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Tag Name "Topmost" (10)

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A tree there is that from its topmost bough Is half all glittering flame and half all green Abounding foliage moistened with the dew And half is half and yet is all the scene And half and half consume what they renew.
William Butler Yeats
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... see well how it often befalls that to rise to the topmost degree would make it seem that the abyss is on high.
Diane de Poitiers
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While love ceaselessly strives toward that which lies at the hiddenmost center, hatred only perceives the topmost surface . . .
Hermann Broch
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Her mother was a Rutherford. The family came over in the ark, and were connected by marriage with Henry the VIII. On her father's side they date back further than Adam. On the topmost branches of her family tree there's a superior breed of monkeys with very fine silky hair and extra long tails.
Jean Webster
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In uncertainty I am certain that underneath their topmost layers of frailty men want to be good and want to be loved. Indeed most of their vices are attempted short cuts to love. When a man comes to die, no matter what his talents and influence and genius, if he dies unloved his life must be a failure to him and his dying a cold horror.
John Steinbeck
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A bona fide spiritual master, under the guidance of authorities, can turn anyone to the Vaisnava cult so that naturally he may come to the topmost position of a brahmana.
A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada
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Food ... is the topmost taper on the golden candelabrum of existence.
Donald Barthelme
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Yes, Harry Potter!” said Dobby at once, his great eyes shining with excitement. “And if Dobby does it wrong, Dobby will throw himself off the topmost tower, Harry Potter!” “There won’t be any need for that,” said Harry hastily.
J. K. Rowling
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Great things happen nationally when topmost leadership is goaded and supported from below.
John Gardner
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In uncertainty I am certain that underneath their topmost layers of frailty men want to be good and want to be loved.
John Steinbeck