Theodore Tilton quotes
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“Once in Persia reigned a king Who upon his signet ring Graved a maxim true and wise, Which if held before the eyes Gave him counsel at a glance Fit for every change and chance. Solemn words, and these are they: "Even this shall pass away."”
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“In all our losses, all our gains, In all our pleasures, all our pains, The life of life is: Love remains. In every change from good to ill,- If love continues still, Let happen then what will.”
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“I won a noble fame; But with a sudden frown, The people snatched my crown, And, in the mire, trod down My lofty name.”
-- Theodore TiltonSource : Theodore Tilton, “Sir Marmaduke's Musings”
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“Pleasure comes, but not to stay;Even this shall pass away.”
-- Theodore TiltonSource : THEODORE TILTON (1867). “THE SEXTON'S TALE, AND OTHER POEMS”, p.46
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“Baby bye Here's a fly, Let us watch him. you and I, How he crawls Up the walls Yet he never falls.”
-- Theodore TiltonSource : THEODORE TILTON (1867). “THE SEXTON'S TALE, AND OTHER POEMS”, p.163
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“Pain is hard to bear.... But with patience, day by day, Even this shall pass away.”
-- Theodore TiltonSource : THEODORE TILTON (1867). “THE SEXTON'S TALE, AND OTHER POEMS”, p.47
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“Journalism is an immense power, that threatens soon to supersede sermons, lectures, and books.”
-- Theodore Tilton
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Source : A. J. Jacobs (2011). “A.J. Jacobs Omnibus: The Know-It-All, The Year of Living Biblically, My Life as an Experiment”, p.707, Simon and Schuster
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“Collect as precious pearls the words of the wise and virtuous.”
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Source : "James Caan: What I've Learned". Interview with Ross Johnson, www.esquire.com. January 29, 2007.
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