Edward Fitzgerald quotes
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“A book of verses underneath the bough, A jug of wine, a loaf of bread-and thou.”
-- Edward FitzgeraldSource : The Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam, 4th ed., st. 11 (1879).
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“Whether we wake or we sleep, Whether we carol or weep, The Sun with his Planets in chime, Marketh the going of Time.”
-- Edward FitzgeraldSource : Edward FitzGerald (1889). “Letters and Literary Remains: The mighty magician. Such stuff as dreams are made of. The downfall and death of King Oedipus. Agamemnon, Rubáiyat of Omar Khayyám. Saláman and Absal. Bredfield hall. Chronomoros. Virgil's garden. Translation from Petrarch. P”
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“I am all for the short and merry life.”
-- Edward FitzgeraldSource : Edward FitzGerald (1962). “Selected Works”
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“Books are the basis; purity is the force; preaching is the essence; utility is the principle.”
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“And malt does more than Milton can to justify God's ways to man.”
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Source : A. J. Jacobs (2004). “The Know-It-All: One Man's Humble Quest to Become the Smartest Person in the World”, p.56, Simon and Schuster
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“It's true, some wine improves with age. But only if the grapes were good in the first place.”
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Source : Abraham Coles (1882). “The Evangel: Or The Life of Our Lord in Verse”
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Source : "Adrianne Palicki: The Woman of Your Dreams". Interview with Gerilyn Manago, www.menshealth.com. March 29, 2013.
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