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~ the Great Writers ~ (A Riddle) ~ Part #5 Quotes This Book and Poems Are Based On. Chap #1
~ the Great Writers ~ (A Riddle) ~ Part #5 Quotes This Book and Poems Are Based On. Chap #1
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Quotes by Elizabeth Barrett Browning:
"God's gifts put man's best dreams to shame" what I dream include thee, as the wine must taste of its own
grapes"
"True memories are not of mind and body, but those that remain forever written on the soul."
Quotes by Alfred Lord Tennyson:
"Knowledge comes, but wisdom lingers"
"No man ever got very high by pulling other people down.
The intelligent merchant does not knock his competitors.
The sensible worker does not work those who work with him.
Don't knock your friends. Don't knock your enemies. Don't knock yourself"
"Who is wise in love, love most, say least"
Quotes by William Wordsworth:
"Fill your paper with the breathings of your heart"
"Poetry is the spontaneous overflow of powerful feelings: it takes its origin from emotion recollected in
tranquility"
"The mind that is wise mourns less for what age takes away; than what it leaves behind"
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Copyright © James Long | Year Posted 2009
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