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Letter "P" » peaks
«Every season has its peaks and valleys. What you have to try to do is eliminate the Grand Canyon.»
Author: Andy Van Slyke
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Seasons
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canyon, canyons, eliminate, Grand Canyon, peaks, valleys
«A realm of cliff-lined seascapes and misty peaks that unrolled each dawn from the scroll of night.»
«Great men are rarely isolated mountain peaks; they are the summits of ranges»
Author: Thomas W. Higginson
(Abolitionist, Author, Clergyman, Minister)
| About:
Men
| Keywords:
isolate, isolated, mountain peak, mountain range, peaked, peaks, ranges, range of mountains, summits, the Peak
«Life is supposed to be a series of peaks and valleys. The secret is to keep the valleys from becoming grand Canyons.»
Author: Bern Williams
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canyons, grand, Grand Canyon, peaked, peaks, series, the Peak, valleys
«The stern hand of fate has scourged us to an elevation where we can see the great everlasting things which matter for a nation -- the great peaks we had forgotten, of Honor, Duty, Patriotism, and clad in glittering white, the great pinnacle of Sacrifice pointing like a rugged finger to Heaven.»
Author: David Lloyd George
(Prime Minister)
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glittering, peaks, pinnacle, pinnacles, pointing, point of honor, rugged, scourged
«Mozart has the classic purity of light and the blue ocean; Beethoven the romantic grandeur which belongs to the storms of air and sea, and while the soul of Mozart seems to dwell on the ethereal peaks of Olympus, that of Beethoven climbs shuddering the storm-beaten sides of a Sinai. Blessed be they both! Each represents a moment of the ideal life, each does us good. Our love is due to both.»
Author: Henri Frederic Amiel
| About:
Music
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«On all the peaks lies peace.»
Author: Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
(Dramatist, Novelist, Playwright, Poet)
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peaked, peaks, the Peak
«He who ascends to mountain tops, shall find, The loftiest peaks most wrapt in clouds and snow; He who surpasses or subdues mankind, Must look down on the hate of those below»
Author: Lord Byron
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ascends, Down from the Mountain, mountain peak, peaks, subdues, tops, top down
«Sexual love is undoubtedly one of the chief things in life, and the union of mental and bodily satisfaction in the enjoyment of love is one of its culminating peaks. Apart from a few queer fanatics, all the world knows this and conducts its life accordingly; science alone is too delicate to admit it.»
Author: Sigmund Freud
(Founder)
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accordingly, bodily, conducts, culminate, culminated, culminates, culminating, delicate, fanatics, peaks, queer, sexual love, The Conduct of Life, the union, undoubtedly
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