Quotes -Oct 26

‘Music expresses that which cannot be said and on which it is
impossible to be silent.’ ~Victor Hugo

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The artist finds  a greater pleasure in painting than in having a
completed picture.
~ Seneca

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You cannot help the poor by destroying the rich.
You cannot strengthen the weak by weakening the strong.
You cannot bring about prosperity by discouraging thrift.
You cannot lift the wage earner up by pulling the wage payer down.
You cannot further the brotherhood of man by inciting class hatred.
You cannot build character and courage by taking away people’s initiative and independence.
You cannot help people permanently by doing for them, what they could and should do for themselves.

……Abraham Lincoln

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My father worshipped dogs, hunting, fishing, the state of Maine, and the complete works of Shakepeare, in that order.
Susan Conant, True Confessions, 1995

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Dogs are…wonderful. Truly. To know them and be with them is an experience that transcends- a way to understand the joyfulness of living and devotioin.
Gary Paulsen
Winterdance 1994

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An animal is, properly speaking, a soul; I do not say an imortal soul. And yet, when I come to consider the positions this poor little beast and I myself occupy in the scheme of things, I recognize in both exactly the same right to mortality.
Anatole France
The coming or Riquet (1844-1924)

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“He who jumps into the void
owes no explanation to those
who stand and watch.”
~Jean Luc Godard

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