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There was an Old Man of Madras,
Who rode on a cream-coloured ass;
But the length of its ears,
So promoted his fears,
That it killed that Old Man of Madras.
limerick by Edward Lear from A Book of Nonsense (1846)
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Lorraine
"Are you ready for your steeplechase, Lorraine, Lorraine, Lorree?
Barum, Barum, Barum, Barum, Barum, Barum, Baree.
You’re booked to ride your capping race to-day at Coulterlee,
You’re booked to ride Vindictive, for all the world to see,
To keep him straight, and keep him first, and win the run for me."
Barum, Barum, Barum, Barum, Barum, Barum, Baree.
She clasp'd her newborn baby, poor Lorraine, Lorraine, Lorrèe,
Barum, Barum, Barum, Barum, Barum, Barum, Baree.
"I cannot ride Vindictive, as any man might see,
And I will not ride Vindictive, with this baby on my knee;
He 's kill'd a boy, he 's kill'd a man, and why must he kill me?"
"Unless you ride Vindictive, Lorraine, Lorraine, Lorree,
Unless you ride Vindictive to-day at Coulterlee,
And land him safe across the brook, and win the blank for me,
It 's you may keep your baby, for you 'll get no keep from me."
"That husbands could be cruel," said Lorraine, Lorraine, Lorrèe,
"That husbands could be cruel, I have known for seasons three;
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poem by Charles Kingsley (1874)
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At the very edge of the abyss, I realized someone was pushing me.
aphorism by Ninus Nestorovic, translated by Dijana Zdravkovic
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I will make my meaning more clear when I say that I think right and wrong are both tools which are being wielded by those great hands which are shaping the destinies of the universe, that both are making for improvement; but that the action of the one is immediate, and that of the other more slow, but none the less certain. Our own distinction of right and wrong is founded too much upon the immediate convenience of the community, and does not inquire sufficiently deeply into the ultimate effect.
classic quote by Arthur Conan Doyle
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Our mummies do not need pyramids. They have The Parliament.
aphorism by Vasil Tolevski, translated by Dan Costinaş
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Around me
so much quietness...
a crab lost in the waves
drags the fishing line
in the middle of the river
tanka by Dumitru D. Ifrim from Our Window (2009), translated by Dumitru D. Ifrim
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Today I bent the truth to be kind, and I have no regret, for I am far surer of what is kind than I am of what is true.
quote by Robert Brault
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I can take criticisms but not compliments.
quote by James Taylor
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In jungle, only the lion dies of old age. The other animals are dying eaten by lion.
aphorism by Paul Louis Lampert from Men's Health Magazine (June 2010)
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York: The sands are number'd that make up my life;
Here must I stay, and here my life must end.
classic line from the play Henry VI, Act I, Scene 4, script by William Shakespeare (1590)
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