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Some men by ancestry are only the shadow of a mighty name.


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The shadow of a mighty name.
JAMES RUSSELL LOWELL He stands the shadow of a mighty name. [Lat., Stat magni nominis umbra.]
JAMES RUSSELL LOWELL Men are the dreams of a shadow.
PINDAR There stands the shadow of a glorious name.
LUCAN Love is a growing, or full constant light,
And his first minute, after noon, is night.
JOHN DONNE There are three kinds of men: those who are preceded by their shadow, those who are pursued by it, a...
GERD DE LEY When the judge calls the criminal's name out he stands up, and they are immediately linked by a stra...
JEAN GENET Some men come by the name of genius in the same way as an insect comes by the name of centipede - no...
GEORG CHRISTOPH LICHTENBERG For he that is mighty hath done to me great things; and holy is his name.
BIBLE Only those who feel little in the eyes of God, can hope to be mighty in the eyes of men.
ERNEST MORITZ ARNDT Power resides only where men believe it resides. [...] A shadow on the wall, yet shadows can kill. A...
GEORGE R.R. MARTIN There is a God! And his name be Awesome, the Mighty.
BRIAN CLEVINGER Shadow is a colour as light is, but less brilliant; light and shadow are only the relation of two to...
PAUL CEZANNE All men are by nature equal, made all of the same earth by one Workman; and however we deceive ourse...
PLATO The process included both qualitative research and a formal quantitative telephone survey of Mighty ...
DAVID PAINE The bus was crowded, standing room only, and he clung apelike from a bar that hung down from the cei...
JOSEPH G. PETERSON Remember, you are as dispensable as the most indispensable king of kings, the mighty lord of silly w...
FAKEER ISHAVARDAS Pessimism is only the name that men of weak nerve give to wisdom.
MARK TWAIN Pessimism is only the name that men of weak nerves give to wisdom
BERNARD VOTO Pessimism is only the name that men of weak nerves give to wisdom.
BERNARD DE VOTO Pessimism is only the name that men of weak nerves give to wisdom
BERNARD DE VOTO Pessimism is only the name that men of weak nerves give to wisdom.
BERNARD DEVOTO Distinctions between citizens solely because of their ancestry are by their very nature odious to a ...
HARLAN STONE Distinctions between citizens solely because of their ancestry are by their very nature odious to a ...
HARLAN STONE By ancestry, I was born to rule.
NELSON MANDELA A nation is a society united by delusions about its ancestry and by common hatred of its neighbors.
WILLIAM RALPH INGE Women are outperforming men in almost every sphere of life in our society and the women of East Indi...
KAMLA PERSAD-BISSESSAR A nation is a society united by a delusion about it's ancestry and by common hatred of it's neighbo...
DEAN WILLIAM R. INGE A nation is a society united by a delusion about its ancestry and by common hatred of its neighbors.
DEAN WILLIAM R. INGE A nation is a society united by a delusion about its ancestry and by common hatred of its neighbours...
WILLIAM RALPH INGE A nation is a society united by a delusion about its ancestry and by common hatred of its neighbours...
WILLIAM R. INGE A nation is a society united by a delusion about its ancestry and by common hatred of its neighbours...
W. R. INGE Technique! The very word is like a shriek of outraged Art. It is the idiot name given to effort by t...
LEONARD BACON A nation is a society united by a delusion about it's ancestry and by a common hatred of it's neig...
WILLIAM RALPH INGE Those wanting wit affect gravity, and go by the name of solid men.
JOHN DRYDEN There are some men who are frightened by strong women and some men who are nurtured by them and feel...
JULIAN FELLOWES What men call the shadow of the body is not the shadow of the body, but is the body of the soul.
OSCAR WILDE The world is moved not only by the mighty shoves of the heroes, but also by the aggregate of the tin...
HELEN KELLER What all men are really after is some form, or perhaps only some formula, of peace.
JOSEPH CONRAD The world is moved along, not only by the mighty shoves of its heroes, but also by the aggregate of ...
HELEN KELLER Good men and bad men differ radically. Bad men never appreciate kindness shown them, but wise men ap...
BUDDHA The world is moved along not only by the mighty shoves of its heroes, but also by the aggregate of t...
HELEN KELLER The world is moved along, not only by the mighty shoves of its heroes, but also by the aggregate of ...
HELEN KELLER Maybe men are separated from each other only by the degree of their misery.
FRANCIS PICABIA Maybe men are separated from each other only by the degree of their misery.
FRANCIS PICABIA Let the wind blow, lad
Let fall the deep snow,
Let the stars fall, lad
we'll answer ...
JENNIFER A. NIELSEN Because we are the only women who are mothers of men."

Gorgo: when asked by a woman from...
GORGOS The preachers who gain mighty results for God are the men who have prevailed in their pleadings with...
EDWARD MCKENDREE BOUNDS People like to see me fight. A name can only take you so far. There are only a few fighters out of t...
LAILA ALI How small regard is had to the oath of God by men professing the name of God.
GEORGE GILLESPIE The wild women in his lap,' my father enthused, 'laying their breasts on his head.'
There was a...
PATRICK ROTHFUSS It is good practice to never fault someone for their birth name, being that it is always of far grea...
STEVEN J. CARROLL Sometimes men come by the name of genius in the same way that certain insects come by the name of ce...
G. C. LICHTENBERG My name is Ozymandias, king of kings:
Look on my works, ye Mighty, and despair!
PERCY BYSSHE SHELLEY I take it that what all men are really after is some form of, perhaps only some formula of, peace.
JAMES CONRAD There are no great men, only great challenges that ordinary men are forced by circumstances to meet.
WILLIAM F. HALSEY Companions are we, enlivened by a mighty gallop quickly sliding a harsh straw basket of sea foam gat...
BRADLEY CHICHO I take it that what all men are really after is some form or perhaps only some formula of peace.
JOSEPH CONRAD Huge and mighty forms that do not live like living men, moved slowly through the mind by day and wer...
WILLIAM WORDSWORTH No piensas en mí como yo en ti. No me importa. Pero si también tienes frío, podrías acercarte y ...
PATRICK ROTHFUSS A nation reveals itself not only by the men it produces but also by the men it honors, the men it re...
JOHN FITZGERALD KENNEDY A nation reveals itself not only by the men it produces but also by the men it honors, the men it re...
JOHN F. KENNEDY You must save what you can of your life; you musn't lose it all simply because you've lost a part.
HENRY JAMES Men are convinced of your arguments, your sincerity, and the seriousness of your efforts only by you...
ALBERT CAMUS What would men be without women? Scarce, sir...mighty scarce.
MARK TWAIN What would men be without women? Scarce, sir, mighty scarce.
MARK TWAIN Some men do as much begrudge others a good name, as they want one themselves: and perhaps that is th...
WILLIAM PENN Some men do as much begrudge others a good name, as they want one themselves: and perhaps that is th...
WILLIAM PENN Men are moved by two levers only: fear and self interest.
NAPOLEON BONAPARTE Men are Moved by two levers only: fear and self interest
NAPOLEON BONAPARTE Men are moved by only two things: fear and self-interest.
NAPOLEON BONAPARTE Some men are all right in their place--if they only knew the right places!
MAE WEST When men yield up the privilege of thinking, the last shadow of liberty quits the horizon.
THOMAS PAINE Men go abroad to admire the heights of mountains, the mighty billows of the sea, the broad tides of ...
SAINT AUGUSTINE A tiny little baby!' says Tam. 'People look at me like I'm an animal. People who don't know me judge...
JON RONSON Alas for the affairs of men! When they are fortunate you might compare them to a shadow; and if they...
AESCHYLUS Without the sun, there is no shadow; without the Son, there is only shadow.
ANTHONY LICCIONE Men of genius are admired, men of wealth are envied, men of power are feared; but only men of charac...
SOURCE UNKNOWN Men of genius are admired, men of wealth are envied, men of power are feared; but only men of charac...
Men of genius are admired, men of wealth are envied, men of power are feared; but only men of charac...
OLASOT Men may be linked in friendship. Nations are linked only by interests.
ROLF HOCHHUTH There are some references to Vernon by his first name and a hint that he was helping her get a job,
CLINTON CASE We are all creatures of our ancestry! There is no right and wrong, objectively.
PIERS ANTHONY We are all creatures of our ancestry! There is no right and wrong, objectively.
PIERS ANTHONY The Mighty Ducks' organization very carefully considered the question of whether to change the team ...
DAVID PAINE It is only where the light and shadow meet, we can see the beauty of both the light and the shadow!
MEHMET MURAT ILDAN Here at our sea-washed, sunset gates shall stand/ A mighty woman with a torch, whose flame/ Is the i...
EMMA LAZARUS Negative thoughts are not often positively defined as being change-driven, truth maker with gross re...
ANUJ SOMANY These great turning-days of life cast no shadow before, slip by unconsciously. Only a trifle, a lit...
REBECCA HARDING DAVIS Life is itself but the shadow of death, and souls departed but the shadows of the living. All things...
THOMAS BROWNE SR. Some of them can give us a name. Some of them can't give us a name.
JOANNA CLARK In this way he will draw men to him by the strong cords of their passions, made reason-proof by bein...
CHRISTOPHER HITCHENS There is always inequality in life. Some men are killed in a war and some men are wounded and some m...
JOHN F. KENNEDY The shadow of a mighty Negro past flits through the tale of Ethiopia and of the Egypt the Sphinx. Th...
W. E. B. DU BOIS Race prejudice is not only a shadow over the colored — it is a shadow over all of us, and the shad...
PEARL S. BUCK Race prejudice is not only a shadow over the colored it is a shadow over all of us, and the shadow i...
PEARL S. BUCK Si miramos el fuego es porque parpadea, porque resplandece. Lo que atrae nuestra mirada es la luz, p...
PATRICK ROTHFUSS Endeavour to get a good name,because if you do,you will be indirectly making life easier for your gr...
DAVID ATTA (A.K.A DAVIED ATTLARS & MR DAIN) Endeavor to get a good name,because if you do,you will be indirectly making life easier for your gre...
DAVID ATTA (A.K.A DAVIED ATTLARS & MR DAIN) A man who loves a bad name cares less about the future of his great grand children.
DAVID ATTA (A.K.A DAVIED ATTLARS & MR DAIN)

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LUCANUS (MARCUS ANNAEUS LUCAN) Those who guilt stains it equals. [Lat., Facinus quos inquinat aequat.]
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