#fain

The gap between the committed and the indifferent is a Sahara whose faint trails, followed by the mind's eye only, fade out in sand. ↗

— Nadine Gordimer

#committed #eye #fade #faint #followed

I tended to faint when I saw accident victims in the emergency ward, during surgery, or while drawing blood. ↗

— Michael Crichton

#blood #drawing #during #emergency #faint

Hollywood, it has treated me so nicely, I am ready to faint! As soon as I see Hollywood, I love it. ↗

— Carmen Miranda

#faint #hollywood #i #i am #i love

You live in a deranged age, more deranged that usual, because in spite of great scientific and technological advances, man has not the faintest idea of who he is or what he is doing. ↗

— Walker Percy

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Fain would I climb, yet fear I to fall. ↗

— Walter Raleigh

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Know what to do if you feel faint or dizzy, especially if you might fall and hit your head. ↗

— Marilyn vos Savant

#especially #faint #fall #feel #head

Two qualities are indispensable: first, an intellect that, even in the darkest hour, retains some glimmerings of the inner light which leads to truth; and second, the courage to follow this faint light wherever it may lead. ↗

— Karl Von Clausewitz

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We are always doing something for posterity, but I would fain see posterity do something for us. ↗

— Joseph Addison

#doing #fain #i #posterity #see