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«Now my venerated friend, you will perceive that Texas is presented to the union as a bride adorned for her espousal. But, if, now so confident of the union, she should be rejected, her mortification would be indescribable. She has sought the United S»
Author: Sam Houston
(General, Lawyer, Politician)
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«Adore, v.: To venerate expectantly.»
Author: Ambrose Bierce
(Editor, Journalist, Writer)
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«I venerate old age; and I love not the man who can look without emotion upon the sunset of life, when the dusk of evening begins to gather over the watery eye, and the shadows of twilight grow broader and deeper upon the understanding.»
Author: Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
(Poet)
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«I for one venerate a petticoat.»
«Whenever we encounter the Infinite in man, however imperfectly understood, we treat it with respect. Whether in the synagogue, the mosque, the pagoda, or the wigwam, there is a hideous aspect which we execrate and a sublime aspect which we venerate. So great a subject for spiritual contemplation, such measureless dreaming -- the echo of God on the human wall!»
Author: Victor Hugo
(Dramatist, Novelist, Poet)
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«Venerate art as art.»
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