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«Time and again these governments have rejected proposals today, and longed for them tomorrow»
Author: Abba Eban
(Minister)
| About:
Government
| Keywords:
longed-for, longed, proposal, proposals, rejected, time and again
«All changes, even the most longed for, have their melancholy; for what we leave behind us is a part of ourselves; we must die to one life before we can enter another.»
Author: Anatole France
(Writer)
| About:
Change
| Keywords:
behind, changes, die, enter, leave, leave behind, longed-for, longed, part
«If I were asked to say what is at once the most important production of Art and the thing most to be longed for; I should answer; A beautiful House; and if I were further asked to name the production next in importance and the thing next to be longed for; I should answer; A beautiful Book. To enjoy good houses and good books in self-respect and decent comfort, seems to me to be the pleasurable end towards which all societies of human beings ought now to struggle.»
Author: William Morris
(Designer, Poet)
| Keywords:
decent, houses, longed-for, longed, pleasurable, production, self respect, societies
«I opened my mouth, and panted: for I longed for thy commandments.»
«I have longed for thy salvation, O LORD; and thy law is my delight.»
«Therefore, my brethren dearly beloved and longed for, my joy and crown, so stand fast in the Lord, my dearly beloved.»
«No life that breathes with human breath has ever truly longed for death»
«With pleasure drugged, he almost longed for woe»
«Think of the Lord! No one knows this secret, of when the Messenger of Death will seize you and take you away. All your weeping and wailing then is false. In an instant, you become a stranger. You obtain exactly what you have longed for. Says Nanak, in the fourth watch of the night, O mortal, the Grim Reaper has harvested your field.»
Author: Sri Guru Granth Sahib
| Keywords:
grim, grim reaper, harvested, longed-for, longed, reaper, reapers, The Grim Reaper, wailing
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