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I found the Lipsum quotes used fascinating, so I looked them up: Lucky Is He Who Can Accept His Broken Sword From Fate The Conqueror, With A Manly And A Humble
by Thoreandan 2y ago
I found the Lipsum quotes used fascinating, so I looked them up:
Lucky Is He Who Can Accept His Broken Sword From Fate The Conqueror, With A Manly And A Humble Heart.
—William Makepeace Thackeray, The History of Pendennis https://www.online-literature.com/thackeray/history-of-pendennis/60/#:~:text=Lucky https://www.online-literature.com/thackeray/history-of-pende...
Trust in God, but keep your powder dry.
—William Blacker https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trust_in_God_and_keep_your_powder_dry https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trust_in_God_and_keep_your_pow...
And I if I be lifted up from the Earth, will draw all men unto me.
—John 12:32
No great man ever minds stooping.
—John Ruskin, The Two Paths https://www.gutenberg.org/files/7291/7291-h/7291-h.htm#:~:text=no%20great%20man https://www.gutenberg.org/files/7291/7291-h/7291-h.htm#:~:te...
A good name is rather to be chosen than great riches.
—Proverbs 22:1
Eternal Vigilance Is The Price Of Liberty
—Leonard H. Courtney https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Leonard_H._Courtney https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Leonard_H._Courtney
Let your light so shine that men may see your good works.
—Matthew 5:14
The Sun Shines Alike On Beggars & Kings
—Sundial engraving, allegedly from "Inter Caesarem et Galbam Sol Ministrat Umbram" https://archive.org/details/bookofoldsundial00unse/page/45/mode/1up https://archive.org/details/bookofoldsundial00unse/page/45/m...
Hitch your Wagon to a Star
—Ralph Waldo Emerson, Civilization https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/hitch_one%27s_wagon_to_a_star https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/hitch_one%27s_wagon_to_a_star
Fellow-Citizens: God reigns, and the government at washington still lives.
—James Garfield, after Lincoln's assassination (alleged) https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/James_A._Garfield#Disputed https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/James_A._Garfield#Disputed
Experience is the mother of science.
—Miguel de Cervantes, Don Quixote https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Miguel_de_Cervantes#:~:text=Experience https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Miguel_de_Cervantes#:~:text=Ex...
LET US STRIKE THE iron while it is hot.
—Chaucer, Canterbury Tales https://doi.org/10.1093/OED/6236476310 https://doi.org/10.1093/OED/6236476310