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POPSVoltaire inspired Quote generator The quotes are real. The Dr Pangloss mentioned was a character in Voltaire's work 'Candide', or 'Optimism.' (1759) There is a link under the first quote on the clip, but the quotes that were shown kept me pushing the "Hit me again" button. Dr Pangloss was known to be an eternal optimist.
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POPS"Under Ben Bulben" WB Yeats, 1923 Nobel Prize Literature
I SWEAR by what the sages spoke Round the Mareotic Lake That the Witch of Atlas knew, Spoke and set the cocks a-crow. Swear by those horsemen, by those women Complexion and form prove superhuman, That pale, long-visaged company That air in immortality Completeness of their passions won; Now they ride the wintry dawn Where Ben Bulben sets the scene. Here s the gist of what they mean. II Many times man lives and dies Between his two eternities, That of race and that of soul, And ancient Ireland knew it all. Whether man die in his bed Or the rifle knocks him dead, A brief parting from those dear Is the worst man has to fear. Though grave-diggers' toil is long, Sharp their spades, their muscles strong. They but thrust their buried men Back in the human mind again. III You that Mitchel's prayer have heard, 'Send war in our time, O Lord!' Know that when all words are said And a man is fighting mad, Something drops from eyes long blind, He completes his par
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