#edge

When it passes towards the east, the sun begins to have less effect upon it, and a thin line on the edge of its bright side emits its splendour towards the earth. ↗

— Marcus V. Pollio

#bright #earth #east #edge #effect

Newt Gingrich's job to capture the Congress was to give Republican candidates an edge and a distinction from their Democratic opponent. That required a very high profile, some very strong language. ↗

— Pete du Pont

#capture #congress #democratic #distinction #edge

It is becoming more widely acknowledged that it is better to have a good constitution than not having a perfect one. ↗

— Romano Prodi

#becoming #better #constitution #good #having

It is in moments of illness that we are compelled to recognize that we live not alone but chained to a creature of a different kingdom, whole worlds apart, who has no knowledge of us and by whom it is impossible to make ourselves understood: our body. ↗

— Marcel Proust

#apart #body #chained #compelled #creature

Illness is the doctor to whom we pay most heed; to kindness, to knowledge, we make promise only; pain we obey. ↗

— Marcel Proust

#doctor #heed #illness #kindness #knowledge

If I was left to my own devices, you would see about ten T-shirts in rotation with maybe a few nice pairs of jeans - but I also like to look good. I like feeling really well put together, I just don't have the aptitude and the knowledge to do that. ↗

— Daniel Radcliffe

#also #aptitude #devices #feeling #few

In our culture I think most people think of grief as sadness, and that's certainly part of it, a large part of it, but there's also this thorniness, these edges that come out. ↗

— Anthony Rapp

#certainly #come #culture #edges #grief

But with lots of good ideas, implementation is the key, and so we need to keep our eye on the ball as we go forward and make sure that people honor their pledges in terms of financial commitments, and that we actually use this money so that it makes a real difference. ↗

— Mitchell Reiss

#ball #commitments #difference #eye #financial

Let no one be deluded that a knowledge of the path can substitute for putting one foot in front of the other. ↗

— Mary Richards

#foot #front #knowledge #other #path

To know how to dissimulate is the knowledge of kings. ↗

— Duc De Richelieu

#kings #know #knowledge