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«He that outlives a wife whom he has long loved, sees himself disjoined from the only mind that has the same hopes, and fears, and interest; from the only companion with whom he has shared much good and evil; and with whom he could set his mind at liberty, to retrace the past or anticipate the future. The continuity of being is lacerated; the settled course of sentiment and action is stopped; and life stands suspended and motionless.»

Author: Samuel Johnson (Critic, Poet, Writer) | Keywords: anticipate, at liberty, companion, continuity, disjoin, disjoined, disjoins, lacerate, lacerated, lacerating, motionless, outlives, retrace, sentiment, settled, suspended

«The God who gave us life gave us liberty at the same time; the hand of force may destroy, but cannot disjoin them.»

Author: Thomas Jefferson (Author, President) | About: God, Liberty | Keywords: disjoin, disjoined, disjoins, Give Me Liberty, life-giving, The God, the Hand

«Th abuse of greatness is when it disjoins remorse from power.»

Author: William Shakespeare (Dramatist, Playwright, Poet) | Keywords: abuse, abuse of power, disjoin, disjoined, disjoins, remorse

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