Anatole France wrote, "We do not know what to do with this short life, yet we yearn for another that will be eternal."
Q. Why'd Scotland pick the purple thistle for its national flower?
A. Invading Danes, barefoot in attack, squealed mightily when they hit the thistles, so retreated. This, 1,000 years ago. The Scots appreciated it.
L.M.Boyd
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...But of these sophisms and elenchs of merchandise I skill not...
Milton, Areopagitica
Except he had found the
standing sea-rock that even this last
Temptation breaks on; quieter than death but lovelier; peace
that quiets the desire even of praising it.
Jeffers, Meditation On Saviors
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