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In youth, we clothe ourselves with rainbows, and go as brave as th

In youth, we clothe ourselves with rainbows, and go as brave as the zodiac. In age, we put out another sort of perspiration,—gout, fever, rheumatism, caprice, doubt, fretting, and avarice. – Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803–1882), “Fate,” The Conduct of Life

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So shines the setting sun on adverse skies, and paints a rainbow on the storm. – Isaac Watts

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Look at the rainbow, and praise him who made it; it is exceedingly beautiful in its brightness. It encircles the sky with its glorious arc; the hands of the Most High have stretched it out. – Bible, Ecclesiasticus (Apocrypha) 43:11-12

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Weekends are a bit like rainbows; they look good from a distance but disappear when you get up close to them. – John Shirley

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The treasure of self is buried under the rainbow and yet glows beyond the sun. – Terri Guillemets

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