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“Though he avoided outright endorsement of the view, fifth-century Church Father Saint Augustine was clearly familiar with the theory of the spherical earth: "They [those who believe that "there are men on the other side of the earth"] fail to observe that even if the world is held to be global or rounded in shape, or if some process of reasoning should prove this to be the case, it would still not necessarily follow that the land on the opposite side is not covered by masses of water."”

“With all the movies I've done, I still get recognized from my episode of 'Law & Order' more than anything else. It never fails.”

Stills Done Law Order Failing Episodes

Author:Anthony Mackie

“My opportunities were still there, nay, they multiplied tenfold; but the strength and youth to cope with them began to fail, and to need eking out with the shifty cunning of experience.”

Needs Stills Opportunity Failing Strength Youth Cunning

Author:George Bernard Shaw

“I kept quiet, but the knowledge gathered like a storm. I could see the future: My father wasn't coming back. And this one fact seemed to point to other facts and others still: Love frays and humans fail, time passes, eras end.”

Humans Stills Ends Facts Father Failing Quiet Storm Eras Coming Back Time Passes Fray

Book:The Age of Miracles: A Novel

Source: The Age of Miracles: A Novel

“Let none falter who thinks he is right, and we may succeed. But if, after all, we shall fail, be it so: we still shall have the proud consolation of saying to our consciences, and to the departed shade of our country's freedom, that the cause approved of our judgment and adored of our hearts, in disaster, in chains, in torture, in death, we never faltered in defending.”

Source: The Complete Papers And Writings Of Abraham Lincoln (Biographically Annotated Edition)

“It used to happen, and still happens, to me to take no pleasure in a work of art at the first sight of it, because it is too much for me; but if I suspect any merit in it, I try to get at it; and then I never fail to make the most gratifying discoveries--to find new qualities in the work itself and new faculties in myself.”

Ifs Trying Firsts Art Stills Happens Used Pleasure Quality Too Much Failing Discovery Sight Merit Faculty Suspects Works Of Art

Book:Maxims and Reflections

Source: Maxims and Reflections

“No wonder that my remembrance fails me, for I shall complete my 70 years next Sunday (the 22); - and during these 70 years I have had a happy life; which still remains happy because of hope and content.”

Years Stills Next Wonder Failing Remains Sunday Happy Life Remembrance

Book:The letters of Faraday and Schoenbein 1836-1862: With notes, comments and references to contemporary letters

Source: The letters of Faraday and Schoenbein 1836-1862: With notes, comments and references to contemporary letters

“Nonsense prevails, modesty fails Grace and virtue turn into stupidity While the calendar fades almost all barricades to a pale compromise And our leaders have feasts on the backsides of beasts They still think they're the gods of antiquity If something you missed didn't even exist It was just an ideal is it such a surprise?”

Ifs Thinking Stills Turns Leader Virtue Grace Failing Ideals Surprise Stupidity Compromise Beast Nonsense Fades Modesty Pale Antiquity Calendars Barricades Backsides

Author:Elvis Costello