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“For others do I wait...for higher ones, stronger ones, more triumphant ones, merrier ones, for such as are built squarely in body and soul: laughing lions must come.”
Friedrich Nietzsche
“By degrees the castles are built.”
Irish Proverb
“The house built on the sand may oftentimes be built higher, have more fair parapets and battlements, windows and ornaments, than that which is built upon the rock; yet all gifts and privileges equal not one grace”
John Owen
“I've also seen that great men are often lonely. This is understandable, because they have built such high standards for themselves that they often feel alone. But that same loneliness is part of their ability to create.”
Yousuf Karsh
“Nothing is built on stone; all is built on sand, but we must build as if the sand were stone”
Jorge Luis Borges
“Prisons are built with stones of Law, Brothels with bricks of Religion.”
William Blake
“Houses are built to live in and not to look on.”
Francis Bacon Sr.
“We built it, we paid for it, it's ours, and we're going to keep it.”
Ronald Reagan
“Listen, lad. I built this kingdom up from nothing. When I started here, all there was was swamp. Other kings said I was daft to build a castle on a swamp, but I built it all the same, just to show 'em. It sank into the swamp. So, I built a second one. That sank into the swamp. So I built a third one. That burned down, fell over, then sank into the swamp. But the fourth one... stayed up! And that's what you're gonna get, lad: the strongest castle in these islands.”
Monty Python
“They showed you a statue and told you to prayThey built you a temple and locked you awayBut they never told you the price that you payFor things that you might have done.”
Billy Joel
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