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«He continued to be and infant long after he ceased to be a prodigy»
Author: Robert Moses | Keywords: infant, prodigies, prodigy
«A kindly gesture bestowed by us on an animal arouses prodigies of understanding and gratitude»
Author: Sidonie Gabrielle | About: Animals, Gratitude, Relationships, Understanding | Keywords: bestowed, gesture, kindly, prodigies, prodigy
«SIREN, n. One of several musical prodigies famous for a vain attempt to dissuade Odysseus from a life on the ocean wave. Figuratively, any lady of splendid promise, dissembled purpose and disappointing performance.»
Author: Ambrose Bierce (Editor, Journalist, Writer) | Keywords: disappointing, dissemble, dissembled, dissembling, dissuade, dissuaded, dissuading, figuratively, Odysseus, prodigies, prodigy, siren, Sirens
«What a chimera then is man! What a novelty! What a monster, what a chaos, what a contradiction, what a prodigy! Judge of all things, feeble earthworm, depository of truth, a sink of uncertainty and error, the glory and the shame of the universe»
Author: Blaise Pascal (Mathematician, Philosopher, Physicist) | Keywords: chimera, chimeras, contradiction, depository, earthworm, earthworms, feeble, monster, novelties, novelty, prodigies, prodigy, sink, uncertainty
«Everybody hates a prodigy, detests an old head on young shoulders.»
Author: Desiderius Erasmus (Editor, Humanist, Priest) | Keywords: detests, prodigies, prodigy, shoulders
«With red hair, a black face, a cloven foot, and blear eyes, you show the world a prodigy, Zoilus, if you are an honest man»
Author: Marcus Aurelius | Keywords: blear, cloven, cloven foot, prodigies, prodigy, Red hair
«In life's last scene what prodigies surprise, / Fears of the brave, and follies of the wise! / From Marlborough's eyes the streams of dotage flow, / And Swift expires a driv'ller and a show.»
Author: Samuel Johnson (Critic, Poet, Writer) | Keywords: dotage, expires, prodigies, prodigy
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