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Alcaeus Quotes

To be bowed by grief is folly; Naught is gained by melancholy; Better than the pain of thinking, Is to steep the sense in drinking.

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

Author Profession: poet
Nationality: greek

Topics

Grief Pain Thinking Better Sense

Nature teaches more than she preaches. There are no sermons in stones. It is easier to get a spark out of a stone than a moral.

Nature Spark Stone Moral More She

But far more numerous was the herd of such, Who think too little, and who talk too much.

Think Too Much Talk More Little Far

Frankly, I do like the idea that we centralize consumer protection for financial products into one agency.

Financial Protection Products Idea

So you know what I'm gonna do? I'm gonna do something really outrageous, I'm gonna tell the truth.

Truth You Know Tell Something Gonna

There are loads of countries that have nice written constitutions like ours. But there aren't loads of countries where they're followed.

Nice Where Like Ours Followed Loads

There is no organic process where you can take a diverse community like America and then distill it down to it only looks monolithic without having some kind of inorganic interplay going on that created that outcome.

Community Process America You Down

I'm offended by things and take pathetic little stands against them.

Offended Little Things Take Against

We need to ask elected officials supporting Keystone XL whether they're willing to put their constituents and our environment at risk so that foreign oil tycoons get a better return on their tar sands investments. Keystone XL backers will keep trying to sell us a sucker's deal; it's up to us to say no.

Better Environment Trying Say Oil

Any deal that's not approved by Congress won't be accepted by Congress. Not now and certainly not in the future.

Future Congress Now Deal Accepted

Hollywood has the idea that movies have to be dumb. But especially movies for or about teenagers have to be really dumb!

Joseph Gordon-Levitt

Dumb Movies Hollywood Teenagers Idea

I'll date one day if I find someone that I want to let into my life enough.

Chloe Grace Moretz

Life Day My Life Someone Enough

Around 2001, I started analyzing lesbians. I started to realize that even really butch-acting or -dressing women still had a strong female identity that I never had.

Women Identity Strong Never Realize

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