Lasting Quotes - Page 2

• Modern society, based as it is on the division of labor, can be preserved only under conditions of lasting peace.

  Ludwig von Mises

  Peace, War, Division Of Labor

  Ludwig Von Mises (1962). “The free and prosperous commonwealth: an exposition of the ideas of classical liberalism”

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• I know that the odds are against a marriage lasting 60 years.

  Darrell Royal

  Marriage, Odds, Years

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• Poets that lasting marble seek, Must come in Latin or in Greek.

  Edmund Waller

  Latin, Greek, Poet

  "Of English Verse". Poem by Edmund Waller (1668); later published in George Gilfillan "Poetical Works of Edmund Waller and Sir John Denham", 1857.

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• All lasting business is built on friendship.

  Alfred Armand Montapert

  Inspirational, Business, Insightful

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• Experts on romance say for a happy marriage there has to be more than a passionate love. For a lasting union, they insist, there must be a genuine liking for each other. Which, in my book, is a good definition for friendship.

  Marilyn Monroe

  Inspiring, Anniversary, Book

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• I don't think there's ever been a friendly divorce.

  Merle Haggard

  Divorce, Thinking, Friendly

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• This world to me is like a lasting storm,Whirring me from my friends.

  William Shakespeare

  Storm, World, My Friends

  William Shakespeare (1803). “The Plays of William Shakespeare”, p.299

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• The love of study is in us the only lasting passion. All the others quit us in proportion as this miserable machine which holds them approaches its ruins.

  Baron de Montesquieu

  Passion, Machines, Ruins

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• There are only three pleasures in life pure and lasting, and all derived from inanimate things-books, pictures and the face of nature.

  William Hazlitt

  Nature, Book, Three

  William Hazlitt (1824). “Sketches of the Principal Picture-galleries in England, with a Criticism on "Marriage A-la-mode.".”, p.51

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• It is mutual respect which makes friendship lasting.

  John Henry Newman

  Mutual Respect, Mutual

  John Henry Newman (1997). “Parochial and Plain Sermons”, p.194, Ignatius Press

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• Hair is the most delicate and lasting of our materials, and survives us, like love. It is so light, so gentle; so escaping from the idea of death, that, with a lock of hair belonging to a child or friend, we may almost look up to heaven and compare notes with the angelic nature,--may almost say, "I have a piece of thee here not unworthy of thy being now.

  Leigh Hunt

  Children, Escaping, Like Love

  Leigh Hunt (1870). “Men, Women, and Books: A Selection of Sketches, Essays, and Critical Memoirs from His Uncollected Prose Writings”, p.145

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• Each thing is of like form from everlasting and comes round again in its cycle...

  Marcus Aurelius

  Philosophical, Form, Everlasting

  "Meditations" by Marcus Aurelius, Book II, (14), (c. 161 - 180 AD).

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• If you want that splendid power in prayer, you must remain in loving, living, lasting, conscious, practical, abiding union with the Lord Jesus Christ.

  Charles Spurgeon

  Jesus, Prayer, Abiding

  Spurgeon, Charles (2015). “The Complete Works of C. H. Spurgeon, Volume 34: Sermons 2001-2061”, p.35, Delmarva Publications, Inc.

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• True and lasting inner peace can never be found in external things. It can only be found within in. And then, once we find and nurture it with ourselves, it radiates outward.

  Gautama Buddha

  Peace, Found, Nurture

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• Be not dazzled by beauty, but look for those inward qualities which are lasting.

  Seneca the Younger

  Quality, Inward, Looks

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• The highest, most varied and lasting pleasures are those of the mind.

  Arthur Schopenhauer

  Mind, Pleasure, Highest

  Arthur Schopenhauer (2015). “the Wisdom of Life: Top of Schopenhauer”, p.4, 谷月社

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• No power is strong enough to be lasting, if it labours under the weight of fear.

  Marcus Tullius Cicero

  Strong, Weight, Enough

  "Cicero De Officiis".

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• A good disposition is a virtue in itself, and it is lasting; the burden of the years cannot depress it, and love that is founded on it endures to the end.

  Ovid

  Happiness, Beauty, Depressing

  Ovid (2013). “Delphi Complete Works of Ovid (Illustrated)”, p.290, Delphi Classics

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• May you live as long as you wish and love as long as you live.

  Robert A. Heinlein

  Love, Anniversary, Long

  Robert A. Heinlein (1987). “Time Enough for Love”, p.87, Penguin

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• I was born modest, but it didn't last.

  Mark Twain

  Lasts, Moral, Manners

  Mark Twain (2012). “Mark Twain at Your Fingertips: A Book of Quotations”, p.281, Courier Corporation

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• Peace is not a relationship of nations. It is a condition of mind brought about by a serenity of soul. Peace is not merely the absence of war. It is also a state of mind. Lasting peace can come only to peaceful people.

  Jawaharlal Nehru

  Inspirational, Peace, War

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• I always knew that I wanted to work on my own material - something that would be more long-lasting than short-lived electronic transmissions.

  Alan Bradley

  Long, Would Be, Wanted

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• Solid, lasting missionary work is done on our knees.

  James O. Fraser

  Missionary, Done, Knees

  "Behind the Ranges: The Life-changing Story of J.O. Fraser" by Geraldine Taylor, Singapore: OMF International (IHQ) Ltd., (p. 52), 1998.

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• To know when to go away and when to come closer is the key to any lasting relationship.

  Domenico Cieri

  Relationship, Soulmate, Keys

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• Using a big word like 'plagiarism'... always causes some damage. It will always do lasting damage, like accusations of racism.

  Michel Houellebecq

  Racism, Damage, Causes

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