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«Spring goeth all in white, / Crowned with milk-white may: / In fleecy flocks of light / O'er heaven the white clouds stray.»
«Sooner or later we all discover that the important moments in life are not the advertised ones, not the birthdays, the graduations, the weddings, not the great goals achieved. The real milestones are less prepossessing. They come to the door of memory unannounced, stray dogs that amble in, sniff around a bit and simply never leave. Our lives are measured by these»
«Wondering's healthy. Broadens the mind. Opens you up to all sorts of stray thoughts and possibilities.»
«Philosophy is the stray camel of the faithful; take hold of it wherever ye come across it»
«Lo, the poor Indian! whose untutored mind Sees God in clouds, or hears him in the wind; His soul proud Science never taught to stray, Far as the solar walk or milky way»
«There is always some frivolity in excellent minds; they have wings to rise, but also stray.»
Author: Joseph Joubert (Essayist) | Keywords: frivolity, stray
«Life has been compared to a race, but the allusion improves by observing, that the most swift are usually the least manageable and the most likely to stray from the course. Great abilities have always been less serviceable to the possessors than moderate ones.»
«Reasoning at every step he treads, Man yet mistakes his way, Whilst meaner things, whom instinct leads, Are rarely known to stray.»
Author: William Cowper (Poet) | Keywords: stray, treads

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