“He that will do no good offices after a disappointment must stand still, and do just nothing at all. The plough goes on after a barren year; and while the ashes are yet warm, we raise a new house upon the ruins of a former.” YearsStillsHouseGoes OnOfficeRaisesDisappointmentWarmRuinsFormerAshesBarrenGood Office Author:Seneca the Younger
“Many houses were still full of light when, at the close of March 22, the people of the Círculo returned to their homes, which were gladdened with a fleeting gladness by an hour of justice - for there are still many slaves, black and white, in Puerto Rico!” PeopleStillsHomeLightHouseBlackHoursJusticeWhiteSlaveMarchBlack And WhiteFleetingGladnessPuerto RicoRico Author:Jose Marti
“Westward, beyond the still pleasant, but, even then, no longer solitary, hamlet of Charing, a broad space, broken here and there by scattered houses and venerable pollards, in the early spring of 1467, presented the rural scene for the sports and pastimes of the inhabitants of Westminister and London.” StillsBookHouseSportsSpaceBrokenSceneSpringLondonPleasantBroadsSolitaryHere And TherePastimeEarly Spring Author:Edward Bulwer-Lytton, 1st Baron Lytton
“Spooky things happen in houses densely occupied by adolescent boys. When I checked out a four-inch dent in the living room ceilingone afternoon, even the kid still holding the baseball bat looked genuinely baffled about how he possibly could have done it.” StillsDoneHappensKidsHouseRoomsBoysFourBaseballThings HappenAfternoonInchesAdolescenceBatsLiving RoomSpookyBaffled Author:Mary Blakely
“Pride can go without domestics, without fine clothes, can live in a house with two rooms, can eat potato, purslain, beans, lyed corn, can work on the soil, can travel afoot, can talk with poor men, or sit silent well contented with fine saloons. But vanity costs money, labor, horses, men, women, health and peace, and is still nothing at last; a long way leading nowhere.--Only one drawback; proud people are intolerably selfish, and the vain are gentle and giving.” PeopleMenWayGivingWellsLongStillsTwoLastsHousePoorRoomsPrideFineProudCostClothesLaborHorseSilentSelfishVanityVainGentleSoilPotatoesLong WayCornMen WomenBeansPoor ManDrawbacksSaloons Book:Nature - Conduct of Life Source: Nature - Conduct of Life
“Nobody should be hitting lotto for 36 million dollars when we got people starving in the streets. That is not idealistic, that's just real. That is just stupid. There's no way Michael Jackson, or whoever should have thousands, millions, billions of dollars and we got people broke with two-three jobs and still can't pay bills on time. There's no way! No way these people should have planes when people don't have houses, apartments, shacks, drawers, pants!!!” PeopleWayShouldStillsTwoRealJobsThreeHousePayMillionsStreetsStupidShould HaveBillsDollarsBillionsBrokePlanesPantsHittingApartmentStarvingMillion DollarsDrawersIdealisticShack Author:Tupac Shakur