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*" Whatever the poets pretend, it is plain they give immortality to none but themselves ; it is Homer and Virgil we reverence and admire, not Achilles or Aeneas.
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*" Whatever may not properly be done in public is forbidden even in the most secret chamber " ( Shabbat 64b ).
*" Whatever the extent of its deficiency, lessen it still further to that very extent ; and also set up the square ( of the deficiency )".
*" Whatever we possess becomes of double value when we have the opportunity of sharing it with others.
*" Blast from the Past ", episode 5 of the 2nd season of Veronica Mars, along with " Whatever It Takes ".
*" and poets
*" In its second sense, the term Spectric relates to the reflex vibrations of physical sight, and suggests the luminous appearance which is seen after the exposure of the eye to intense light, and, by analogy, the after-colors of the poets initial vision.
*" Philosophers and poets, thinkers of high and low degree from every age and race have sought to expound the meaning of virtue, but each teaches his own conception of the moral excellence that satisfies standards of good conduct.
*" and pretend
*" and is
*" The Ballad of Casey Jones " is a traditional song about railroad engineer Casey Jones and his death at the controls of the train he was driving.
*" When Johnny Comes Marching Home " ( sometimes " When Johnny Comes Marching Home Again ") is a popular song of the American Civil War that expressed people's longing for the return of their friends and relatives who were fighting in the war.
*" Oh My Darling, Clementine " ( 1884 ) is an American western folk ballad believed to have been based on another song called Down by the River Liv'd a Maiden ( 1863 ).
*" Take Me Out to the Ball Game " is a 1908 Tin Pan Alley song by Jack Norworth and Albert Von Tilzer which has become the unofficial anthem of baseball, although neither of its authors had attended a game prior to writing the song.
*" It is well that people busy themselves with the study of the Law and the performance of charitable deeds, even when not entirely disinterested ; for the habit of right-doing will finally make the intention pure " ( Pesahim 50b ).
*" It is better to cast oneself into a fiery furnace than publicly to put to shame one's fellow creature " ( Bava Metzia 59a ).
*" A religious man is a person who holds God and man in one thought at one time, at all times, who suffers harm done to others, whose greatest passion is compassion, whose greatest strength is love and defiance of despair.
*" Self-respect is the fruit of discipline, the sense of dignity grows with the ability to say no to oneself.
*" Awareness of symbolic meaning is awareness of a specific idea ; kavanah is awareness of an ineffable situation.
*" The higher goal of spiritual living is not to amass a wealth of information, but to face sacred moments.
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