#lear

My English text is chaste, and all licentious passages are left in the decent obscurity of a learned language. ↗

— Edward Gibbon

#decent #english #language #learned #left

I thought I had a clear picture of death, but now I know it's a mystery and it will always be a mystery, although it is something we all have in common: everybody knows that life ends with death. ↗

— Beth Gibbons

#always #clear #common #death #ends

A friend who is far away is sometimes much nearer than one who is at hand. Is not the mountain far more awe-inspiring and more clearly visible to one passing through the valley than to those who inhabit the mountain? ↗

— Khalil Gibran

#awe-inspiring #clearly #far #far away #friend

I have learned silence from the talkative, toleration from the intolerant, and kindness from the unkind; yet, strange, I am ungrateful to those teachers. ↗

— Khalil Gibran

#am #i #i am #i have learned #intolerant

The person you consider ignorant and insignificant is the one who came from God, that he might learn bliss from grief and knowledge from gloom. ↗

— Khalil Gibran

#came #consider #gloom #god #grief

There were mornings when I just didn't want to get out of bed. But once again, I'm in an adverse situation and having to deal with something new and learn how to do it. ↗

— Picabo Street

#again #bed #deal #get #having

Boot Camp was great and very interesting. You got to use live rounds of ammunition and got to do a lot of crawling around with live rounds flying around you, so you really had to learn to keep your ass down - everything down for that matter. ↗

— Mel Gibson

#around #ass #boot #boot camp #camp

There's always a learning curve, where you've got to learn what your subject is all about. ↗

— Brad Gilbert

#always #curve #got #learn #learning

Pro football is like nuclear warfare. There are no winners, only survivors. ↗

— Frank Gifford

#football #like #nuclear #only #pro

If I could learn to treat triumph and disaster the same, then I would find bliss. ↗

— Kathie Lee Gifford

#could #disaster #find #i #if i could