I confess myself to…

IMAGE: I confess myself to be a great admirer of tradition. The longer you can look back, the farther you can look forward.

I confess myself to be a great admirer of tradition. The longer you can look back, the farther you can look forward. – Sir Winston (Leonard Spencer-) Churchill (1874 – 1965) / (speech to the Royal College of Physicians, 2… More »

If we had no winter…

IMAGE: If we had no winter, the spring would not be so pleasant: if we did not sometimes taste of adversity, prosperity would not be so welcome.

If we had no winter, the spring would not be so pleasant: if we did not sometimes taste of adversity, prosperity would not be so welcome. – Anne Bradstreet (1612 – 1672) (Image by Myriams-Fotos from Pixabay) (Text-to-Speech by Sound… More »

Tell me not, in…

IMAGE: Tell me not, in mournful numbers, / "Life is but an empty dream!" // For the soul is dead that slumbers, / And things are not what they seem. // Life is real! Life is earnest! / And the grave is not its goal; // "Dust thou art, to dust returnest," / Was not spoken of the soul. //

Tell me not, in mournful numbers, / “Life is but an empty dream!” // For the soul is dead that slumbers, / And things are not what they seem. // Life is real! Life is earnest! / And the grave… More »

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