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«Whenever I find myself growing grim about the mouth; whenever it is a damp, drizzly November in my soul; whenever I find myself involuntarily pausing before coffin warehouses, and bringing up the rear of every funeral I meet; and especially whenever my hypos get such an upper hand of me, that it requires a strong moral principle to prevent me from deliberately stepping into the street, and methodically knocking people's hats off--then, I account it high time to get to sea as soon as I can.»
Author: Herman Melville
(Novelist, Poet, Writer)
| Keywords:
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«You cannot simultaneously prevent and prepare for war.»
Author: Albert Einstein
(Physicist)
| About:
War
| Keywords:
prepare, prepare for, prevent, simultaneously
«You cannot prevent the birds of sadness from passing over your head, but you can prevent their making a nest in your hair»
«You cannot prevent the birds of sorrow from flying over your head, but you can prevent them from building nests in your hair.»
Author: Chinese Proverbs
| About:
Sorrow
| Keywords:
building, flying, flying bird, hair, prevent, The Birds
«What occasions the greater part of the world's quarrels? Simply this: Two minds meet and do not understand each other in time enough to prevent any shock of surprise at the conduct of either party»
Author: John Keats
(Poet)
| Keywords:
in time, meeting of minds, occasions, party, prevent, quarrels, shock