Quote by Paul Valéry
Every man expects some miracle — either from his mind or fr

Every man expects some miracle — either from his mind or from his body or from someone else or from events. – Paul Valéry

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The right to be heard does not automatically include the right to be taken seriously. – Hubert Humphrey, speech, Madison, Wisconsin, 23 August 1965

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For people who live on expectations, to face up to their realization is something of an ordeal. – Elizabeth Bowen

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[A] morning-land full of immeasurable hopes encircled him; he stripped his breast, threw himself all aglow into the dripping grass, washed (but not with any higher purpose than girls have) his firm face with liquid June-snow… – Jean Paul Friedrich Richter, Hesperus, or Forty-Five Dog-Post-Days: A Biography,

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Hate the sin and love the sinner. – Mohandas Gandhi

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