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«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)
| Keywords:
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«Friendship at first sight, like love at first sight is said to be the only truth»
Author: Herman Melville
(Novelist, Poet, Writer)
| About:
Friendship,
Truth
| Keywords:
at first, at first sight, sight
«If my ship sails from sight, it doesn't mean my journey ends, it simply means the river bends.»
«Circumstances may cause interruptions and delays, but never lose sight of your goal. Prepare yourself in every way you can by increasing your knowledge and adding to your experience, so that you can make the most of opportunity when it occurs.»
Author: Mario Andretti
(Race driver)
| About:
Circumstances,
Goals
| Keywords:
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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:
certainty, dream, know nothing, on sight, part, sight, sighting, stars
«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.»
«Beauty is all very well at first sight; but whoever looks at it when it has been in the house three days ?»
Author: George Bernard Shaw
(Critic, Essayist, Playwright)
| About:
Beauty
| Keywords:
at first, at first sight, house, In the House, sight, very well
«I have always thought it would be a blessing if each person could be blind and deaf for a few days during his early adult life. Darkness would make him appreciate sight; silence would teach him the joys of sound.»
Author: Helen Keller
(Author, Educator)
| About:
Adulthood,
Silence
| Keywords:
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«How oft the sight of means to do ill deeds makes deeds ill done!»
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