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«A man either lives life as it happens to him, meets it head-on and licks it, or he turns his back on it and starts to wither away.»
Author: Gene Roddenberry
(Producer, Writer)
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As It Happens, Head On, head start, licks, meets, wither
«All that is gold does not glitter, not all those who wander are lost; the old that is strong does not wither, deep roots are not reached by the frost. From the ashes a fire shall be woken, a light from the shadows shall spring; renenwed shall be blade that was broken, the crownless again shall be king.»
«Better pass boldly into that other world, in the full glory of some passion, than fade and wither dismally with age.»
«And he said, The LORD will roar from Zion, and utter his voice from Jerusalem; and the habitations of the shepherds shall mourn, and the top of Carmel shall wither.»
«And they shall turn the rivers far away; and the brooks of defence shall be emptied and dried up: the reeds and flags shall wither.»
«And he shall be like a tree planted by the rivers of water, that bringeth forth his fruit in his season; his leaf also shall not wither; and whatsoever he doeth shall prosper.»
«Christmas is forced upon a reluctant and disgusted nation by the shopkeepers and the press; on its own merits it would wither and shrivel in the fiery breath of universal hatred.»
Author: George Bernard Shaw
(Critic, Essayist, Playwright)
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disgusted, fiery, merits, reluctant, shopkeeper, shopkeepers, shrivel, shriveled, shrivels, shrivel up, the press, wither
«Do not breed. Nothing gives less pleasure than childbearing. Pregnancies are damaging to health, spoil the figure, wither the charms, and it's the cloud of uncertainty forever hanging over these events that darkens a husband's mood.»
Author: Marquis De Sade
(Novelist)
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breed, charms, childbearing, cloud, damaged, damages, damaging, darken, darkening, darkens, events, figure, hanging, husband, mood, pregnancies, spoil, uncertainties, uncertainty, wither, withering