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Warfare has been marvelously developed. It will soon be...

Warfare has been marvelously developed. It will soon be impossible to raise it to further heights.

Quote by Fredrik Bajer about war, impossible

From the heights of these pyramids, forty centuries look...

From the heights of these pyramids, forty centuries look down on us.

Quote by Napoleon Bonaparte

How do I love thee? Let me count the ways. I love thee to...

How do I love thee? Let me count the ways. I love thee to the depth and breadth and height my soul can reach.

Quote by Elizabeth Barrett Browning about love, soul

This sort of adoration of the real is but a heightening...

This sort of adoration of the real is but a heightening of the beau ideal.

Quote by George Gordon Byron about ideal, real estate

Men go abroad to wonder at the heights of mountains, at the huge waves of the sea, at the long courses of the rivers, at the vast compass of the ocean, at the circular motions of the stars, and they pass by themselves without wondering.

Quote by Augustin de Hipona about celebrity, stars, miracle, man

People travel to wonder at the height of the mountains, at the huge waves of the seas, at the long course of the rivers, at the vast compass of the ocean, at the circular motion of the stars, and yet they pass by themselves without wondering.

Quote by Augustin de Hipona about celebrity, stars, miracle, people

Am I a romantic? I've seen Wuthering Heights ten times....

Am I a romantic? I've seen Wuthering Heights ten times. I'm a romantic.

Quote by Johnny Depp

The vast upheaval of the World War set in motion forces that will either destroy civilization or raise mankind to undreamed of heights of human welfare and prosperity.

Quote by Arthur Henderson about prosperity, destruction, civilization, force, war, human imperfections, world

The height of foolishness is to believe red or black die...

The height of foolishness is to believe red or black die doesn't run.

Quote by Edward A. Murphy about magic, faith, death

I am obsessive, also I am industrious, besides, the time when you are most alive and most aware is in childhood and one is trying to recapture that heightened awareness.

Quote by Edna O'Brien about childhood, time, contentment

We signed an amazing deal with 100 percent artistic...

We signed an amazing deal with 100 percent artistic control simply because when we signed it Nirvana were at the height of their fame.

Quote by Buzz Osborne about opinion, fame

Radical changes in world politics leave America with a heightened responsibility to be, for the world, an example of a genuinely free, democratic, just and humane society.

Quote by Papa John Paul II about politics, example, world, society

There are moments of existence when time and space are...

There are moments of existence when time and space are more profound, and the awareness of existence is immensely heightened.

Quote by Charles Baudelaire about existence, univers, time

Happiness makes up in height for what it lacks in length.

Happiness makes up in height for what it lacks in length.

Quote by Robert Frost about happiness

Success comes to a writer as a rule, so gradually that it is always something of a shock to him to look back and realize the heights to which he has climbed.

Quote by Pelham Grenville Wodehouse about success, rules, writers

I may climb perhaps to no great heights, but I will climb...

I may climb perhaps to no great heights, but I will climb alone.

Quote by Hector Savinien de Cyrano de Bergerac about solitude

We should be like the mountains... they talk with the heights... they watch after the depths... they fight with the wind... they melt under the sun... they kiss with the moon... they collect the tears from the clouds... and never complain...

YQuote by Yasar Memedemin about dream, kiss, moon, tears, sun, fight

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