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Sophocles Philoctetes Quotes By Donald Hall

For a hundred and fifty years, in the pasture of dead horses,
roots of pine trees pushed through the pale curves of your ribs,
yellow blossoms flourished above you in autumn, and in winter
frost heaved your bones in the ground
old toilers, soil makers:
O Roger, Mackerel, Riley, Ned, Nellie, Chester, Lady Ghost. — Donald Hall

Sophocles Philoctetes Quotes By Thomas Sowell

The inefficiency of political control of an economy has been demonstrated more often, in more places, and under more varied conditions, than almost anything outside the realm of pure science. — Thomas Sowell

Sophocles Philoctetes Quotes By Cassandra Clare

She smiled. Her skin looked whiter than he recalled, and dark spidery veins were beginning to show beneath its surface. Her hair was still the color of spun silver and her eyes were still green as a cat's. She was still beautiful. Looking at her, he was in London again. He saw the gaslight and smelled the smoke and dirt and horses, the metallic tang of fog, the flowers in Kew Gardens. He saw a boy with black hair and blue eyes like Alec's, heard violin music like the sound of silver water. He saw a girl with long brown hair and a serious face. In a world where everything went away from him eventually, she was one of the few remaining constants.
And then there was Camille. — Cassandra Clare

Sophocles Philoctetes Quotes By James Alan Gardner

You don't free yourself from duty by running away. That only increases the weight on your shoulders. — James Alan Gardner

Sophocles Philoctetes Quotes By Rachel Kushner

I don't regard the real and true and authentic as something to claim as a moral high ground. — Rachel Kushner

Sophocles Philoctetes Quotes By Augustine Of Hippo

For I am aware what ability is requisite to persuade the proud how great is the virtue of humility, which raises us, not by a quite human arrogance, but by a divine grace, above all earthly dignities that totter on this shifting scene. — Augustine Of Hippo

Sophocles Philoctetes Quotes By John C. Maxwell

Want to impress others? Talk about your successes. Want to impact others? Talk about your failures. — John C. Maxwell

Sophocles Philoctetes Quotes By Stephen R. Covey

Educating the heartis the critical complement to educating the mind. — Stephen R. Covey