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«Derive happiness in oneself from a good day's work, from illuminating the fog that surrounds us.»
Author: Henri Matisse
(Artist, Painter)
| Keywords:
derive, fog, fogs, good day, illuminate, illuminating, surrounds, The Fog
«Lastly, the great uncertainty of all data in War is a peculiar difficulty, because all action must, to a certain extent, be planned in a mere twilight, which in addition not infrequently - like the effect of a fog or moonshine - gives to things exagg»
Author: Karl von Clausewitz
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Action,
Planning,
War
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addition, data, fog, infrequently, in addition, lastly, moonshine, planned, plan of action, to a great extent, twilight, uncertainty
«All action takes place, so to speak, in a kind of twilight, which like a fog or moonlight, often tends to make things seem grotesque and larger than they really are.»
Author: Karl von Clausewitz
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Action
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fog, grotesque, grotesques, moonlight, so to speak, tends, tends to, twilight
«I love eulogies. They are the most moving kind of speech because they attempt to pluck meaning from the fog, and on short order, when the emotions are still ragged and raw and susceptible to leaps.»
Author: Peggy Noonan
(Author, Journalist, Political analyst)
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eulogies, eulogy, fog, in short order, leaps, pluck, ragged, raw, short order, susceptible, The Fog
«EXPERIENCE, n. The wisdom that enables us to recognize as an undesirable old acquaintance the folly that we have already embraced.To one who, journeying through night and fog, Is mired neck-deep in an unwholesome bog, Experience, like the rising of the dawn, Reveals the path that he should not have gone. --Joel Frad Bink»
Author: Ambrose Bierce
(Editor, Journalist, Writer)
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acquaintance, bog, bogged, bogs, embraced, fog, Joel, journeying, mired, most undesirable, The Rising, undesirable, unwholesome
«Let us go in; the fog is rising.»
«...the fog is rising.»
«It is not the clear-sighted who rule the world. Great achievements are accomplished in a blessed, warm fog.»
«Fear death? - to feel the fog in my throat, / The mist in my face.»
«Fair is foul, and foul is fair:Hover through the fog and filthy air.»
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