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That is to say, epic poetry has been invented many times and independently; but, as the needs which prompted the invention have been broadly similar, so the invention itself has been.

Quote by Lascelles Abercrombie about invention, poetry

Danger - if you meet it promptly and without flinching - you will reduce the danger by half. Never run away from anything. Never!

Quote by Winston Churchill about danger

To be happy at home is the ultimate result of all ambition, the end to which every enterprise and labor tends, and of which every desire prompts the prosecution.

Quote by Samuel Johnson about ambition, home, happiness, end

Any alternate fingerings taught will be promptly forgotten.

Quote by Edward A. Murphy

When you think you've cornered someone, they'll call in their friends and combine into a huge lumbering giant who will promptly crush you.

Quote by Edward A. Murphy

One cannot violate the promptings of one's nature without having that nature recoil upon itself.

Quote by Jack London about opinion, nature