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All the world’s a stage ….
All the world’s a stage
And all the men and women merely players.
They have their exits and their entrances,
And one man in his time plays many parts. - William Shakespeare
Metaphor - loaf and fish
I love metaphor. It provides two loaves where there seems to be one. Sometimes it throws in a load of fish. - Bernard Malamud
way of thought
Metaphor is a way of thought long before it is a way with words - James Greary
essence of metaphor is
The essence of metaphor is understanding and experiencing one kind of thing in terms of another
A bikini is ….
A bikini is like a barbed-wire fence. it protects the property without obstructing the view - Joey Adams
Real courage
I wanted you to see what real courage is, instead of getting the idea that courage is a man with a gun in his hand. It’s when you know you’re licked before you begin but you begin anyway and you see it through no matter what. - HARPER LEE, ATTICUS FINCH SPEAKING TO HIS SON JEM, IN TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD
Absence … passion
Absence lessens the minor passions and increases the great ones,
as the wind douses a candle and kindles a fire. —FRANÇOIS, DUC DE LA ROCHEFOUCAULD
Long absence and proximity
The longest absence is less perilous to love than the terrible trials of incessant proximity. —OUIDA (MARIA LOUISE RAMÉ)
a hole in the world
Where you used to be, there is a hole in the world, which I find myself constantly walking around in the day-time, and falling into at night. —EDNA ST. VINCENT MILLAY
Man’s actions and thought
I have always thought the actions of men the best interpreters of their thoughts. —JOHN LOCKE
Action and responsibility
Action springs not from thought, but from a readiness for responsibility. —DIETRICH BONHOEFFER
Unsolicited advice
Unsolicited advice is the junk mail of life. —AUTHOR UNKNOWN*
Giving advice
The true secret of giving advice is, after you have honestly given it, to be perfectly indifferent whether it is taken or not, and never persist in trying to set people right. —HANNAH WHITALL SMITH
Clarity in life
The more sand has escaped from the hourglass of our life, the clearer we should see through it. —JEAN PAUL RICHTER
middle age fear
The really frightening thing about middle age is the knowledge that you’ll grow out of it. —DORIS DAY
Selfless ambition
There is a loftier ambition than merely to stand high in the world. It is to stoop down and lift mankind a little higher. —HENRY VAN DYKE
Animals / friends
Animals are such agreeable friends—they ask no questions, they pass no criticisms. —GEORGE ELIOT
answers to life
The trouble with life isn’t that there is no answer, it’s that there are so many answers. —RUTH BENEDICT
Aphorisms
Aphorisms are literature’s hand luggage. Light and compact, they fit easily into the overhead compartment of your brain. —JAMES GEARY
brief sentences
Certain brief sentences are peerless in their ability to give one the feeling that nothing remains to be said. —JEAN ROSTAND
Apologizing / Ego
Apologizing doesn’t always mean you’re wrong and the other person is right. It just means you value your relationship more than your ego. —AUTHOR UNKNOWN
Apology / repair
An apology is the superglue of life! It can repair just about anything. —LYNN JOHNSTON
Art / truth
We all know that Art is not truth. Art is a lie that makes us realize truth. —PABLO PICASSO
Aspiration / lead
Far away there in the sunshine are my highest aspirations. I cannot reach them: but I can look up, and see their beauty; believe in them, and follow where they lead. —LOUISA MAY ALCOTT
