"May the work of your hands be a sign of gratitude and reverence to the human condition."
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"When freedom is in jeopardy, non-co-operation may be a duty and prison may be a palace."
"Well, you can go on looking forward," said Gandalf. "There may be many unexpected feasts ahead of you."
"Of all the things that men may heed 'Tis most of love they sing indeed."
"Farewell! O Gandalf! May you ever appear where you are most needed and least expected!"
"Man may rest in the eternal fitness; he may abide in the everlasting; and roam from the beginning to the end of all creation. He may bring his nature to a condition of ONE, he may nourish his strength; he may harmonise his virtue, and so put himself into partnership with God."
"Where is that man who has forgotten words that I may have a word with him?"
"The road to success may be, and generally is, obstructed by many influences which must be removed before the goal can be reached."
"We are sacrificing ourselves for our ready-made goods; we are consumers and live in such a way that the means may consume the end."
"To write a novel may be pure pleasure. To live a novel presents certain difficulties. As for reading a novel, I do my best to get out of it."
"We are nothing. - Tomorrow we may be die. We are nothing. - You and me."
"It is ill to marry in the month of May."
"A strategic plan based on the over-all situation of both belligerents is ... more stable, but it too is applicable only in a given strategic stage and has to be changed when the war moves towards a new stage. ... [Conversely, tactical plans may] ... have to be changed several times a day."
"There are little pockets of old time in London, where things and places stay the same, like bubbles in amber,” she explained. “There’s a lot of time in London, and it has to go somewhere—it doesn’t all get used up at once.” “I may still be hung over,” sighed Richard. “That almost made sense."
"An pretend and evil friend is haughty to be feared than a unmanageable beast; a unmanageable beast may mouthful your build up, but an evil friend fortitude mouthful your intellect."
"Other people have qualities that may be better than your own. Let them express them."
"In human affairs, no single person, organisation or social formation ever has a final or an absolutely correct position. It is through conversation, debate and critical discussion that we approach positions that may provide workable solutions."
"May we awaken from forgetfulness and realize our true home."
"Whatever may happen to thee, it was prepared for thee from all eternity."
"Anyone may fairly seek his own advantage, but no one has a right to do so at another's expense."