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"In the morning when thou risest unwillingly, let this thought be present - I am rising to the work of a human being. Why then am I dissatisfied if I am going to do the things for which I exist and for which I was brought into the world?"
"A rising tide (in the economy) lifts all boats."
"Rising before daylight is also to be commended; it is a healthy habit, and gives more time for the management of the household as well as for liberal studies."
"I had no more alphabet than the journeying of the swallows, the pure and tiny water of the small, fiery bird that dances rising from the pollen."
"I'd rather be a rising ape than a falling angel."
"True heroism consists in rising superior to misfortune."
"Politics are now nothing more than means of rising in the world."
"All motion in this universe is in the form of waves, successively rising and falling."
"Life is nothing but an occassional burst of laughter rising above the interminable wail of grief."
"We better know there is a fire whence we see much smoke rising than we could know it by one or two witnesses swearing to it. The witnesses may commit perjury, but the smoke cannot."
"The ever-rising cost of living: Someday soon, the corporate technicians will be locking meters on our noses and charging us a royalty on the air we breathe."
"A man of science rises ever, in seeking truth; and if he never finds it in its wholeness, he discovers nevertheless very significant fragments; and these fragments of universal truth are precisely what constitutes science."
"The sole art that suits me is that which, rising from unrest, tends toward serenity."
"It was almost like fear, in the way it filled me, rising in my chest. It was almost like tears, in how swiftly it came. But it was neither of those, buoyant where they were heavy, bright were they dull."
"To prevent and suppress rising resentment is wise and glorious, is manly and divine."
"Rising early and scorning laziness, remaining calm in time of strife, faultless in conduct and clever in actions. One like this will be praised."
"Then, rising with Aurora's light, The Muse invoked, sit down to write; Blot out, correct, insert, refine, Enlarge, diminish, interline."
"All that has been hidden is rising, there is no stopping it! These things you cannot hide: the sun, the moon, and TRUTH."
"Dear friends of Haiti, we are indeed on the right track. Slowly but surely we are rising from the ashes."
"There is nothing inevitable about rising unemployment."
