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Man is a noble animal, splendid in ashes, and pompous in the grave. ↗

— Thomas Browne

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The world survived the fall of the Roman empire and will no doubt outlast our own so much more splendid civilisation. ↗

— James Buchan

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The love of one's country is a splendid thing. But why should love stop at the border? ↗

— Pablo Casals

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"No comment" is a splendid expression. I am using it again and again. ↗

— Winston Churchill

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The most splendid achievement of all is the constant striving to surpass yourself and to be worthy of your own approval. ↗

— Denis Waitley

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That strange feeling we had in the war. Have you found anything in your lives since to equal it in strength? A sort of splendid carelessness it was, holding us together. ↗

— Noel Coward

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The splendid discontent of God With chaos made the world. And from the discontent of man The worlds best progress springs. ↗

— Ella Wheeler Wilcox

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I have long been of the opinion that if work were such a splendid thing the rich would have kept more of it for themselves. ↗

— Bruce Grocott

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Nothing splendid has ever been achieved except by those who dared believe that something inside them was superior to circumstance. ↗

— Bruce Barton

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We of America are especially fitted to visualize and to understand the marvellous transformation of a wilderness into a land of splendid cities. ↗

— James H. Breasted

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