#ra

Then trust me there's nothing like drinking, So pleasant on this side of the grave: It keeps the unhappy from thinking, And makes e'en the valiant more brave. ↗

— Charles Dibdin

#drinking #grave #keeps #like #makes

There are dark shadows on the earth, but its lights are stronger in the contrast. ↗

— Charles Dickens

#contrast #dark #dark shadows #earth #lights

And what unity is to be had, at a time when orchestras are dying out, and when opera houses are about to close their doors; what's going to come next - when nothing new in music, for the orchestra, is truly lasting: pieces are performed once, and then they're thrown away. ↗

— Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau

#away #close #come #doors #dying

The Democrats never fight about who is more like Jimmy Carter. ↗

— Marco Rubio

#carter #democrats #fight #jimmy #jimmy carter

Australia is a nation of compassion. Courage and compassion. And the third of these great values: resilience. ↗

— Kevin Rudd

#compassion #courage #great #nation #resilience

The Government's mission is to build a strong and fair Australia capable of meeting the new challenges of the 21st century. ↗

— Kevin Rudd

#australia #build #capable #century #challenges

Zest is the secret of all beauty. There is no beauty that is attractive without zest. ↗

— Christian Dior

#attractive #secret #without #zest

But the basic difficulty still remains: It is the expansion of Federal power, about which I wish to express my alarm. How easily we embrace such business. ↗

— Everett Dirksen

#alarm #basic #business #difficulty #easily

I get so happy when I write a joke. It's a very satisfying, liberating feeling. ↗

— Rita Rudner

#get #happy #i #i write #joke

Our lives are programmed at conception and are endowed with purpose and meaning. ↗

— Jeane Dixon

#endowed #lives #meaning #our #our lives