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“My object all sublime I shall achieve in time- To let the punishment fit the crime- The punishment fit the crime.”

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W. S. Gilbert was an English dramatist, best known for his collaborations with Arthur S. Sullivan on light operas. His works are renowned for their humor and wit, and have had a profound impact on the development of musical theater. more

“Commemorative stone in the floor of the Chapel of St. George in Westminster Abbey, London, dedicated in 1947: TO THE MEMORY OF ROBERT Baden-Powell CHIEF SCOUT OF THE WORLD 1857-1941 Upon one side of the stone was the badge of the Boy Scouts, the arrow-head to point the true way as it had pointed the way for sailors and navigators from the time of the earliest maps; and on the other the badge of the Girl Guides-the three-leafed clover.”

World Way Time Girl Three Sides Memories Boys Stones Guides London Chiefs Maps Dedicated Arrows Sailor Badges Chapel Abbey Boy Scout Clovers Westminster Navigators Westminster Abbey

Author:Robert Baden-Powell

“Young men, of course, don't want to be guided by old back numbers, but at the same time I know that in my own case I gained a lot by studying the characters of the chiefs under whom I served from time to time. Lord Wolseley, for instance, said: "Use your common sense rather than book instructions."”

Knows Men Want Said Book Character Use Young Time Courses My Own Common Numbers Lord Cases Study Common Sense Instance Chiefs Young Man Instruction

Author:Robert Baden-Powell

“Zuleika, on a desert island, would have spent most of her time in looking for a man's footprint.”

Men Time Desert Islands Footprint Looking For A Man

Book:Zuleika Dobson

Source: Zuleika Dobson

“One forms provisional theories and waits for time or fuller knowledge to explode them. A bad habit, Mr. Ferguson, but human nature is weak. Sherlock Holmes speaking with Dr. Watson.”

Humans Form Time Waiting Nature Human Nature Theory Habit Weak Drs Bad Habits Holmes Watson Ferguson Dr Watson

Author:Arthur Conan Doyle

“We all learn by experience, and your lesson this time is that you should never lose sight of the alternative. Sherlock Holmes speaking with Dr. Watson.”

Should Time Loses Learning Lessons Sight Alternatives Drs Holmes Watson Dr Watson

Author:Arthur Conan Doyle

“Every succeeding scientific discovery makes greater nonsense of old-time conceptions of sovereignty.”

Time Greater Succeed Discovery Nonsense Conception Sovereignty Scientific Discovery Old Time

Author:Anthony Eden

“It takes time for the absent to assume their true shape in our thoughts.”

Time Shapes Assuming Absence Assumption Take Time Our Thoughts Absent It Takes Time

Author:Sidonie Gabrielle Colette

“God says to me with a kind of smile, "Hey how would you like to be God awhile And steer the world?" . . . . "How much do I get? What time is lunch?" . . . . "Gimme back that wheel," says God. "I don't think you're quite ready yet."”

Thinking World Kind Time Ready Hey Wheels Lunch Steers

Author:Shel Silverstein

“You're in charge but don't touch the controls. Recounting what the two Russian cosmonauts tell her each time they leave the Mir space station for a spacewalk.”

Two Time Space Stations

Author:Shannon Lucid

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