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“Give way to your opponent; thus will you gain the crown of victory.”

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Ovid, born on March 20, 43 BC and died in 1 BC, was a renowned Roman poet of the ancient world. His works are diverse, including love poems, mythological poems, and satirical poems, with 'Metamorphoses' being his most famous work. more

“We are all pirates at heart. There is not one of us who hasn't had a little larceny in his soul. And which one of us wouldn't soar if God had thought there was merit in the idea? So, when we see one of those great widespread pirates soaring across the grain of sea winds we thrill, and we long, and, if we are honest, we curse that we must be men every day. Why not one day a bird! There's an idea, now, one day out of seven a pirate in the sky. What puny power a man can attain by comparison. Compare a 747 with a bird and blush!”

Ifs Men Heart Littles Long Ideas Soul Sea Sky Honest Wind One Day Bird Seven Compare Curse Merit Comparison Why Not Grain Thrill Soar Be A Man Pirate Larceny

Book:Birds in flight

Source: Birds in flight

“Much talking is the cause of danger. Silence is the means of avoiding misfortune. The talkative parrot is shut up in a cage. Other birds, without speech, fly freely about.”

Mean Happiness Causes Change Silence Talking Danger Speech Bird Misfortunes Shut Up Avoiding Silence Is Cages Parrots Caged Talkative Caged Birds Bird Flying Bird Cage

Author:Sakya Pandita

“I wish the bald eagle had not been chosen as the representative of our country; he is a bird of bad moral character; like those among men who live by sharping and robbing, he is generally poor, and often very lousy. The turkey is a much more respectable bird, and withal a true original native of America.”

“King Henry: But what a point, my lord, your falcon made, And what a pitch she flew above the rest! To see how God in all his creatures works! Yea, man and birds are fain of climbing high. Suffolk: No marvel, an it like your majesty, My lord protectors hawks do tower so well; They know their masters loves to be aloft, And bears his thoughts above his falcon's pitch. Gloucester: My lord, 'tis but a base ignoble mind That mounts no higher than a bird can soar.”

Source: Complete Works: With Dr. Johnson's Preface, a Glossary, and an Account of Each Play, and a Memoir of the Author by William Harness

“Seagulls . . . slim yachts of the element.”

Elements Bird Slim Yacht Seagull

Author:Robinson Jeffers

“But flies an eagle flight, bold and forth on, Leaving no tract behind.”

Behinds Bird Leaving Flight Eagles

Book:The Plays and Poems of William Shakspeare: With the Corrections and Illustrations of Various Commentators

Source: The Plays and Poems of William Shakspeare: With the Corrections and Illustrations of Various Commentators

“Can you imagine any better example of divine creative accomplishment that the consummate flying machine that is a bird? The skeleton, very flexible and strong, is also largely pneumatic - especially in the bigger birds. The beak, skull, feet, and all the other bones of a 25-pound pelican have been found to weigh but 23 ounces.”

Has Beens Found Strong Creative Imagine Feet Example Divine Bird Machines Bigger Bones Flying Accomplishment Pounds Flexible Skulls Skeletons Beaks Flying Machines Pelicans

Book:Song of the Sky

Source: Song of the Sky

“Lying under an acacia tree with the sound of the dawn around me, I realized more clearly the facts that man should never overlook: that the construction of an airplane, for instance, is simple when compared [with] a bird; that airplanes depend on an advanced civilization, and that were civilization is most advanced, few birds exist. I realized that If I had to choose, I would rather have birds than airplanes.”

Ifs Men Should Facts Lying Sound Simple Tree Depends Civilization Bird I Realized Instance Dawn Construction Airplane Advanced Civilization Acacia

Author:Charles Lindbergh

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