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Letter "S" » shorts
«Time is too slow for those who wait, too swift for those who fear, too long for those who grieve, too short for those who rejoice, but for those who love, time is eternity.»
Author: Henry Van Dyke
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Essayist,
Poet,
Writer)
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About:
Time
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Keywords:
come short,
eternity,
fear,
for short,
grieve,
grieving,
long,
rejoice,
short,
shorts,
short I,
slow,
slowed,
slowing,
slows,
swift,
swiftest,
those,
time,
too,
Too Short,
too slow,
wait
«The belief in the possibility of a short decisive war appears to be one of the most ancient and dangerous of human illusions.»
Author: Robert Lynd
(
Essayist,
Journalist)
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Keywords:
ancient,
appears,
belief,
come short,
dangerous,
decisive,
for short,
human,
illusions,
On War,
possibility,
short,
shorts,
short I,
The War of the,
war,
warring
«The emancipation of today displays itself mainly in cigarettes and shorts. There is even a reaction from the ideal of an intellectual and emancipated womanhood, for which the pioneers toiled and suffered, to be seen in painted lips and nails, and the return of trailing skirts and other absurdities of dress which betoken the slave-woman's intelligent companionship.»
Author: Sylvia Pankhurst
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Keywords:
betoken,
cigarettes,
emancipate,
emancipated,
emancipation,
evening dress,
nails,
painted,
pioneers,
shorts,
skirts,
The Return of,
toiled,
trailing,
womanhood
«They used to have a fish on the menu that was smoked, grilled and peppered They did everything to this fish but pistol-whip it and dress it in Bermuda shorts.»
«Kind words are short and easy to speak, but their echoes are truly endless»
Author: Mother Teresa of Calcutta
(
Founder,
Missionary)
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Keywords:
come short,
easy,
echoed,
echoes,
echoing,
endless,
for short,
kind,
short,
shorts,
short I,
Short words,
speak,
their,
truly,
words
«To be idle is a short road to death and to be diligent is a way of life; foolish people are idle, wise people are diligent.»
Author: Buddha
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Keywords:
come short,
death,
diligent,
foolish,
for short,
idle,
idled,
idling,
is a,
road,
Road of Life,
short,
shorts,
short I,
take the road,
way,
way of life,
wise