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not long

«Of chess it has been said that life is not long enough for it, but that is the fault of life, not chess»
Author: Irving Chernev | Keywords: chess, not long
«Here lies one not long dead; His dark hearing caught our far wheels, and the choked soul stretched weak hands To reach the living word the far wheels said, The blood-dazed intelligence beating for light, Crying through the suspense of the far torturi»
«Next to reasoning, the greatest handicap to the optimum development of Man lies in the fact that this planet is just barely habitable. Its minimum temperatures are too low, and its maximum temperatures too high. Its day is not long enough, and its night is too long. The disposition of its water and earth is distinctly unfortunate (the existence of the Mediterranean Sea in the place where we find it is perhaps the unhappiest accident in the whole firmament). These factors encourage depression, fear, war, and lack of vitality. They describe a planet, which is by no means perfectly devised for the nurturing or for the perpetuation of a higher intelligence.»
«Is not wisdom found among the aged? Does not long life bring understanding? (Job 12:12)»
Author: Bible | About: Wisdom | Keywords: not long
«History does not long entrust the care of freedom to the weak or the timid.»
«Revenge does not long remain unrevenged»
Author: German Proverb | Keywords: not long
«Men who know the same things are not long the best company for each other»
«Life is not long, and too much of it must not pass in idle deliberation how it shall be spent.»
Author: Samuel Johnson (Critic, Poet, Writer) | About: Life | Keywords: not long
«He that fails in his endeavors after wealth or power will not long retain either honesty or courage.»
Author: Samuel Johnson (Critic, Poet, Writer) | Keywords: not long
«Mark the babe not long accustomed to this breathing world; One that hath barely learned to shape a smile, though yet irrational of soul, to grasp with tiny finger -- to let fall a tear; And, as the heavy cloud of sleep dissolves, To stretch his limbs, becoming, as might seem. The outward functions of intelligent man.»

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