Historical Quotes

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The main thing is the YOU beneath the clothes and skin--the

The main thing is the YOU beneath the clothes and skin--the ability to do, the will to conquer, the determination to understand and know this great, wonderful, curious world.

Humanity Philosophy Inspirational Sprituality Historical

Our Euripides the human,With his droppings of warm tears,and

Our Euripides the human,With his droppings of warm tears,and his touchings of things common Till they rose to meet the spheres.

Elizabeth Barrett Browning

Funny Inspirational Humour Historical

Show us not the aim without the way.For ends and means on ea

Show us not the aim without the way.For ends and means on earth are so entangledThat changing one, you change the other too;Each different path brings other ends in view

Arthur Koestler

Inspirational Historical

Unlike the hard, iron skeleton of war, the Izzy Doll is soft

Unlike the hard, iron skeleton of war, the Izzy Doll is soft and cuddly. Not forced upon, it is given freely and accepted easily. It cannot be bought or sold therefore has no monetary power. It is created in the spirit of love and given in the same. A gesture of kindness, it brings hope to those who have lost hope. It is created by and distributed by volunteers, all who are in the mood for peace. In a world full of woes and wrongs, it is cheerful and right. And it is a gift of peace.from In the Mood for Peace: the Story of the Izzy Doll

Phyllis Wheaton

Inspirational Historical

Historical Re-creation, he thought glumly, as they picked th

Historical Re-creation, he thought glumly, as they picked their way across, under, over or through the boulders and insect-buzzing heaps of splintered timber, with streamlets running everywhere. Only we do it with people dressing up and running around with blunt weapons, and people selling hot dogs, and the girls all miserable because they can only dress up as wenches, wenching being the only job available to women in the olden days.

Terry Pratchett

Funny Women History Humour Wit Hobbies Dress Up Historical Larps Reenactment Wenches

Love's stories written in love's richest books.To fan the mo

Love's stories written in love's richest books.To fan the moonbeams from his sleeping eyes.

William Shakespeare

Historical