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"Having now finished the work assigned me, I retire from the great theatre of Action; and bidding an Affectionate farewell to this August body under whose orders I have so long acted, I here offer my commission, and take my leave of all the employments of public life."
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"Farewell, a long farewell to all my greatness! This is the state of man: today he puts forth The tender leaves of hope, tomorrow blossoms, And bears his blushing honours thick upon him: The third day comes a frost, a killing frost, And - when he thinks, good easy man, full surely His greatness is a-ripening - nips his root, And then he falls, as I do."
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"No statement should be believed because it is made by an authority."
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"It is one thing to say that something should be done, but quite a different matter to do it."
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"Your time may come. Do not be too sad, Sam. You cannot be always torn in two. You will have to be one and whole, for many years. You have so much to enjoy and to be, and to do."
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"We stood up and bade each other farewell, but love and despair stood between us like two ghosts, one stretching his wings with his fingers over our throats, one weeping and the other laughing hideously. As I took Selma's hand and put it to my lips, she came close to me and placed a kiss on my forehead, then dropped on the wooden bench. She shut her eyes and whispered softly, "Oh, Lord God, have mercy on me and mend my broken wings!"
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"Man's feelings are always purest and most glowing in the hour of meeting and of farewell."
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"It's always nerve-racking to take off your clothes on film. But doing it with a woman felt safer than with a man. You know you can say, 'Don't grab me there: That's where my cellulite is'!"
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"Farewell, and may the blessing of Elves and Men and all Free Folk go with you. May the stars shine upon your faces!"
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"Fare thee well, and if for ever Still for ever fare thee well."
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"Farewell! if ever fondest prayer For other's weal avail'd on high, Mine will not all be lost in air, But waft thy name beyond the sky."
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"Washington's address is virtually unknown today and has not been seen in most American history textbooks in nearly four decades. Perhaps it is because of all the religious warnings Washington made in his 'Farewell Address.'"
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"He had decided to live forever or die in the attempt."
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"Don't get discouraged because there's a lot of mechanical work to writing. I rewrote the first part of Farewell to Arms at least fifty times."
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"An old man who cannot bid farewell to life appears as feeble and sickly as the young man who is unable to embrace it."
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"Adieu! I have too grieved a heart to take a tedious leave."
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"Farewell, my sister, fare thee well. The elements be kind to thee, and make Thy spirits all of comfort: fare thee well."
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"You attend the funeral, you bid the dead farewell. You grieve. Then you continue with your life. And at times the fact of her absence will hit you like a blow to the chest, and you will weep. But this will happen less and less as time goes on. She is dead. You are alive. So live."
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"Farewell, fair cruelty."
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