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George William Russell Quotes: In ancient shadows and twilightsWhere childhood had strayed,The world's great sorrows were bornAnd its heroes were made.In the lost boyhood of JudasChrist was betrayed.
         

In ancient shadows and twilightsWhere childhood had strayed,The world's great sorrows were bornAnd its heroes were made.In the lost boyhood of JudasChrist was betrayed.


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You cannot evoke great spirits and eat plums at the same time.

You cannot evoke great spirits and eat plums at the same time.



Any relations in a social order will endure if there is infused into them some of that spirit of human sympathy, which qualifies life for immortality.

Any relations in a social order will endure if there is infused into them some of that spirit of human sympathy, which qualifies life for immortality.



In the lost boyhood of Judas, Christ was betrayed.

In the lost boyhood of Judas, Christ was betrayed.



We may fight against what is wrong, but if we allow ourselves to hate, that is to insure our spiritual defeat and our likeness to what we hate.

We may fight against what is wrong, but if we allow ourselves to hate, that is to insure our spiritual defeat and our likeness to what we hate.



Forgive me, Spirit of my spirit, for this, that I have found it easier to read the mystery told in tears and understood Thee better in sorrow than in joy.

Forgive me, Spirit of my spirit, for this, that I have found it easier to read the mystery told in tears and understood Thee better in sorrow than in joy.



Twilight, a timid, fawn, went glimmering by, and Night, the dark-blue hunter, followed fast.

Twilight, a timid, fawn, went glimmering by, and Night, the dark-blue hunter, followed fast.



There is a law in human nature which draws us to like what we passionately condemn.

There is a law in human nature which draws us to like what we passionately condemn.



Seek on earth what you have found in heaven.

Seek on earth what you have found in heaven.



Reason, alas, does not remove mountains. It only tries to walk around them, and see what is on the other side.

Reason, alas, does not remove mountains. It only tries to walk around them, and see what is on the other side.



Ah, to think how thin the veil that lies Between the pain of hell and Paradise.

Ah, to think how thin the veil that lies Between the pain of hell and Paradise.





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If anyone ever saw me dance, they'd have trouble taking me seriously.

If anyone ever saw me dance, they'd have trouble taking me seriously.



If the desire to get somewhere is strong enough in a person, his whole being, conscious and unconscious, is always at work, looking for and devising means to get to the goal.

If the desire to get somewhere is strong enough in a person, his whole being, conscious and unconscious, is always at work, looking for and devising means to get to the goal.



Friendship is like earthenware, once broken, it can be mended; love is like a mirror, once broken that ends it.

Friendship is like earthenware, once broken, it can be mended; love is like a mirror, once broken that ends it.



We must accept the fact that transport and communications will bring the world in close relations and the youth of the world should have standards and ideals in common.

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The police have asked for my help. There's been a murder." "A murder! Oh, my. Let me just change my shoes," Evie said excitedly. "It won't be a minute.

The police have asked for my help. There's been a murder." "A murder! Oh, my. Let me just change my shoes," Evie said excitedly. "It won't be a minute.



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I'm a soldier who didn't know how nasty the battle was going to be, and now, I've got a purple heart and I'm back.

I'm a soldier who didn't know how nasty the battle was going to be, and now, I've got a purple heart and I'm back.




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