William Scott, 1st Baron Stowell quotes
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“On parent knees, a naked new-born child, Weeping thou sat'st while all around thee smiled; So live, that sinking in thy last long sleep, Calm thou mayst smile, while all around thee weep.”
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“What constitutes a state? . . . . . . . Men who their duties know, But know their rights, and knowing, dare maintain. . . . . . . . And sovereign law, that state's collected will, O'er thrones and globes elate, Sits empress, crowning good, repressing ill.”
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“A dinner lubricates business.”
-- William Scott, 1st Baron StowellSource : "Life of Samuel Johnson". Book by James Boswell, Vol. viii, p. 67, 1791.
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Source : A. B. Simpson (1984). “Days of Heaven on Earth: A Daily Devotional to Comfort and Inspire”, Moody Publishers
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Source : "Once upon a life" by A. N. Wilson, www.theguardian.com. June 4, 2011.
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“I eat, sleep, and drink my character. It is my fantasy to go to another planet.”
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Source : Source: www.djbooth.net
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“When you get to my age life seems little more than one long march to and from the lavatory.”
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Source : A. S. A. Harrison (2013). “The Silent Wife: A Novel”, p.96, Penguin
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