Poetry is the spontaneous overflow of powerful feelings: it takes its origin from emotion recollected om tranquility
William Wordsworth

Our deeds determine us, as much as we determine our deeds
George Eliot

Self-sacrifice is the real miracle out of which all the reported miracles grew
Ralph Waldo Emerson

Gods are fragile things; they may be killed by a whiff of science or a dose of common sense
Chapman Cohen

Too many people are ready to carry the stool when the piano needs to be moved
Anonymous

One, on God's side, is a majority
Wendell Phillips

The only sin which we never forgive in each other is difference of opinion
Ralph Waldo Emerson

I'm always fascinated by the way memory diffuses fact
Diane Sawyer

Life is short, but its ills make it seem long
Publilius Syrus

The moon was a ghostly galleon tossed upon cloudy seas.
Alfred Noyes

slicksight said:

That was the very first metaphor we learnt in English class at school I can never forget it

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Janfriend said:

Every dictator's favourite quote.