The 'tide in the affairs of men' does not remain at the flood; it ebbs. We may cry out desperately for time to pause in her passage, but time is deaf to every plea and rushes on. Over the bleached bones and jumbled residue of numerous civilizations are written the pathetic words: 'Too late...'
Interpretation
Time is constantly moving forward, and we must act before opportunities are lost.
This quote reflects on the inevitability of time's passage and the importance of seizing opportunities while they present themselves. It illustrates how past civilizations have failed to act in time, leading to their downfall and emphasizes that procrastination can lead to regret and missed chances.
In practice
In a motivational speech about taking action when opportunities arise.
This business of burning human beings with napalm, of filling our nation's homes with orphans and widows, of injecting poisonous drugs of hate into veins of peoples normally humane, of sending men home from dark and bloody battlefields physically handicapped and psychologically deranged, cannot be reconciled with wisdom, justice and love.
Music is the best consolation for a despaired man
We must meet the forces of hate with the power of love.
We may have all come on different ships, but we're in the same boat now.
Israel... is one of the great outpost of democracy in the world
One of the greatest casualties of the war in Vietnam is the Great Society... shot down on the battlefield of Vietnam.
Listen! Clam up your mouth and be silent like an oyster shell, for that tongue of yours is the enemy of the soul, my friend. When the lips are silent, the heart has a hundred tongues.
One of the blessings of maturity is that it sometimes brings one greater courage to be truthful, regardless of what those who do not understand may think or say
Rich honesty dwells like a miser, Sir, in a poor house; as your pearl in your foul oyster.
Perhaps every time anyone is praised it means that someone else somewhere is going to be ignored
Our greatest foes, and whom we must chiefly combat, are within.
They're only words. You can't be afraid of words that speak the truth, even if it's an unpleasant truth.
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