Charles: Stay, stay thy hands! thou art an Amazon
And fightest with the sword of Deborah.
- Shakespeare, Henry VI, Part I, Act I, scene ii.
To Joan la Pucelle (Joan of Arc), after fighting and losing to her.
http://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Amazons
Adversity, Francis Bacon
Prosperity is not without many fears and distastes; and adversity is not without comforts and hopes.
- Francis Bacon, Essays, Of Adversity (1597).
http://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Adversity
- Francis Bacon, Essays, Of Adversity (1597).
http://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Adversity
Birthday., John Glenn
There is still no cure for the common birthday.
- John Glenn
- John Glenn
Animals, James A. Froude
Wild animals never kill for sport. Man is the only one to whom the torture and death of his fellow creatures is amusing in itself.
- James A. Froude, Oceana, or, England and Her Colonies (1886) [C. Scribner's Sons, 1972, ISBN 083699096X, 9780836990966, 396 pages], p. 67
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- James A. Froude, Oceana, or, England and Her Colonies (1886) [C. Scribner's Sons, 1972, ISBN 083699096X, 9780836990966, 396 pages], p. 67
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Death, Grand Inquisitor Silecio
Our bodies are prisons for our souls. Our skin and blood, the iron bars of confinement. But fear not. All flesh decays. Death turns all to ash. And thus, death frees every soul.
- Grand Inquisitor Silecio, in The Fountain, screenplay by Darren Aronofsky.
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- Grand Inquisitor Silecio, in The Fountain, screenplay by Darren Aronofsky.
http://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Death
Mind, Isaac Asimov
It is the nature of the mind that makes individuals kin, and the differences in the shape, form or manner of the material atoms out of whose intricate relationships that mind is built are altogether trivial.
- Isaac Asimov, The Beginning and the End (1977) as quoted in Todd Siler, Breaking the Mind Barrier (1997)
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- Isaac Asimov, The Beginning and the End (1977) as quoted in Todd Siler, Breaking the Mind Barrier (1997)
http://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Mind
Anemone, William Cullen Bryant
Within the woods,
Whose young and half transparent leaves scarce cast
A shade, gray circles of anemones
Danced on their stalks.
- William Cullen Bryant, The Old Man's Counsel.
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Whose young and half transparent leaves scarce cast
A shade, gray circles of anemones
Danced on their stalks.
- William Cullen Bryant, The Old Man's Counsel.
http://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Flowers#Anemone
Researcher, Konrad Zuse
Der Glaube an eine bestimmte Idee gibt dem Forscher den Rückhalt für seine Arbeit. Ohne diesen Glauben wäre er verloren in einem Meer von Zweifeln und halbgültigen Beweisen.
Translation: The belief in a certain idea gives to the researcher the support for his work. Without this belief he would be lost in a sea of doubts and insufficiently verified proofs.
- Konrad Zuse
Attributed in Konrad Zuse on "Die Erfindergalerie", dpma.de, 2008
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Translation: The belief in a certain idea gives to the researcher the support for his work. Without this belief he would be lost in a sea of doubts and insufficiently verified proofs.
- Konrad Zuse
Attributed in Konrad Zuse on "Die Erfindergalerie", dpma.de, 2008
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Glory, Cicero
Gloria virtutem tanquam umbra sequitur.
Glory follows virtue as if it were its shadow.
- Cicero, Tusculanarum Disputationum, I. 45
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Glory follows virtue as if it were its shadow.
- Cicero, Tusculanarum Disputationum, I. 45
http://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Glory
Storm, John F. Kennedy
I know there is a God — I see the storm coming and I see his hand in it — if he has a place then I am ready — we see the hand.
- John F. Kennedy paraphrasing a statement by Abraham Lincoln; quoted in The New York Times (15 May 1964)
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- John F. Kennedy paraphrasing a statement by Abraham Lincoln; quoted in The New York Times (15 May 1964)
http://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Storm
Charity, Thomas Aquinas
Charity, by which God and neighbor are loved, is the most perfect friendship.
- Thomas Aquinas, uaestiones disputatae: De caritate (ca. 1270)
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- Thomas Aquinas, uaestiones disputatae: De caritate (ca. 1270)
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Attitudes, Stanislaw J. Lec
You must first have a lot of patience to learn to have patience.
- Stanislaw J. Lec
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Moral Law, James A. Froude
History is a voice forever sounding across the centuries the laws of right and wrong. Opinions alter, manners change, creeds rise and fall, but the moral law is written on the tablets of eternity.
- James A. Froude
역사는 수 세기에 걸쳐 옳고 그름의 법칙을 울리는 목소리입니다. 의견도 변하고, 태도도 바뀌고, 교리도 흥하고 망하지만 도덕 규범은 영원의 현판에 새겨져 있습니다.
- 제임스 A. 프루드
Success, Sir Winston Churchill
Kites rise highest against the wind - not with it.
- Sir Winston Churchill
연은 순풍이 아니라 역풍에 가장 높이 난다.
- 윈스턴 처칠
Love, Latin Proverb
A woman dares all things when she loves or hates.
- Latin Proverb
여자는 사랑하거나 증오할 때 여자는 무엇이든 한다.
- 라틴속담
Food, Napoléon Bonaparte
An army marches on its stomach
- Napoléon Bonaparte (1769-1821)
군대는 잘 먹어야 잘 싸운다
- 나폴레옹
Education, Aristotle
Education is the best provision for the journey to old age.
- Aristotle
교육은 노후로 가는 여행을 위한 최상의 양식이다.
- 아리스토텔레스
Money, Irish Proverb
It is easier to make money than to keep it.
- Irish Proverb
돈을 저축하는 것보다 버는 게 더 쉽다.
- 아일랜드속담
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