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«I must lose myself in action, lest I wither in despair.»
Author: Alfred, Lord Tennyson | About: Action | Keywords: lest, wither
«Let your children be as so many flowers, borrowed from God. If the flowers die or wither, thank God for a summer loan of them.»
«Men are mortal. So are ideas. An idea needs propagation as much as a plant needs watering. Otherwise both will wither and die.»
«Only those within whose own consciousness the sun rise and set, the leaves burgeon and wither, can be said to be aware of what living is.»
«How long shall the land mourn, and the herbs of every field wither, for the wickedness of them that dwell therein? the beasts are consumed, and the birds; because they said, He shall not see our last end.»
Author: Bible | Keywords: The Herbs, wither
«I ask you to join in a re-United States. We need to empower our people so they can take more responsibility for their own lives in a world that is ever smaller, where everyone counts. We need a new spirit of community, a sense that we are all in this together, or the American Dream will continue to wither. Our destiny is bound up with the destiny of every other American.»
«If I dropped a tear upon your hand, may it wither it up! If I spoke a gentle word in your hearing, may it deafen you! If I touched you with my lips, may the touch be poison to you! A curse upon this roof that gave me shelter! Sorrow and shame upon your head! Ruin upon all belonging to you!»
«Freedom has its life in the hearts, the actions, the spirit of men and so it must be daily earned and refreshed - else like a flower cut from its life-giving roots, it will wither and die.»
«News reports stand up as people, and people wither into editorials. Clich?s walk around on two legs while men are having theirs shot off.»
«Faith is not a delicate flower which would wither away under the slightest stormy weather»

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