Willa Cather's Quote - The dead might as well try to speak to the living as the old to th

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The dead might as well try to speak to the living as the old to th

The dead might as well try to speak to the living as the old to the young. – Willa Cather

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No one can build his security upon the nobleness of another person. – Willa Cather

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Where there is great love there are always miracles. – Willa Cather

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There are only two or three human stories, and they go on repeating themselves as fiercely as if they had never happened before. – Willa Cather

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Our tastes greatly alter. The lad does not care for the childs rattle, and the old man does not care for the young mans whore. – Samuel Johnson

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[A]t present my chief work is on the manuscripts of the library—a blessed lot, as nothing could be more interesting, as bringing me into close touch with the ancients, to whom I now belong. – James L. Whitney, “Reminiscences of an Old Librarian,” November 1909 #oldsoul

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We have to hate our immediate predecessors to get free of their authority. – D. H. (David Herbert) Lawrence

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What one generation sees as a luxury, the next sees as a necessity. – Anthony Crosland

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I sometimes think one of the great blessings we shall enjoy in heaven, will be to receive letters by every post and never be obliged to reply to them. – Washington Irving

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