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«All men's miseries derive from not being able to sit in a quiet room alone.»
Author: Blaise Pascal
(Mathematician, Philosopher, Physicist)
| Keywords:
alone, derive, deriving, miseries, quiet, room, sit, sit in
«A man has made at least a start on discovering the meaning of human life when he plants shade trees under which he knows full well he will never sit.»
«A society grows great when old men plant trees whose shade they know they shall never sit in.»
«A man is like a cat; chase him and he will run - Sit still and ignore him and he'll come purring at your feet»
«How vain it is to sit down to write when you have not stood up to live.»
Author: Henry David Thoreau
(Essayist, Philosopher, Poet)
| Keywords:
down, downed, Down in It, Down Under, Down With Me, have-not, sit, sit by, sit down, stand out, stood, take down, The Stand, To Live, up to, vain, write
«Happiness is a butterfly, which when pursued, is always just beyond your grasp, but which, if you will sit down quietly, may alight upon you»
Author: Nathaniel Hawthorne
(Novelist, Writer)
| About:
Happiness
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alight, alighted, alights, beyond, butterfly, down, downed, Down in It, Down Under, Down With Me, grasp, grasps, happiness, just, may, pursued, quietly, sit, sit by, sit down, take down, The Beyond, The Butterflies
«Courage is what it takes to stand up and speak; courage is also what it takes to sit down and listen.»
Author: Winston Churchill
(Author, Orator, Prime Minister)
| About:
Courage
| Keywords:
sit, sit down, stand, stand up
«All human evil comes from a single cause, man's inability to sit still in a room»
Author: Blaise Pascal
(Mathematician, Philosopher, Physicist)
| About:
Ability,
Mankind
| Keywords:
cause, evil, inability, room, single, sit
«After great pain, a formal feeling comes. The Nerves sit ceremonious, like tombs.»
Author: Emily Dickinson
(Poet)
| Keywords:
ceremonious, formal, nerved, nerves, sit, The Nerves, tombs
«Even though you are on the right track - you will get run over if you just sit there»
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