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Letter "S" » sit by
«How vain it is to sit down to write when you have not stood up to live.»
Author: Henry David Thoreau
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Essayist,
Philosopher,
Poet)
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Keywords:
down,
downed,
Down in It,
Down Under,
Down With Me,
have-not,
sit,
sit by,
sit down,
stand out,
stood,
take down,
The Stand,
To Live,
up to,
vain,
write
«Happiness is a butterfly, which when pursued, is always just beyond your grasp, but which, if you will sit down quietly, may alight upon you»
Author: Nathaniel Hawthorne
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Novelist,
Writer)
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About:
Happiness
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Keywords:
alight,
alighted,
alights,
beyond,
butterfly,
down,
downed,
Down in It,
Down Under,
Down With Me,
grasp,
grasps,
happiness,
just,
may,
pursued,
quietly,
sit,
sit by,
sit down,
take down,
The Beyond,
The Butterflies
«The true meaning of life is to plant trees, under whose shade you do not expect to sit.»
Author: Nelson Henderson
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Keywords:
expect,
meaning,
plant,
shade,
shaded,
shading,
sit,
sit by,
the true,
trees,
True Life,
true to life,
under
«If you are a dreamer,come in. If you are a dreamer, a wisher, a liar, a hoper, a prayer, a magic-bean-buyer. If you're a pretender, come sit by my fire, for we have some flax-golden tales to spin. Come in! Come in!»
Author: Shel Silverstein
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About:
Dreams
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Keywords:
bean,
buyer,
buyers,
come in,
dreamer,
flax,
hoper,
liar,
pretender,
pretenders,
sit by,
spin,
tales,
The Pretender
«The Lord gave us two ends - one to sit on and the other to think with. Success depends on which one we use the most.»
Author: Ann Landers
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Advice columnist)
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Keywords:
depends,
ends,
gave,
Lord's table,
lorded,
one to,
one use,
sit,
sit by,
the LORD,
the Other,
use
«Inaction breeds doubt and fear. Action breeds confidence and courage. If you want to conquer fear, do not sit home and think about it. Go out and get busy.»
Author: Dale Carnegie
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About:
Action,
Confidence,
Fear
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Keywords:
action,
breeds,
busied,
busier,
busiest,
busy,
busying,
confidence,
confidences,
conquer,
doubt,
Going Home,
go out,
home,
inaction,
sit,
sit by,
think about
«I would rather sit on a pumpkin, and have it all to myself, than be crowded on a velvet cushion»
Author: Henry David Thoreau
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Essayist,
Philosopher,
Poet)
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Keywords:
Being Myself,
crowded,
crowding,
crowd out,
cushion,
cushioned,
cushions,
myself,
pumpkin,
pumpkins,
rather,
sit,
sit by,
velvet,
velvets
«After a fellow gets famous it doesn't take long for someone to bob up that used to sit by him in school»
«If a man knew anything, he would sit in a corner and be modest; but he is such an ignorant peacock, that he goes bustling up and down, and hits on extraordinary discoveries.»
Author: Ralph Waldo Emerson
(
Essayist,
Lecturer,
Poet)
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Keywords:
anything,
bustle,
bustles,
bustling,
corner,
cornered,
discoveries,
down,
extraordinary,
goes,
go down on,
hits,
hit man,
ignorant,
In a,
knew,
modest,
peacock,
peacocks,
sit,
sit by,
sit in,
such,
up and down,
would
«One may have a blazing hearth in one's soul and yet no one ever come to sit by it. Passersby see only a wisp of smoke from the chimney and continue on the way.»
Author: Vincent van Gogh
(
Painter)
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About:
Home,
Soul
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Keywords:
blazed,
blazes,
blazing,
chimney,
chimneys,
hearth,
hearths,
on the way,
passer-by,
Passersby,
sit by,
smoke,
wisp