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Letter "O" » on sight
«Man cannot discover new oceans unless he has the courage to lose sight of the shore.»
«If the sight of the blue skies fills you with joy, if a blade of grass springing up in the fields has power to move you, if the simple things in nature have a message you understand, Rejoice, for your soul is alive.»
Author: Eleanora Duse
(Actress)
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«We sometimes encounter people, even perfect strangers, who begin to interest us at first sight, somehow suddenly, all at once, before a word has been spoken.»
Author: Fydor Dostoevsky
| About:
People,
Relationships
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«For my part I know nothing with any certainty, but the sight of the stars makes me dream.»
Author: Vincent van Gogh
(Painter)
| About:
Dreams,
Inspiration,
Life,
Uncertainty
| Keywords:
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«The few wonders of the world only exist while there are those with the sight to see them.»
Author: Charles de Lint
| About:
Imagination,
Innocence,
Wonder
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«It may be hard for an egg to turn into a bird: it would be a jolly sight harder for it to learn to fly while remaining an egg. We are like eggs at present. And you cannot go on indefinitely being just an ordinary, decent egg. We must be hatched or go bad.»
Author: C.S. Lewis
(Novelist, Scholar)
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«He should be praised for climbing; yetThe other man comes always from a heightAnd lives where praise can never get --Beyond your sight.»
«There is no sadder sight than a young pessimist.»
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