However gradual the course of history, there must always be the day,
even an hour and minute, when some significant action is performed for
the first or last time.
Peter Quennell
even an hour and minute, when some significant action is performed for
the first or last time.
Peter Quennell
Related:
- There comes a time when a wizard must put his fate totally in the hands of
another.
This takes great courage, and great faith in the ability... - Always be sincere, even when you don't mean it.
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Irene... - When I was your age,
I always did it for half an hour a day... - Westward the course of empire takes its way;
The four first acts already past,
A fifth shall close the drama with the day: Time's... - First must give place to last, because last must have his time to come;
but last gives place to nothing, for there is not another... - It appears that after his death, Albert Einstein found himself working
as the doorkeeper at the Pearly Gates.
One slow day, he found that he had time to chat with... - It appears that after his death, Albert Einstein found himself
working as the doorkeeper at the Pearly Gates.
One slow day, he found that he had time to chat with...
From the same category:
- Luxury is more deadly than
any foe.... - Hope is the poor man's bread.
George... - Long years must pass before the truths we have made
for ourselves become our very flesh. Paul... - Dost thou love life? Then do not squander time, for that is the stuff
life is made of.
Benjamin... - Glory is fleeting, but obscurity is forever.
Napoleon...
