#bear

Beauty doesn't need ornaments. Softness can't bear the weight of ornaments. ↗

— Munshi Premchand

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Let every nation know, whether it wishes us well or ill, that we shall pay any price, bear any burden, meet any hardship, support any friend, oppose any foe to assure the survival and the success of liberty. ↗

— John F. Kennedy

#any #assure #bear #burden #every

I love and reverence the Word, the bearer of the spirit, the tool and gleaming ploughshare of progress. ↗

— Thomas Mann

#i #i love #love #progress #reverence

Death and love are the two wings that bear the good man to heaven. ↗

— Michelangelo

#death #good #good man #heaven #love

The mere fact of an American being present could help save the lives of innocent people. That's why I believe in the importance of bearing witness, to become a voice for the voiceless. ↗

— Bianca Jagger

#bearing #become #being #believe #could

Wisdom I know is social. She seeks her fellows. But Beauty is jealous, and illy bears the presence of a rival. ↗

— Thomas Jefferson

#beauty #fellows #her #i #jealous

Playing music is the best thing in the world. It makes show business almost bearable. ↗

— David Johansen

#bearable #best #business #makes #music

I loathe gardening, but I love gardens, and I have two beautiful gardens. I can not bear gardening, but I love gardens. ↗

— Elton John

#beautiful #gardening #gardens #i #i can

It is a struggle; for though the black man fights passively, he nevertheless fights; and his passive resistance is more effective at present than active resistance could possibly be. He bears the fury of the storm as does the willow tree. ↗

— James Weldon Johnson

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I learned in the early part of my career that labor must bear the cross for others' sins, must be the vicarious sufferer for the wrongs that others do. ↗

— Mother Jones

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