330 ordspråk av George Horace Lorimer
George Horace Lorimer
I have completed a monument more lasting than brass.
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I never think at all when I write. Nobody can do two things at the same time and do them both well.
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I put up with a great deal to pacify the touchy tribe of poets.
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I shall not altogether die.
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I shall not wholly die, and a great part of me will escape the grave.
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I struggle to be brief, and I become obscure.
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I teach that all men are mad
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I will love the sweetly laughing, sweetly chattering Lalage.
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If a better system is thine, impart it; if not, make use of mine
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If a man's fortune does not fit him, it is like the shoe in the story; if too large it trips him up, if too small it pinches him.
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If it is well with your belly, chest and feet - the wealth of kings can't give you more
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If matters go badly now, they will not always be so.
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If the vault of heaven crack, the ruins will strike him fearless still.
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If you wish me to weep, you must first show grief yourself.
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If you would have me weep, you must first of all feel grief yourself.
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