords:
abandon, abandoning, convictions, Traditions, urge
«The pain is unrelenting; one does not abandon, even briefly, one's bed of nails, but is attached to it wherever one goes.»
«To abandon oneself to principles is really to die -- and to die for an impossible love which is the contrary of love.»
«Those are weaklings who know the truth and uphold it as long as it suits their purpose, and then abandon it.»
Author: Blaise Pascal
(Mathematician, Philosopher, Physicist)
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abandon, suits, upheld, uphold, upholding, upholds
«Those who have been once intoxicated with power, and have derived any kind of emolument from it, even though but for one year, never can willingly abandon it. They may be distressed in the midst of all their power; but they will never look to anything but power for their relief.»
Author: Edmund Burke
(Philosopher, Statesman)
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Power
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abandon, derived, distressed, emolument, intoxicate, intoxicated, intoxicates, intoxicating, in the midst, look to, one year, relief, willingly
«The torment of precautions often exceeds the dangers to be avoided. It is sometimes better to abandon one's self to destiny.»
Author: Napoleon Bonaparte
(Emperor, General, Politician)
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Destiny
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abandon, avoided, dangers, exceeds, precaution, precautions, torment
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