Section: «Quotes»
A quotation (from Latin citare, citatum - to proclaim, to cite) is a verbatim excerpt from some text of someone's speech; the author's words, cited to support it with authority or simply to illustrate one's own expressed thought, or to criticize the quoted thought itself.
One Swallow maketh not Summer; nor one Woodcock a Winter. ~William Camden, Remains, 1605
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Look, friends, don't you see a swallow? The herald of spring. ~Aristophanes, 424 B.C. ["One swallow will not make spring, nor one bee honey," says..
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In European folk-lore, the bear is the Candlemas weather-prophet. ~John Russell Bartlett, Dictionary of Americanisms: A Glossary of Words and Phrases..
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In America, paying due deference to the creature's importance is our national mythology, it is left to the ground-hog to decide the day, and so the..
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Everybody who knew anything about ciphering was called in to consider it. A young man from a high school near here, who made a specialty of..
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Groundhog DayWinter's grip's broken, the sun swings north!~David J. Beard (1947–2016), @Raqhun, tweet, 2015
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Though the groundhog and crocus creep into their holesIt's Spring, and the almanac shows it;Though a polar wave over the continent rollsIt's Spring!..
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The hedge-rows cast a shallow shade Upon the frozen grass, But skies at evening song are soft, And comes the Candlemas.Each day a..
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Yesterday was "ground-hog's day" in many parts of the United States, and Candlemas day in many other parts of the world. From time immemorial, it has..
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If Candlemas Day be fair and bright,Winter will have another fight;But if Candlemas Day be clouds and rain,Winter is gone, and will not come..
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If ground-hog day was bright and fair,The beast came forth, but not to stay;His shadow turned him to his lair,Where six weeks more, he dormant..
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To those who cite the First Amendment as reason for excluding God from more and more of our institutions and everyday life, may I just say: The First..
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When our Founding Fathers passed the First Amendment, they sought to protect churches from government interference. They never intended to construct..
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While we are contending for our own liberty, we should be very cautious not to violate the conscience of others, ever considering that God alone is..
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