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«There is no such thing as death. In nature nothing dies. From each sad remnant of decay, some forms of life arise so shall his life be taken away before he knoweth that he hath it.»
«False friendship, like the ivy, decays and ruins the walls it embraces; but true friendship gives new life and animation to the object it supports»
Author: Richard Burton
(Actor)
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Friendship
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animation, decays, embraces, ivy, ruins, supports
«I am against nature. I don't dig nature at all. I think nature is very unnatural. I think the truly natural things are dreams, which nature can't touch with decay.»
«If a nation's literature declines, the nation atrophies and decays.»
Author: Ezra Pound
(Critic, Editor, Poet, Translator)
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atrophied, atrophies, atrophy, decays, declines
«Age is not all decay; it is the ripening, the swelling, of the fresh life within, that withers and bursts the husk.»
«Admiration is a very short-lived passion that immediately decays upon growing familiar with its object, unless it be still fed with fresh discoveries, and kept alive by a perpetual succession of miracles rising into view.»
Author: Joseph Addison
(Dramatist, Essayist, Poet, Statesman)
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Admiration,
Discovery
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admiration, decays, discoveries, familiar with, Fed, feed upon, fresh, rising, short-lived, succession
«Admiration is a very short-lived passion, that immediately decays upon growing familiar with its object.»
Author: Joseph Addison
(Dramatist, Essayist, Poet, Statesman)
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Admiration
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decays, short-lived
«Decay is inherent in all compounded things. Strive on with diligence.»
«I have always looked upon decay as being just as wonderful and rich an expression of life as growth.»
«In human life there is constant change of fortune; and it is unreasonable to expect an exemption from the common fate. Life itself decays, and all things are daily changing.»
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