Nos numeros sumus et fruges consumere nati. We are but ciphers, born to consume earth's fruits. - Horace

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On the other hand, hope is subversive, for it limits the grandiose pretension of the present, daring to announce that the present to which we have all made commitments is now called into question.

Horace

Nos numeros sumus et fruges consumere nati. We are but ciphers, born to consume earth's fruits.

Ciphers, Consumere, Earth, Fruges, Fruit, Numeros

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It is courage, courage, courage, that raises the blood of life to crimson splendor. Live bravely and present a brave front to adversity

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Nothing's beautiful from every point of view.

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A word once let out of the cage cannot be whistled back again.

Cage, Cages, Let, Whistled, Wisdom, Wise

It is no great art to say something briefly when, like Tacitus, one has something to say; when one has nothing to say, however, and none the less writes a whole book and makes truth into a liar - that I call an achievement.

Art, Liar, Liars, Like, Lying, Writes

Never despair. [Nil desperandum. ]

Despair, Desperandum, Nil

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Chris Brown

I can say that I am only human and I have made mistakes. I can say that I try to live my life in the most true, honest way that I can. I am not perfect, no one is. No one is harder on me than me. No one can please everyone. No one can live in the past and expect to grow. I have been moving forward and hope that I am not defined by just a few moments in my life but all of the moments that will make up my life.

Expect, Harder, Mistake, Moving Forward, Past, Please

Franz Joseph Gall

The object of my researches is the brain. The cranium is only a faithful cast of the external surface of the brain, and is consequently but a minor part of the principal object.

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Srikumar Rao

If I can impact an executive and his or her team, I can help to change the culture of an organization.

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Walter Brueggemann

On the other hand, hope is subversive, for it limits the grandiose pretension of the present, daring to announce that the present to which we have all made commitments is now called into question.

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James M. Barrie

Never is an awfully long time.

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