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Quote Left Here lies interred in the eternity of the past, from whence there is no resurrection for the days -- whatever there may be for the dust -- the thirty-third year of an ill-spent life, which, after a lingering disease of many months sank into a lethargy, and expired, January 22d, 1821, A.D. leaving a successor inconsolable for the very loss which occasioned its existence. Quote Right
Quote Left The chief mate of the Pequod was Starbuck, a native of Nantucket, and a Quaker by descent. He was a long, earnest man, and though born on an icy coast, seemed well adapted to endure hot latitudes, his flesh being hard as twice-baked biscuit. Transported to the Indies, his live blood would not spoil like bottled ale. He must have been born in some time of general drought and famine, or upon one of those fast days for which his state is famous. Only some thirty arid summers had he seen; those summers had dried up all his physical superfluousness. But this, his thinness, so to speak, seemed no more the token of wasting anxieties and cares, than it seemed the indication of any bodily blight. It was merely the condensation of the man. He was by no means ill-looking; quite the contrary. His pure tight skin was an excellent fit; and closely wrapped up in it, and embalmed with inner health and strength, like a revivified Egyptian, this Starbuck seemed prepared to endure for long ages to come, and to endure always, as now; for be it Polar snow or torrid sun, like a patent chronometer, his interior vitality was warranted to do well in all climates. Looking into his eyes, you seemed to see there the yet lingering images of those thousand-fold perils he had calmly confronted through life. A staid, steadfast man, whose life for the most part was a telling pantomime of action, and not a tame chapter of sounds. Yet, for all his hardy sobriety and fortitude, there were certain qualities in him which at times affected, and in some cases seemed well nigh to overbalance all the rest. Uncommonly conscientious for a seaman, and endued with a deep natural reverence, the wild watery loneliness of his life did therefore strongly incline him to superstition; but to that sort of superstition, which in some organizations seems rather to spring, somehow, from intelligence than from ignorance. Outward portents and inward presentiments were his. Quote Right
Quote Left ... Insatiable, unfathomable, gluttony searches every land and every sea. Some animals it persecutes with snares and traps, with hunting nets, with hooks, sparing no sort of toil to obtain them . . . There is no peace allowed to any species of being . . . No wonder that with so discordant diet disease is ever varying. . . Count the cooks you will no longer wonder at the innumerable number of human maladies. … If these maxims are true, the Pythagorean principles as to abstaining from flesh foster innocence; if ill-founded they at least teach us frugality, and what loss have you in losing your cruelty? I merely deprive you of the food of lions and vultures ... We shall recover our sound reason only if we shall separate ourselves from the herd - the very fact of the approbation of the multitude is a proof of the unsoundness of the opinion or practice. Let us ask what is best, not what is customary. Let us love temperance - let us be just - let us refrain from bloodshed. None is so near the gods as he who shows kindness. Quote Right
Quote Left Better were it to be unborn than to be ill bred. Quote Right
Quote Left Those that do you a very ill deed will never forgive you. Quote Right
Quote Left Ill fares the land, to hast'ning ill a prey, Where wealth accumulates, and men decay Princes and Lords may flourish, or may fade A breath can make them, as a breath has made but a bold peasantry, their country's pride, When once destroyed can never be supplied. Quote Right
Quote Left Why, ever since Adam, who has got to the meaning of this great allegory -- the world? Then we pygmies must be content to have out paper allegories but ill comprehended. Quote Right
Quote Left Golf is a game whose aim is to hit a very small ball into a even smaller hole, with weapons singularly ill- designed for the purpose. Quote Right
Quote Left Nothing is a greater impediment to being on good terms with others than being ill at ease with yourself. Quote Right
Quote Left Man is his own star; and the soul that can Render an honest and a perfect man Commands all light, all influence, all fate. Nothing to him falls early, or too late. Our acts our angels are, or good or ill, Our fatal shadows that walk by us still. Quote Right
Quote Left ...for advice is a dangerous gift, even from the wise to the wise, and all courses may run ill. Quote Right
Quote Left Elves seldom give unguarded advice, for advice is a dangerous gift, even from the wise to the wise, and all courses may run ill. But what would you? You have not told me all concerning yourself; and how then shall I choose better than you? Quote Right
Quote Left Physician -- One upon whom we set our hopes when ill and our dogs when well. Quote Right
Quote Left Frequent and loud laughter is the characteristic of folly and ill manners. Quote Right
Quote Left It is by universal misunderstanding that all agree. For if, by ill luck, people understood each other, they would never agree. Quote Right
Quote Left We may be through with the past, but the past is not through with us. Ideas of the Stone Age exist side by side with the latest scientific thought. Only a fraction of mankind has emerged from the Dark Ages, and in the most lucid brains, as Logan Pearsall Smith has said, we come upon nests of woolly caterpillars. Seemingly sane men entrust their wealth to stargazers and their health to witch doctors. Giant planes throb through the stratosphere, but half their passengers are wearing magic amulets and are protected from harm by voodoo incantations. Hotels boast of express elevators and a telephone in every room, but omit thirteen from all floor and room numbers lest their guests be ill at ease. Quote Right
Quote Left Much of the ill-tempered railing against women that has characterized the popular writing of the last two years is a half-hearted attempt to find a way back to a more balanced relationship between our biological selves and the world we have built. So women are scolded both for being mothers and for not being mothers, for wanting to eat their cake and have it too, and for not wanting to eat their cake and have it too. Quote Right
Quote Left Let every nation know, whether it wishes us well or ill, that we shall pay any price, bear any burden, meet any hardship, support any friend, oppose any foe to assure the survival and the success of liberty. Quote Right
Quote Left When men speak ill of thee, live so as nobody may believe them. Quote Right
Quote Left In Europe, we're seeing a wave of so-called economic patriotism. Protectionism is pernicious, pervasive, the ill-conceived political response to globalization and on the increase. Quote Right
Quote Left Nicky I think in all fairness, I should explain to you exactly what it is that I do. For instance tomorrow morning ill get up nice and early, take a walk down over to the bank and... walk in and see and uh... if you don't have my money for me, I'll... crack your f***in' head wide-open in front of everybody in the bank. And just about the time I'm comin' out of jail, hopefully, you'll be coming out of your coma. And guess what I'll split your f***in' head open again. 'Cause I'm f***in' stupid. I don't give a f*** about jail. That's my business. That's what I do. Quote Right
Quote Left The fact that the lower animals are excited by the same emotions as ourselves is so well established, that it will not be necessary to weary the reader by many details. Terror acts in the same manner on them as on us, causing the muscles to tremble, the heart to palpitate, the sphincters to be relaxed, and the hair to stand on end. Suspicion, the offspring of fear, is eminently characteristic of most wild animals. It is, I think, impossible to read the account given by Sir E. Tennent, of the behaviour of the female elephants, used as decoys, without admitting that they intentionally practise deceit, and well know what they are about. Courage and timidity are extremely variable qualities in the individuals of the same species, as is plainly seen in our dogs. Some dogs and horses are ill-tempered, and easily turn sulky; others are good-tempered; and these qualities are certainly inherited. Every one knows how liable animals are to furious rage, and how plainly they shew it. Many, and probably true, anecdotes have been published on the long-delayed and artful revenge of various animals. The accurate Rengger, and Brehm state that the American and African monkeys which they kept tame, certainly revenged themselves. Sir Andrew Smith, a zoologist whose scrupulous accuracy was known to many persons, told me the following story of which he was himself an eye-witness; at the Cape of Good Hope an officer had often plagued a certain baboon, and the animal, seeing him approaching one Sunday for parade, poured water into a hole and hastily made some thick mud, which he skilfully dashed over the officer as he passed by, to the amusement of many bystanders. For long afterwards the baboon rejoiced and triumphed whenever he saw his victim. Quote Right
Quote Left There is some ill a-brewing towards my rest,For I did dream of money-bags to-night. Quote Right
Quote Left Minds that are ill at ease are agitated by both hope and fear. Quote Right
Quote Left The moment an ill can be patiently handled, it is disarmed of its poison, though not of its pain. Quote Right
Quote Left Oh, this age! How tasteless and ill-bred it is! Quote Right
Quote Left Man is tormented by no greater anxiety than to find someone quickly to whom he can hand over that great gift of freedom with which the ill-fated creature is born. Quote Right
Quote Left There is all the difference in the world between the criminal's avoiding the public eye and the civil disobedience's taking the law into his own hands in open defiance. This distinction between an open violation of the law, performed in public, and a clandestine one is so glaringly obvious that it can be neglected only by prejudice or ill will. Quote Right
Quote Left Men of ill judgment ignore the good that lies within their hands, till they have lost it. Quote Right
Quote Left A physician is not angry at the intemperance of a mad patient, nor does he take it ill to be railed at by a man in fever. Just so should a wise man treat all mankind, as a physician does his patient, and look upon them only as sick and extravagant. Quote Right
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Quote Left My philosophy is, if one can't write it a bit differently, why bother writing it at all, no matter how pretty or motivational the work -- why repeat what others say beautifully? Creation is infinite -- why limit one's self, and one's God? When writing I throw out tons of publishable material, till a phrase pops onto paper, that has a hint of something original. Then I go with it. Let the Muse lead. Quote Right
Quote Left Romantic heartbreak is a serious non-contagious disease, requiring no pills or syrups, but curable only by a complete dose of Time. ~Nkwachukwu Ogbuagu Quote Right
Quote Left "AI will never go away, it is only getting bigger. AI is a cold machine with No heart to write with. Writers write from their heart." Quote Right
Quote Left Finding a good friend is a downright task. Keeping him is an uphill task. Losing him is a mournful task. ~Nkwachukwu Ogbuagu Quote Right
Quote Left A Veteran is the one who takes up arms to save you before the ones who take up arms to kill you can succeed. ~Nkwachukwu Ogbuagu Quote Right
Quote Left No matter how fast artificial intelligence spreads, global stupidity will always be ahead of it. ~Nkwachukwu Ogbuagu Quote Right
Quote Left A silent scream unheard still carries the weight of a thousand words. Quote Right
Quote Left You shimmer still within my dusk, a faded gleam in memory’s husk. Quote Right
Quote Left In the stillness after sorrow, a gentle flame of love continues to burn. Quote Right
Quote Left When you’re just an option in someone’s life, they’ll overlook the value of your presence, no matter how rare your heart is. True worth is only seen by those who are ready to cherish it, not by those still weighing their options. By: Innantia Magcanya Quote Right
Quote Left Unfortunately, even if the mind comes to understand, what went wrong with a relationship -- the heart never will. Quote Right
Quote Left Art is a medley of truths and silly things. A tapestry of useful sins. ~Nkwachukwu Ogbuagu Quote Right
Quote Left What if the hole that I am trying to fill in my life is a shadow from what I need to change? Quote Right
Quote Left What is trance? Is it just zombie like? Or can illness, hyper activity be a form of trance? Transfixed, habitual, immovable -- Are we not all, in a deeper sense, in varying degrees, a trance of self? Quote Right
Quote Left An Illegal immigrant, is someone breaking into your home, and you paying to keep them. Quote Right
Quote Left Not every hug heals, some just remind you that you’re still alone. Quote Right
Quote Left Reward yourself everyday because if you don't value yourself no other will Quote Right
Quote Left "The villian will always be the villian if the hero tells the story" Quote Right
Quote Left best few will understand this quote "If you cant change the people around you change the people around you" Quote Right
Quote Left The softest guidance can light the most brilliant paths of discovery. Quote Right
Quote Left If you can not find the reason to do good to all within yourself and around you, then remember death, for there is no better bearer of your legacy than those, beyond family, who will always smile because of you. Quote Right
Quote Left As many politicians have a Machiavellian mindset, media manipulation is often used as a strategy to divert the truth, making the victim appear to be a criminal, thus, you need to have a clear mindset to avoid bias. A perfect governance will only be achieved when a politician has nationalism in his/her heart. Only then will the needs of the citizens be prioritized. There are many public servants, but only few served with nationalistic intentions. Quote Right
Quote Left Keep your enemies close but your friends closer because your friends will hurt you the most. Quote Right
Quote Left "I talk about healing like I've mastered it, But some nights I still sit with my shattered pieces. " Quote Right
Quote Left If people are making fun of you agree with them. They are just trying to get a reaction out of you. once they realize you aren't phased by it they will stop. Quote Right
Quote Left There is never any hurry on the Creative Plane & there is no lack of opportunity. There is always enough for everyone. The moment you begin to hurry, you cease to be a creator & become a competitor. You drop back into old places again. Always convey to your mind the impression of increase. Inevitably the Universe will respond according to your frequency. ©GhairoDanielsQuotes Quote Right
Quote Left Dating is so important to a long lasting relationship. Get to know the other person really well, it's ok to date for a lengthy period. Consummating a relationship outside of marriage is still a covenant made, in God's eyes. Oxytocin is the bonding drug our bodies create. You are fighting physical and emotional connection when you don't respect the process. There is a lot of therapy gone through because God's program for relationships [or "ships" as the kids say] and marriages are not followed. Quote Right
Quote Left It’s like buying a classic car that’s clocked half a million miles. Still polished, sounds sweet when you start it up, but push it too hard and the engine just can’t take the strain. Looks might still turn heads, but under the bonnet, the wear and tear tells a different story. Quote Right
Quote Left A smile like a crow, **Truth is a very big illness**, like the wind; in the attempt to catch it, **life will be lost**. Whereas, **a lie is caught one day or another**. With love to all, Jagdish Bajantri (Mahabharamnath) Quote Right
Quote Left The young will spend dignity in ventures of foolishness Quote Right
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