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Aldington, Richard
1892–1962
1892–1962
1
Patriotism is a lively sense of collective responsibility. Nationalism is a silly cock crowing on its own dunghill.
Patriotism is a lively sense of collective responsibility. Nationalism is a silly cock crowing on its own dunghill.
The Colonel's Daughter
(1931) pt. 1, ch. 6
Aldrin, "Buzz"
1930–
1930–
1
Beautiful! Beautiful! Magnificent desolation.
of the lunar landscape
Beautiful! Beautiful! Magnificent desolation.
of the lunar landscape
on the first moon walk, 20 July 1969
Alexander
the Great 356
bc
the Great 356
bc
1
If I were not Alexander, I would be Diogenes.
Is it not worthy of tears that, when the number of worlds is infinite, we have not yet become lords of a single one?
when asked why he wept on hearing from Anaxarchus that there was an infinite number of worlds
If I were not Alexander, I would be Diogenes.
Plutarch
Parallel Lives
"Alexander" ch. 14, sect. 3
Is it not worthy of tears that, when the number of worlds is infinite, we have not yet become lords of a single one?
when asked why he wept on hearing from Anaxarchus that there was an infinite number of worlds
Plutarch
Moralia
"On Tranquillity of the Mind"
Alexander II
(
"the Liberator"
)1818–81
(
"the Liberator"
)1818–81
1
Better to abolish serfdom from above than to wait till it begins to abolish itself from below.
Better to abolish serfdom from above than to wait till it begins to abolish itself from below.
speech in Moscow, 30 March 1856
Alexander, Cecil Frances
1818–95
1818–95
1
All things bright and beautiful,
All creatures great and small,
All things wise and wonderful,
The Lord God made them all.
Once in royal David's city
Stood a lowly cattle-shed,
Where a mother laid her baby
In a manger for his bed:
Mary was that mother mild,
Jesus Christ her little child.
There is a green hill far away,
Without a city wall.
All things bright and beautiful,
All creatures great and small,
All things wise and wonderful,
The Lord God made them all.
"All Things Bright and Beautiful" (1848)
Once in royal David's city
Stood a lowly cattle-shed,
Where a mother laid her baby
In a manger for his bed:
Mary was that mother mild,
Jesus Christ her little child.
"Once in royal David's city" (1848)
There is a green hill far away,
Without a city wall.
"There is a green hill far away" (1848)
Alexander, William
, Lord Stirling
c.
1567–1640
, Lord Stirling
c.
1567–1640
1
The weaker sex, to piety more prone.
The weaker sex, to piety more prone.
"Doomsday" 5th Hour (1637)
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