“ Oh, how portentous is prosperity! How comet-like, it threatens while it shines. ”
- Edward Young- Copy
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“ Weeping may endure for a night, but joy cometh in the morning. ”
- The Holy Bible- Copy
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“ Old men and comets have been reverenced for the same reason: their long beards, and pretenses to foretell events. ”
- Jonathan Swift- Copy
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“ I must work the work of him that sent me while it is day; for the night cometh when no man can work. ”
- The Holy Bible- Copy
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“ The wisdom of a learned man cometh by opportunity of leisure: and he that hath little business shall become wise. ”
- The Holy Bible- Copy
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“ When beggars die there are no comets seen;The heavens themselves blaze forth the death of princes. ”
- William Shakespeare- Copy
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“ They may talk of a comet, or a burning mountain, or some such bagatelle; but to me a modest woman, dressed out in all her finery, is the most tremendous object of the whole creation. ”
- Oliver Goldsmith- Copy
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“ With a tale, for sooth, he cometh unto you; with a tale which holdeth children from play, and old men from the chimney corner. ”
- Sir Philip Sidney- Copy
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“ Men of genius are often dull and inert in society; as the blazing meteor, when it descends to earth, is only a stone. ”
- Henry Wadsworth Longfellow- Copy
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“ Great people are meteors designed to burn so that the earth may be lighted. ”
- Napoleon Bonaparte- Copy
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“ What is the value of a meteor shower, a symphony, a good belly laugh, a poem, a bird's song, an act of selfless kindness, or a child's smile? These things are valuable because they quietly, persistently give life meaning. Not everyone can perceive the significance of a meteor shower or a symphony; not everyone is capable of appreciating acts of selfless kindness or good belly laughs… ”
- Timothy Ray Miller- Copy
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“ The most significant finding is the nature of the surface of the comet. We now know that it isn't covered in a hard crust. It's a fine-grained, loosely glued layer of organic powder and ice. You couldn't make a snowball on Tempel 1. ”
- Peter Schultz- Copy
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