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A silent man is easily reputed wise. A man who suffers none to see him in the common jostle and undress of life easily gathers round him a mysterious veil of unknown sanctity and men honor him for a saint. The unknown is always wonderful.

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Courage,

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Frederick William Robertson
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Category: Courage

Authors

A. A. MilneA. B. YehoshuaA. Bartlett GiamattiA. C. BensonA. E. HousmanA. E. van VogtA. J. JacobsA. J. LangerA. J. LieblingA. J. McLean

Topics Index

1 Age

  • 1. Oh rage! Oh despair! Oh age my enemy!
  • 2. Age shouldn't affect you. It's just like the size of your shoes – they don't determine how you live your life! You're either marvellous or you're boring regardless of your age.
  • 3. Anything you cannot relinquish when it has outlived its usefulness possesses you and in this materialistic age a great many of us are possessed by our possessions.

2 Amazing

  • 1. My favorite designer is Christian Lacroix not just because his clothes are amazing and I love them but because he's so nice. When I did his fashion show he was the first one to arrive there and he helped everyone.
  • 2. I was about 14 and my friend's stepdad asked me to do a 10K with him because his son – who was more into basketball – didn't want to. It was amazing and I still remember the time I got: 48:23.
  • 3. It's nice because success has allowed me to have a blast on stage to be in the studio with amazing people but I find it all a bit bizarre.

3 Anger

  • 1. Speak when you are angry – and you'll make the best speech you'll ever regret.
  • 2. Somebody hits me I'm going to hit him back. Even if it does look like he hasn't eaten in a while.
  • 3. The intoxication of anger like that of the grape shows us to others but hides us from ourselves.

4 Anniversary

  • 1. There is no more lovely friendly and charming relationship communion or company than a good marriage.
  • 2. Love grows more tremendously full swift poignant as the years multiply.
  • 3. The bonds of matrimony are like any other bonds – they mature slowly.

5 Architecture

  • 1. Escape from the architecture ghetto is one of the major drivers and has been from the very beginning.
  • 2. The speed of change makes you wonder what will become of architecture.
  • 3. I try to give people a different way of looking at their surroundings. That's art to me.
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