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“As the palm-tree standeth so straight and so tall, The more the hail beats, and the more the rains fall.”

Fall Tree Beats Rain Tall Palms Hail Palm Trees

Author:Simon Dach

“Doubtless almost any intense emotion may open our 'inward eye' to the beauty of reality. Falling in love appears to do it for some people. The beauties of nature or the exhilaration of artistic creation does it for others. Probably any high experience may momentarily stretch our souls up on tiptoe, so that we catch a glimpse of that marvelous beauty which is always there, but which we are not often tall enough to perceive.”

“I remember I went to Berlin right after the Wall came down. I first went to East Berlin, and all the buildings were old and falling down, and now when you go back to Berlin, you know you're in the East because all the buildings are brand new and very tall.”

Knows Firsts Remember Fall Building Wall Down And East Brands Tall Falling Down Berlin Brand New East Berlin

Author:Moby

“Atlas, we read in ancient song, Was so exceeding tall and strong, He bore the skies upon his back, Just as the pedler does his pack; But, as the pedler overpress'd Unloads upon a stall to rest, Or, when he can no longer stand, Desires a friend to lend a hand, So Atlas, lest the ponderous spheres Should sink, and fall about his ears, Got Hercules to bear the pile, That he might sit and rest awhile.”

Should Doe Hands Might Desire Song Fall Strong Sky Bears Ears Ancient Tall Spheres Bores Packs Atlas

Book:Delphi Complete Works of Jonathan Swift (Illustrated)

Source: Delphi Complete Works of Jonathan Swift (Illustrated)

“The Zebra is striped all over so that the Lion can see him and eat him. Some people say he is striped so that the Lion can not see him. These people believe that the stripes of the Zebra simulate the bars of sunlight falling through the tall jungle grasses and that therefore the Zebra is invisible and that the earth is flat.”

People Believe Earth Fall Invisible Bars Grass Flats Tall Lions Sunlight Can Not Jungle Stripes Simulate Zebras

Book:The Great Bustard and Other People: Containing: How to Tell Your Friends from the Apes and How to Become Extinct

Source: The Great Bustard and Other People: Containing: How to Tell Your Friends from the Apes and How to Become Extinct

“If he descended from heaven today the great warrior who beat the money-traders you would shout your "crucifige!" and nail him to the cross which he himself bore. But he mildly smiles upon your hate: "The truth will prevail, even if the bearer falls; the faith will live, for I give my life ... and stand tall at the cross for all warriors of the world.”

Ifs World Giving Today Hate Fall Heaven Beats Crosses Warrior Tall Bores Nails Great War Traders Great Warrior Truth Will Prevail

Author:Baldur von Schirach

“a heart may be lifted up and cast down in the same moment, as sometimes sunshine comes while rain is falling and builds upward in the sky tall reaches of misty, unlikely beauty.”

Heart May Sometimes Moments Fall Sky Rain Casts Sunshine Tall Unlikely Misty Ambivalence

Book:Lamb in His Bosom

Source: Lamb in His Bosom