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“Lustre of man walking proud beneath the sky diminishes to nothing and goes unregarded.”

Men Sky Proud Walking Diminish

Author:Aeschylus

“Individuals may wear for a time the glory of our institutions, but they carry it not to the grave with them. Like raindrops from heaven, they may pass through the circle of the shining bow and add to its luster; but when they have sunk in the earth again, the proud arch still spans the sky and shines gloriously on.”

May Stills Earth Individual Heaven Sky Proud Glory Institutions Add Shining Circles Graves Bows Arches Raindrops Luster

Author:James A. Garfield

“Triumphal arch, that fill'st the sky When storms prepare to part, I ask not proud Philosophy To teach me what thou art.”

Art Philosophy Asks Teach Sky Proud Storm Arches

Book:New Monthly Magazine

Source: New Monthly Magazine

“I have taken roads that I wished I had not traveled on. And I'm traveling on some pretty exciting ones, too. Just hope when you get to that great racetrack in the sky, that the balance will tip slightly into those things that you'd be proud of.”

Taken Sky Proud Balance Exciting Traveled Be Proud

Author:Paul Newman

“The fact is that the two years or so after 9/11 were a terrible time in America – a time of political exploitation and intimidation, culminating in the deliberate misleading of the nation into the invasion of Iraq. It’s probably worth pointing out that I’m not saying anything now that I wasn’t saying in real time back then, when Bush had a sky-high approval rating and any criticism was denounced as treason. And there’s nothing I’ve done in my life of which I’m more proud.”