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Quotations
A false friend and a shadow attend only while the sun shines. — Benjamin Franklin, 1706-1790, American politician & writer 26 likes | |
There is strong shadow where there is much light. — Wolfgang Goethe, 1749-1832, German poet & philosopher 9 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 9 likes | |
But only he who, himself enlightened, is not afraid of shadows. — Immanuel Kant, 1724-1804, German philosopher 7 likes | |
The shadows: some hide, others reveal. — Antonio Porchia, 1885-1968, Italian-Argentinian poet 7 likes | |
Most of the shadows of this life are caused by standing in one's own sunshine. — Ralph Waldo Emerson, 1803-1884, American philosopher 6 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 3 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”) | |
Never have a companion that casts you in the shade. | |
I don't need a friend who changes when I change and who nods when I nod; my shadow does that much better. | |
The closer you get to the light, the more you know yourself full of shadows. | |
Darkness is absence of light. Shadow is diminution of light. |
Latin Quotes
The life of a human being is like a shadow. Umbra sicut hominis vita. — Medieval Sundial motto 18 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 5 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 3 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 6 likes |
Ancient Greek
Man is the dream of a shadow. Σκιάς όναρ άνθρωπος. — Pindar, 522-438 BC, Ancient Greek lyric poet 51 likes |
Special Quotes
Life is but a shadow: the shadow of a bird on the wing. — Sundial motto 5 likes |