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Letter "A" » admirable
«A stricken tree, a living thing, so beautiful, so dignified, so admirable in its potential longevity, is, next to man, perhaps the most touching of wounded objects»
«If one cannot command attention by one's admirable qualities one can at least be a nuisance»
«Allow me to offer my congratulations on the truly admirable skill you have shown in keeping clear of the mark. Not to have hit once in so many trials, argues the most splendid talents for missing.»
Author: Thomas De Quincey
| Keywords:
admirable, argues, congratulation, congratulations, splendid, Trials
«A complete woman is probably not a very admirable creature. She is manipulative, uses other people to get her own way, and works within whatever system she is in.»
«But of all other stupendous inventions, what sublimity of mind must have been his who conceived how to communicate his most secret thoughts to any other person, though very far distant, either in time or place? And with no greater difficulty than the various arrangement of two dozen little signs upon paper? Let this be the seal of all the admirable inventions of man.»
Author: Galileo Galilei
(Astronomer, Mathematician, Philosopher)
| Keywords:
admirable, arrangement, conceived, dozen, great seal, inventions, seal, Seal of, stupendous, sublimity, The Admirable, two dozen, various
«Committing a great truth to memory is admirable; committing it to life is wisdom.»
«Great authors are admirable in this respect: in every generation they make for disagreement. Through them we become aware of our differences.»
«Americans are overreaching; overreaching is the most admirable and most American of the many American excesses.»
«Childbirth is more admirable than conquest, more amazing than self-defense, and as courageous as either one.»
Author: Gloria Steinem
(Activist, Writer)
| Keywords:
admirable, amazing, conquest, conquests, courageous, defense, self defense, The Admirable
«Education is an admirable thing, but it is well to remember from time to time that nothing that is worth knowing can be taught.»
Author: Oscar Wilde
(Critic, Dramatist, Novelist, Poet)
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Education
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admirable, from time to time, taught, The Admirable
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