Wisdom Quotes 1. You can do anything‚ but not everything. —David Allen 2. Perfection is achieved‚ not when there is nothing more to add‚ but when there is nothing left to take away. —Antoine de Saint-Exupéry 3. The richest man is not he who has the most‚ but he who needs the least. —Unknown Author 4. You miss 100 percent of the shots you never take. —Wayne Gretzky 5. Courage is not the absence of fear‚ but rather the judgement that something else is more important than fear. —Ambrose Redmoon
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all to digest. One of the most meaningful quotes that William Shakespeare composed that holds true even until today follows: “Some rise by sin‚ and some by virtue fall.” These crucial words are found in William Shakespeare’s play Measure for Measure. This quote states that not everyone who sins will get punished as some will rise in superiority for being a villain; and conversely‚ a mortal who does good will not always succeed as he/she can fall. The quote analyzes both Shakespeare’s and today’s society
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me if I let my sword go where my feet were afraid to…” This quote is when he is preparing to fight Grendel and Beowulf is saying that he is going in without a weapon because he is worried the people may call him weak. Also this reflects the Anglo-Saxon belief in heroism‚ Beowulf cares more about honor and what others think of him than he own safety‚ also he has godly features that make him better than the average man. Like in my first quote when he was dragged into the ocean‚ and ended up killing the
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Their writings are also contrasting in many ways. Like the disparity between these two quotes which have the same topic “What is the point of a nation in which Arab cabbies chauffeur Jewish passengers‚ too‚ and yet speak in theory of hatred‚ one for the other?” (Quindlen‚ 14). “Similarly‚ every aspect of the American economy has profited from the contributions of immigrants. We all know‚ of course‚ about the spectacular immigrant successes: the men who came from foreign lands‚ sought their fortunes
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the worm that hath eat of a king‚ and eat of the fish that hath fed of that worm.” This quote is spoken by Hamlet in act 4 scene 3. This quote explains the circle of life of what Hamlet believes. He claims that people are eaten when they die by worms and the worms are eaten by fish which are fished away and eaten by people. Showing how one organism’s life is used to preserve another. Hamlet uses this quote to show how even a high and mighty king will one day be fed to worms in the ground‚ which
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his life with self-critical cynicism as a matter of “poverty‚ wars‚ natural disasters… then back to the mini bar - the use of flashbacks and photo montages give us an insight into Nick’s fragile state of mind - Quote: “I’ve been seeing death everywhere this weekend… I just look at people and I see
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This group gave us lots of quotes but not always the context to fit them into. This should help: In tragedy‚ Fate usually has the last say‚ showing the limitations of humans when they go too far. The characters cannot be completely responsible for their actions. The ancient Greeks believed that their gods could see the future‚ and that certain people could access this information. Independent prophets called “seers” saw visions of things to come. Oracles‚ priests who resided at the temples
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Quote 1: “I reflected. Poverty looks grim to grown people; still more so to children: they have not much idea of industrious‚ working‚ respectable poverty; they think of the word only as connected with ragged clothes‚ scanty food‚ fireless grates‚ rude manners‚ and debasing vices: poverty for me was synonymous with degradation.” (pg. 18) This quote occurs when Jane learns from Mrs. Reed that her parents lived in poverty. Mrs. Reed asks if Jane would like to go live with her parents instead of in
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starting to mature and understand things in a new way. Some of the things he is going to realize is that he has a new sense of family pride/caring; another is his new view on being a leader. He is finally taking responsibility for all of his actions.
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A Quote from the story The Angels “Therefore‚ all the telephone calls from the wives were the frantic and portentous beating of the wings of the death angels‚ as it were. When the final news came‚ there would be a ring at the front door—a wife in this situation finds herself staring at the front door as if she no longer owns it or controls it—and outside the door would be a man … come to inform her that unfortunately something has happened out there‚ and her husband’s body now lies incinerated in
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