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Today's date, the eighteenth of May, should sometime become an occasion of great international celebration, for on this day ten years ago the first Peace Conference opened at The Hague.

Quote by Fredrik Bajer about peace, day

We have had such a letter movement on two occasions in Denmark when more than a quarter of the adult Danish population participated. Such an achievement, however, demands a really great effort and also a great deal of money.

Quote by Fredrik Bajer about money

It is here, my daughters, that love is to be found - not hidden away in corners but in the midst of occasions of sin. And believe me, although we may more often fail and commit small lapses, our gain will be incomparably the greater.

Quote by Sfanta Tereza De Avila about sin, love

Courage that grows from constitution often forsakes a man when he has occasion for it; courage which arises from a sense of duty acts; in a uniform manner.

Quote by Joseph Addison about courage, duty, common sense, sense, man

It would do the world good if every man would compel himself occasionally to be absolutely alone. Most of the world s progress has come out of such loneliness.

Quote by Bruce Barton about solitude, progress, world, good, good luck, man

I have thought that I have seen ghosts on many occasions.

Quote by Taylor Caldwell about thinking

Forward, as occasion offers. Never look round to see whether any shall note it... Be satisfied with success in even the smallest matter, and think that even such a result is no trifle.

Quote by Marcus Aurelius

In order to understand the world, one has to turn away from it on occasion.

Quote by Albert Camus about world, order

The world is never quiet, even its silence eternally resounds with the same notes, in vibrations which escape our ears. As for those that we perceive, they carry sounds to us, occasionally a chord, never a melody.

Quote by Albert Camus about world, quiet, silence

Although present on the occasion, I have no clear recollection of the events leading up to it.

Quote by Winston Churchill about recollection, events, present

However beautiful the strategy, you should occasionally look at the results.

Quote by Winston Churchill

Man will occasionally stumble over the truth, but most of the time he will pick himself up and continue on.

Quote by Winston Churchill about truth, time, man

Men occasionally stumble over the truth, but most of them pick themselves up and hurry off as if nothing had happened.

Quote by Winston Churchill about truth, man, nothing

We occasionally stumble over the truth but most of us pick ourselves up and hurry off as if nothing had happened.

Quote by Winston Churchill about truth, nothing

On several occasions as children, Jane and I were allowed to be with the grown-ups at the parties they'd have at our house, though there weren't many.

Quote by Peter Fonda about home, house, children

Mothers only offer advice on two occasions: when you want it and when you don't.

Quote by Edward A. Murphy about mother, advice

The enemy invariably attacks on two occasions: when they're ready, when you're not.

Quote by Edward A. Murphy about war, enemies

The nature shots invariably happen on two occasions: when animals are ready, when you're not.

Quote by Edward A. Murphy about photography, animals, nature

Man watches his history on the screen with apathy and an occasional passing flicker of horror or indignation.

Quote by Conor Cruise O'Brien about man, history

She was beginning to understand that evil is not absolute, and that good is often an occasion more than a condition.

Quote by Gilbert Parker about absolute, beginning, good, good luck