Tag Archives: sudden

All human things hang on a slender thread

Posted on August 31, 2012 by theholisticdirectory

All human things hang on a slender thread, the strongest fall with a sudden crash. Ovid

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The sudden disappointment of a hope

Posted on July 12, 2012 by theholisticdirectory

The sudden disappointment of a hope leaves a scar which the ultimate fulfillment of that hope never entirely removes. Thomas Hardy

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Two kinds of gratitude

Posted on June 6, 2012 by theholisticdirectory

Two kinds of gratitude:  The sudden kind we feel for what we take; the larger kind we feel for what we give. Edwin Arlington Robinson

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Abridgment of the freedom

Posted on June 2, 2012 by theholisticdirectory

I believe there are more instances of the abridgment of the freedom of the people by gradual and silent encroachments of those in power than by violent and sudden usurpations. James Madison, speech, Virginia Convention, 1788

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