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Shadow |
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Quotations
 | A false friend and a shadow attend only while the sun shines. — Benjamin Franklin, 1706-1790, American politician & writer 27 likes |
 | Perhaps a man's character was like a tree, and his reputation like its shadow; the shadow is what we think of it; the tree is the real thing. — Abraham Lincoln, 1809-1865, American President 11 likes |
 | There is strong shadow where there is much light. — Wolfgang Goethe, 1749-1832, German poet & philosopher 10 likes |
 | But only he who, himself enlightened, is not afraid of shadows. — Immanuel Kant, 1724-1804, German philosopher 8 likes |
 | The shadows: some hide, others reveal. — Antonio Porchia, 1885-1968, Italian-Argentinian poet 8 likes |
 | Most of the shadows of this life are caused by standing in one's own sunshine. — Ralph Waldo Emerson, 1803-1884, American philosopher 7 likes |
 | Everything that we see is a shadow cast by that which we do not see. — Martin Luther King, 1929-1968, American leader in the Civil Rights Movement 4 likes |
 | Go! I shall walk in the shadows by your side: I will be your spirit, you will be my beauty. — Edmond Rostand, 1868-1918, French playwright ( “Cyrano de Bergerac”) 1 likes |
 | Never have a companion that casts you in the shade. — Baltasar Gracian, 1601-1658, Spanish writer 1 likes |
 | I don't need a friend who changes when I change and who nods when I nod; my shadow does that much better. — Plutarch, 47-120 AD, Ancient Greek historian 1 likes |
 | The closer you get to the light, the more you know yourself full of shadows. — Christian Bobin, 1951-2022, French writer 1 likes |
 | The shadows are as important as the light. — Charlotte Brontë, 1816-1855, English novelist & poet 1 likes |
 | Darkness is absence of light. Shadow is diminution of light. — Leonardo da Vinci, 1452-1519, Italian polymath & painter 1 likes |
Latin Quotes
 | The life of a human being is like a shadow. Umbra sicut hominis vita. — Medieval Sundial motto 19 likes |
Quotes in Verse
 | Events cast long shadows before. One such event would be a war. But how are shadows to be seen When total darkness fills the screen? — Bertolt Brecht, 1898-1956, German writer 7 likes |
 | Between the idea And the reality Between the motion And the act Falls the Shadow. — T. S. Eliot, 1888-1965, British poet, Nobel 1948 5 likes |
Funny Quotes
 | I got a new shadow. I had to get rid of the other one – it wasn’t doing what I was doing. — Steven Wright, 1955-, American comedian 7 likes |
Ancient Greek
 | Man is the dream of a shadow. Σκιάς όναρ άνθρωπος. — Pindar, 522-438 BC, Ancient Greek lyric poet 61 likes |
Special Quotes
| Life is but a shadow: the shadow of a bird on the wing. — Sundial motto 6 likes |
