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“If anyone wants to know what elephants are like, they are like people only more so.”

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Pierre Corneille, a French dramatist, was born on June 6, 1606, in Rouen, France, and died on October 1, 1684. He is one of the representatives of French classical drama and is known for his rigorous structure and profound themes. more

“It is quiet here and restful and the air is delicious. There are gardens everywhere and police spies lie in the bushes. There are nightingales in every garden, but police spies only in mine, I think. They sit under my windows in the darkness of the night and try to get a glimpse of how I spread sedition in Russia.”

Thinking Trying Lying Night Darkness Air Mines Quiet Garden Window Police Spread Russia Delicious Glimpse Spy Nightingales Restful

Author:Maxim Gorky

“If you mind losing more than you enjoy winning, don't bet.”

Ifs Mind Winning Enjoy Losing Gambling

Author:Clement Freud

“Beauty is all about us, but how many are blind! They look at the wonder of this earth and seem to see nothing. People move hectically but give little thought to where they are going. They seek excitement ... as if they were lost and desperate.”

People Ifs Giving Looks Littles Seems Earth Moving Lost Wonder Beauty Blind Excitement Desperate

Author:Pablo Casals

“Music must serve a purpose; it must be a part of something larger than itself, a part of humanity.”

Purpose Humanity Music

Author:Pablo Casals

“The most important thing in music is what is not in the notes.”

Important Music Music Is Important Things Notes

Author:Pablo Casals

“The knowledge of this marvelous period has made faith far easier from an intellectual standpoint, and has enabled us to be more patient in waiting to see the truth, not as now”

Made Waiting Christianity Periods Easier Intellectual Patient Marvelous Standpoint

Author:Wilfred Grenfell

“The best definition of faith that I know is that it is reason grown courageous. Moreover, that is all that Christ ever asked us for, and the reason he asked us for that was because he wants to use us. He needs our help. It is almost impossible to believe it. But God Almighty wants our help, so Christ tells us.”

Knows Want Needs Believe Reason Helping Use Faith Christ Impossible Definitions Courageous Almighty

Author:Wilfred Grenfell

“Take delight in a thing, or rather in anything, not as a means to some other end, but just because it is what it is. A child in the full health of his mind will put his hand flat on the summer lawn, feel it, and give a little shiver of private glee at the elastic firmness of the globe.”

Giving Feels Mind Mean Children Littles Ends Hands Pleasure Summer Delight Flats Globes Lawns Shiver Glee It Is What It Is Firmness

Author:Charles Edward Montague

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