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"This body is a tent which for a space Does the pure soul with kingly presence grace; When he departs, comes the tent-pitcher, Death, Strikes it, and moves to a new halting-place." »Omar Khayyam
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"Strike the tent." »Robert E. Lee, last words, 12 October 1870.
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"If the camel once get his nose in a tent, the body will soon follow." »Saudi Proverb
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"To a historian libraries are food, shelter, and even muse." »Barbara Tuchman
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"To stay in places and to leave, to trust, to distrust, to no longer believe and believe again, . . . to watch the snow come, to watch it go, to hear rain on a tent, to know where I can find what I want." »Ernest Hemingway
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"A home is not a mere transient shelter: its essence lies in the personalities of the people who live in it." »H. L. Mencken
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"A home is not a mere transient shelter its essence lies in the personalities of the people who live in it." »H.L. Mencken
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"This is the true nature of home - it is the place of Peace the shelter, not only from injury, but from all terror, doubt and division." »John Ruskin
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"The cat does not offer services. The cat offers itself. Of course he wants care and shelter. You don't buy love for nothing. Like all pure creatures, cats are practical." »William Seward Burroughs
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"Knowledge is a comfortable and necessary retreat and shelter for us in advanced age, and if we do not plant it while young, it will give us no shade when we grow old." »Phillip Chesterfield
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"This is the true nature of home -- it is the place of Peace; the shelter, not only from injury, but from all terror, doubt and division." »John Ruskin
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"What feeling is so nice as a child's hand in yours So small, so soft and warm, like a kitten huddling in the shelter of your clasp." »Marjorie Holmes
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"E?en as a traveller, meeting with the shade Of some o?erhanging tree, awhile reposes, Then leaves its shelter to pursue his way, So men meet friends, then part with them for ever." »The Hitopadesa
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"The poor on the borderline of starvation live purposeful lives. To be engaged in a desperate struggle for food and shelter is to be wholly free from a sense of futility." »Eric Hoffer
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"On life's journey faith is nourishment, virtuous deeds are a shelter, wisdom is the light by day and right mindfulness is the protection by night. If a man lives a pure life, nothing can destroy him." »Buddha
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"A society like ours, which professes no one religion and has allowed all religions to decay, which indulges freedom to the point of license and individualism to the point of anarchy, needs all the support that responsible, cultivated homes can furnish. I hope your generation will provide a firmer shelter for civilized standards." »Alan Simpson
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