“Ah, if he could only die temporarily!”
Mark Twain book The Adventures of Tom Sawyer
Source: The Adventures of Tom Sawyer
“It only has to be accepted temporarily — temporarily, but every day afresh. And every day ever more. Temporarily. Until we have lived to the end of our temporary lives, and one fine day we temporarily die.”
Source: Detective Story (2008), p. 66.
Context: "You mustn’t forget about your future, Enrique."
"I’m living for the present, Dad."
"Ah!" he waved that aside. "The present is just temporary."
‘ I boiled up. "I know," I burst out. ‘It only has to be accepted temporarily — temporarily, but every day afresh. And every day ever more. Temporarily. Until we have lived to the end of our temporary lives, and one fine day we temporarily die.
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Nélson Rodrigues (1912–1980) Brazilian writer and playwright
Life As It Is, page ii, by Nelson Rodrigues, English translation, Alex Ladd, Host Publications, ISBN 9780924047602 pages
Abraham Lincoln (1809–1865) 16th President of the United States
1860s, Speeches to Ohio Regiments (1864), Speech to the One Hundred Sixty-sixth Ohio Regiment
Context: I almost always feel inclined, when I happen to say anything to soldiers, to impress upon them in a few brief remarks the importance of success in this contest. It is not merely for to-day, but for all time to come that we should perpetuate for our children's children this great and free government, which we have enjoyed all our lives. I beg you to remember this, not merely for my sake, but for yours. I happen temporarily to occupy this big White House. I am a living witness that any one of your children may look to come here as my father's child has.
Frank Chodorov (1887–1966) American libertarian thinker
Source: Fugitive Essays: Selected Writings of Frank Chodorov (1980), p. 363
Francis Escudero (1969) Filipino politician
The Official Website of the Senate of the Philippines http://www.senate.gov.ph/press_release/2009/0812_escudero1.asp <br class="br">2009, Statement: on the latest conviction of Aung San Suu Kyi
Margaret Mead (1901–1978) American anthropologist
As quoted in Margaret Mead : Some Personal Views (1979) edited by Rhoda Métraux
As quoted in American Quotations (1992) by Gorton Carruth and Eugene H. Ehrlich
1970s
Variant: At times it may be necessary temporarily to accept a lesser evil, but one must never label a necessary evil as good.
Winston S. Churchill (1874–1965) Prime Minister of the United Kingdom
The People's Rights [1909] (London: Jonathan Cape, 1970), pp. 133-134
Early career years (1898–1929)
Richard McKenna book The Sand Pebbles
Source: The Sand Pebbles (1962), Ch. 5; speech of Lt. Collins
Context: Civilians are only morally bound to salute our flag. We are legally bound. All Americans are morally bound to die for our flag, if called upon. Only we are legally bound. Only we live our lives in a day to day readiness for that sacrifice. We have sworn our oaths and cut our ties. We have given up wealth and home life, except as San Pablo is our home. It marks us. It sets us apart. We are uncomfortable reminders, in time of peace. Those of you who served in the last war know what I mean.
Charles Spurgeon (1834–1892) British preacher, author, pastor and evangelist
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