“Be still:
There is no longer any need of comment.
It was a lucky wind
That blew away his halo with his cares,
A lucky sea that drowned his reputation.”
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There is no longer any need of comment.
It was a lucky wind
That blew away his halo with his cares,
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“The right time is any time that one is still so lucky as to have.”
The Ambassadors (1903), book V, ch. II.
Context: Live all you can — it's a mistake not to. It doesn't so much matter what you do in particular, so long as you have your life. If you haven't had that, what have you had?.. What one loses one loses; make no mistake about that... The right time is any time that one is still so lucky as to have.. Live!
Charles Dibdin
(1745–1814) British musician, songwriter, dramatist, novelist and actor
The Sailor’s Consolation. A song with this title, beginning, "One night came on a hurricane", was written by William Pitt, of Malta, who died in 1840.
Source: They'd Rather Be Right (1954), p. 48.
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(1945–2018) British serial killer
As quoted by Brian Masters (2011), Killing for Company, Random House, p. 49, ISBN 1446428737
“A batsman given to run-stealing need not open his mouth to gain the reputation of a wit.”
Herbert Farjeon
(1879–1972) American playwright, theater manager, critic, and researcher (1887–1945)
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