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Here Are Sands, Ignoble Things, Dropt From The Ruined Sides Of Kings.
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Here are sands, ignoble things,
Dropt from the ruined sides of kings.
-- Francis Beaumont (1586-1616)
-- On the Tombs of Westminster Abbey
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All the brothers were valiant, and all the sisters virtuous.
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And resolved to live a fool the rest Of his dull life....
I met a traveler from an antique land Who said: Two vast and trunkless legs of stone Stand in the desert.
Near them, on the sand, Half sunk, a shattered visage lies, whose frown, And wrinkled lip, and sneer of cold command, Tell that its sculptor well those passions read....
Here at the Phone Company, we serve all kinds of people
from President's and Kings to the scum of the earth... -- Lily Tomli...
Here at the Phone Company, we serve all kinds of people
from Presidents and Kings to the scum of the earth ......
Here at the Phone Company, we serve all kinds of people
from President's and Kings to the scum of the earth......
We view things not only from different sides, but with different eyes -- we have no wish to find them alike.
-- Pascal...