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“The awe and dread with which the untutored savage contemplates his mother-in-law are amongst the most familiar facts of anthropology.”

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James G. Frazer

James G. Frazer was a prominent mythologist, born on January 1, 1854, and died on May 7, 1941. His work, 'The Golden Bough', had a profound impact on the study of Western mythology. more

“I am indeed a fortunate man and today's hours are but a bonus, undeserved. Why have I been allowed to live this extra day when others, far better than I, have departed? Is it that they have accomplished their purpose while mine is yet to be achieved? Is this another opportunity for me to become the man I know I can be?”

Knows Men I Can Today Purpose Opportunity Hours Mines He Man Fortunate Extras Accomplished Bonus Departed Another Opportunity

Book:The Greatest Salesman in the World

Source: The Greatest Salesman in the World

“There exists only the present instant ... There is no yesterday nor any tomorrow, but only Now.”

Tomorrow Yesterday Instant

Author:Meister Eckhart

“Successful entrepreneurs don't wait for the perfect moment - they create it”

Moments Waiting Perfect Successful Entrepreneur Successful Entrepreneurs Perfect Moments

Author:Richard Branson

“In the middle classes the gifted son of a family is always the poorest -- usually a writer or artist with no sense for speculation -- and in a family of peasants, where the average comfort is just over penury, the gifted son sinks also, and is soon a tramp on the roadside.”

Artist Family Class Middle Son Comfort Average Middle Class Gifted Speculation Peasants Poorest Tramps Roadside

Book:The Complete Works of J. M. Synge

Source: The Complete Works of J. M. Synge

“The general knowledge of time on the island depends, curiously enough, on the direction of the wind.”

Enough Wind Depends Islands General Knowledge

Book:The Aran Islands

Source: The Aran Islands

“It is the timber of poetry that wears most surely, and there is no timber that has not strong roots among the clay and worms.”

Strong Roots Worms Clay Timber Not Strong Strong Roots

Book:The Complete Works of J. M. Synge

Source: The Complete Works of J. M. Synge

“What is the price of a thousand horses against a son where there is one son only?”

Son Thousand Horse

Book:Synge: Complete Plays: In the Shadow of the Glen; Riders to the Sea; The Tinker's Wedding; The Well of the Saints; The Playboy of the Western World; Deirdre of the Sorrows

Source: Synge: Complete Plays: In the Shadow of the Glen; Riders to the Sea; The Tinker's Wedding; The Well of the Saints; The Playboy of the Western World; Deirdre of the Sorrows

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