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Letter "P" » prodigies
«He continued to be and infant long after he ceased to be a prodigy»
«A kindly gesture bestowed by us on an animal arouses prodigies of understanding and gratitude»
Author: Sidonie Gabrielle
| About:
Animals,
Gratitude,
Relationships,
Understanding
| Keywords:
bestowed, gesture, kindly, prodigies, prodigy
«SIREN, n. One of several musical prodigies famous for a vain attempt to dissuade Odysseus from a life on the ocean wave. Figuratively, any lady of splendid promise, dissembled purpose and disappointing performance.»
Author: Ambrose Bierce
(Editor, Journalist, Writer)
| Keywords:
disappointing, dissemble, dissembled, dissembling, dissuade, dissuaded, dissuading, figuratively, Odysseus, prodigies, prodigy, siren, Sirens
«What a chimera then is man! What a novelty! What a monster, what a chaos, what a contradiction, what a prodigy! Judge of all things, feeble earthworm, depository of truth, a sink of uncertainty and error, the glory and the shame of the universe»
Author: Blaise Pascal
(Mathematician, Philosopher, Physicist)
| Keywords:
chimera, chimeras, contradiction, depository, earthworm, earthworms, feeble, monster, novelties, novelty, prodigies, prodigy, sink, uncertainty
«Everybody hates a prodigy, detests an old head on young shoulders.»
«With red hair, a black face, a cloven foot, and blear eyes, you show the world a prodigy, Zoilus, if you are an honest man»
«In life's last scene what prodigies surprise, / Fears of the brave, and follies of the wise! / From Marlborough's eyes the streams of dotage flow, / And Swift expires a driv'ller and a show.»
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