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“If one has no better method of enticement to offer, the cordial
agreement seems to us to be the best compromise.
[Fr., Si l'on n'a pas de meilleurs moyen de seduction a lui
offrir, l'entente cordiale nous parait fort compromise.]”
Statesmanship Quotes Source: Le Charivari (vol. XV, no. 3, p. 4), referring to the ambassador of Morocco, then in Paris (1846)
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“Amende to-day and slack not,
Deythe cometh and warneth not,
Tyme passeth and speketh not.”
Sun dial mottoes Quotes Source: on sun dial belonging to Sir George Cornewall at Moccas Hall near Hereford
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“As the long hours do pass away,
So doth the life of man decay.”
Sun dial mottoes Quotes Source: an inscription on a sundial in the garden of the Royal hotel at Sevenoaks, Kent, England
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“Begone about your business.”
Sun dial mottoes Quotes Source: on a sun dial once in The Temple, London
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“Give God thy heart, thy service, and thy gold; The day wears on,
and time is waxing old.
- Unattributed Author,”
Sun dial mottoes Quotes Source: on a sun dial in the Cloister-garden of Gloucester Cathedral
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“If o'er the dial glides a shade, redeem
The time for lo! it passes like a dream;
But if 'tis all a blank, then mark the loss
Of hours unblest by shadows from the cross.”
Sun dial mottoes Quotes Source: on a sun dial in a churchyard at Shenstone, England
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“In the day, do the day's work.”
Sun dial mottoes Quotes Source: on a sun dial against the residence of Spenser Wells, Hamstead, England
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“Live ye, he says, I flee.”
Sun dial mottoes Quotes Source: on Bishop Atterbury's sun dial
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“Our life's a flying shadow, God's the pole,
The index pointing at Him is our soul;
Death the horizon, when our sun is set,
Which will through Christ a resurrection get.”
Sun dial mottoes Quotes Source: a sun dial inscription once on the south wall of Glasgow Cathedral
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“The Natural Clock-work by the might One
Wound up at first, and ever since have gone.”
Sun dial mottoes Quotes Source: a part of a sun dial motto on the south porch of Seaham Church, Durham, England
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“Proclaim liberty throughout all the land unto all the inhabitants
thereof.”
Liberty Quotes Source: inscription on the Liberty Bell from Bibles's Leviticus 25:10
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“Rebellion to tyrants is obedience to God.”
Mottoes Quotes Source: inscription on cannon near ashes of John Bradshaw on top of hill near Martha Bay, Jamaica, it is als
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“Rebellion to tyrants is obedience to God.”
Rebellion Quotes Source: inscription on cannon near ashes of John Bradshaw on top of hill near Martha Bay, Jamaica, it is als
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“Sacred to the memory of printing, the art preservative of all
arts. This was first invented about the year 1440.
[Lat., Memoriae sacrum
Typographia
Ars artium omnium
Conservatrix
Hic primum inventa
Circa annum mccccxl.”
Printing Quotes Source: inscription on the facade of the house once occupied by Laurent Koster at Harlem
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“Sancta Maria ad Nives.”
Snow Quotes Source: name of the basilica dedicated to Our Lady, now known as Santa Maria Maggiora
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“As I saw fair Chloris walk alone,
The feather'd snow came softly down,
As Jove, descending from his tow'r
To court her in a silver show'r.
The wanton snow flew to her breast,
As little birds into their nest;
But o'ercome with whiteness there,
For grief dissolv'd into a tear.
Thence falling on her garment hem,
To deck her, froze into a gem.”
Snow Quotes Source: On Chloris walking in the Snow, in "Wit's Recreations", J.C. Hotten's reprint, p. 308 (1640)
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“Some say "to-morrow" never comes,
A saying oft thought right;
But if to-morrow never came,
No end were of "to-night."
The fact is this, time flies so fast,
That e'er we've time to say
"To-morrow's come," presto! behold!
"To-morrow" proves "To-day."”
Tomorrow Quotes Source: from "Notes and Queries", fourth series, vol. XII
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“"Ten acres and a mule."”
Agriculture Quotes Source: American phrase indicating the expectations of emancipated slaves
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“The Channel is that silver strip of sea which severs merry
England from the tardy realms of Europe.”
English channel Quotes Source: in the "Church and State Review", Apr. 1, 1863
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“The concept is interesting and well-formed, but in order to earn
better than a 'C', the idea must be feasible.”
Ideas Quotes Source: Yale Univ. professor on Fred Smith's idea for FedEx delivery service
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“Nothing is more dangerous than an idea, when a man has only one
idea.”
Ideas Quotes Source: Yale Univ. professor on Fred Smith's idea for FedEx delivery service
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“The defender of his country--the founder of liberty,
The friend of man,
History and tradition are explored in vain
For a parallel to his character.
In the annals of modern greatness
He stands alone;
And the noblest names of antiquity
Lose their lustre in his presence.
Born the benefactor of mankind,
He united all the greatness necessary
To an illustrious career.
Nature made him great,
He made himself virtuous.”
Washington, george Quotes Source: part of an epitaph found on the back of a portrait of Washington sent to his family from England, se
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“Every countenance seeked to say, "Long live George Washington,
the Father of the People."”
Washington, george Quotes Source: Pennsylvania Packet, Apr. 21, 1789, after the election of Washington
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“Our common Father and Deliverer, to whose prudence, wisdom and
valour we owe our Peace, Liberty and Safety, now leads and
directs in the great councils of the nation . . . and now we
celebrate an independent Government--an original Constitution!
an independent Legislature, at the head of which we this day
celebrate, The Father of his Country--We celebrate Washington!
We celebrate an independent Empire!”
Washington, george Quotes Source: Pennsylvania Packet, July 9, 1789, p. 284
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“An Austrian army awfully arrayed.”
Soldiers Quotes Source: poet arranged with "apt alliteration's artful aid", first appeared in "The Trifler", May 7, 1817, pr
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