A short life in the saddle, Lord!
Not long life by the fire.

Louise Imogen Guiney

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Topic

Living life to the fullest Taking risks Going for it

Author

Louise Imogen Guiney

Source

The Knight Errant

Medium

Poem

Language

English

Time

1893 1890s 19th century

Occupation

Poet Writer

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United States

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Citation

Guiney, Louise Imogen. "The Knight Errant." A Roadside Harp. Boston: Houghton Mifflin and Company, 1893, st. 2.

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It is revolting to have no better reason for a rule of law than that so it was laid down in the time of Henry IV. It is still more revolting if the grounds upon which it was laid down have vanished long since, and the rule simply persists from blind imitation of the past.

Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.

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Legal theory Law

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Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.
Language
English
Time
1897 1890s 19th century
Authentication Score 3
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Holmes, Oliver Wendell, Jr. "The Path of the Law." Address to the Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts at the dedication of the new hall of the Boston University School of Law. 8 Jan. 1897, Boston University School of Law, Boston, MA, USA.

Current Citation

Holmes, Oliver Wendell, Jr. "The Path of the Law." The Essential Holmes: Selections from the Letters, Speeches, Judicial Opinions, and Other Writings of Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr, edited by Richard A. Posner. University of Chicago Press, 1997.

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Death is certain, replacing both the siren-song of Paradise and the dread of Hell. Life on this earth, with all its mystery and beauty and pain, is then to be lived far more intensely: we stumble and get up, we are sad, confident, insecure, feel loneliness and joy and love. There is nothing more; but I want nothing more.

Ayaan Hirsi Ali

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Living life to the fullest Life and death Life Death

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Ayaan Hirsi Ali
Source
How (and Why) I Became an Infidel The Portable Atheist
Medium
Essay
Genre
Religious literature
Language
English
Time
2007 2000s 21st century
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Citation

Hirsi Ali, Ayaan. "How (and Why) I Became an Infidel." The Portable Atheist: Essential Readings for the Nonbeliever, edited by Christopher Hitchens. Da Capo Press, 2007, ch. 47.