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All murder'd for within the hollow crown.

All murder'd for within the hollow crown.

Quote by William Shakespeare about philosophy

A crown, if it hurts us, is not worth wearing.

A crown, if it hurts us, is not worth wearing.

Quote by Pearl Bailey

Against mighty odds you held the line and faced down a...

Against mighty odds you held the line and faced down a huge military foe, the British Crown Forces and their surrogates in the unionist death squads.

Quote by Gerry Adams about force, death

Old age: the crown of life, our play's last act.

Old age: the crown of life, our play's last act.

Quote by Marcus Tullius Cicero about olderness, age, old, life

Idleness is the beginning of all vice, the crown of all...

Idleness is the beginning of all vice, the crown of all virtues.

Quote by Franz Kafka about vice, beginning

We are a small company but we really treasure what we have, so I don't feel we've given anything up. We treated Wallace and Gromit as our crown jewels.

Quote by Nick Park about affair, treasure, companies

In April 1998, I had the honour of being invited to give...

In April 1998, I had the honour of being invited to give a talk in Monte Carlo in the presence of the late Crown Prince Albert of Monaco.

Quote by Cynthia Payne about honour, being

I was taught that the human brain was the crowning glory...

I was taught that the human brain was the crowning glory of evolution so far, but I think it's a very poor scheme for survival.

Quote by Kurt Vonnegut about people, survival, evolution, brain, glory, human imperfections

The crown of literature is poetry.

The crown of literature is poetry.

Quote by William Somerset Maugham about poetry, literature

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