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“Let us not disdain glory too much; nothing is finer, except virtue. The height of happiness would be to unite both in this life.”

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François-René de Chateaubriand

French writer born on September 4, 1768, and died on July 4, 1848. Chateaubriand is one of the representatives of French Romantic literature and is known for his delicate emotional descriptions and profound philosophical thoughts. more

“I think if we all gardened more, they and all of the other birds that fly in the air above and light in my garden below would be better off. I know that God values them no less than I do. So when I plant in spring I also hope to taste of God in fruit of summer sun and sight of feathered friends.”

Ifs Thinking Knows Light Would Be Values Sun Air Taste Summer Spring Bird Garden Sight Plant Fruit Better Off Summer Sun

Book:Inheriting Paradise: Meditations on Gardening

Source: Inheriting Paradise: Meditations on Gardening

“I'd just as soon play tennis with the net down.”

Play Sports Tennis Tranquility Icy

Author:Robert Frost

“Would you hurt a man keenest strike at his self-love?”

Men Self Hurt Self Love Strikes Best Friend

Author:Lew Wallace

“Scars are but evidence of life.”

Evidence Scar Get Well

Book:The Whispered Kiss

Source: The Whispered Kiss

“The standard treatments for cancer are not meant to heal, but to destroy.”

Standards Cancer Heal Treatment

Author:Andreas Moritz

“We are faced with having to learn again about interdependency and the need for rootedness after several centuries of having systematically-and proudly-dismantled our roots, ties, and traditions. We had grown so tall we thought we could afford to cut the roots that held us down, only to discover that the tallest trees need the most elaborate roots of all.”

Needs Cutting Tree Century Pride Tradition Roots Ties Tall Interconnection Rootedness

Author:Paul L Wachtel

“To lovers, I devise their imaginary world, with whatever they may need, as the stars of the sky, the red, red roses by the wall, the snow of the hawthorn, the sweet strains of music, and aught else they may desire to figure to each other the lastingness and beauty of their love.”

World Love Needs May Desire Stars Sky Figures Sweet Wall Lovers Red Rose Snow Imaginary Strain Red Rose Imaginary World

Author:Williston Fish

“The ear is the only true writer and the only true reader.”

Writing Reader Ears Icy Hearing Loss

Book:The Letters of Robert Frost

Source: The Letters of Robert Frost

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