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«A ship, an isle, a sickle moon - / With few but with how splendid stars / The mirrors of the sea are strewn / Between their silver bars.»
«Truth is the shattered mirror strewn in myriad bits; while each believes his little bit the whole to own»
«History is strewn with the wrecks of nations which have gained a little progressiveness at the cost of a great deal of hard manliness, and have thus prepared themselves for destruction as soon as the movements of the world gave a chance for it.»
«The innocent are so few that two of them seldom meet - when they do meet, their victims lie strewn all round»
«Metaphysics is a dark ocean without shores or lighthouse, strewn with many a philosophic wreck.»
«The path of a good woman is indeed strewn with flowers; but they rise behind her steps, not before them»
Author: John Ruskin (Critic, Writer) | About: Virtue | Keywords: steps, strew, strewed, strewn, strews, The Path
«The road to positivity is strewn with the abandoned vehicles of the faint-hearted.»
«Life is strewn with so many dangers, and can be the source of so many misfortunes, that death is not the greatest of them»
«Literature is strewn with the wreckage of those who have minded beyond reason the opinion of others»