#fade

As our language wanes and dies, the golden legends of the far-off centuries fade and pass away. No one sees their influence upon culture; no one sees their educational power. ↗

— Douglas Hyde

#centuries #culture #dies #educational #fade

The land of literature is a fairy land to those who view it at a distance, but, like all other landscapes, the charm fades on a nearer approach, and the thorns and briars become visible. ↗

— Washington Irving

#become #charm #distance #fades #fairy

A social democratic party without deep roots in the working class movement would quickly fade into an unrepresentative intellectual sect. ↗

— Roy Jenkins

#deep #democratic #democratic party #fade #intellectual

The habit of reading is the only enjoyment in which there is no alloy; it lasts when all other pleasures fade. ↗

— Anthony Trollope

#enjoyment #fade #habit #lasts #only

Sexiness wears thin after a while and beauty fades, but to be married to a man who makes you laugh every day, ah, now that's a real treat. ↗

— Joanne Woodward

#ah #beauty #day #every #every day

In the 21st century, white America got a wake-up call after 9/11/01. White America and the western world came to realize that people of color had not gone away, faded into the woodwork or just 'disappeared' as the Great White West kept on its merry way of ignoring black concerns. ↗

— Jeremiah Wright

#after #america #away #black #call

Ah, tell me not that memory sheds gladness o'er the past, what is recalled by faded flowers, save that they did not last? ↗

— Letitia Elizabeth Landon

#did #faded #flowers #gladness #last

I think it's sad that movies and television have caused the theatre to fade as a popular art form. I hope to get young people into the theatre and expose them to Shakespeare. ↗

— Kelly McGillis

#art form #caused #expose #fade #form

Environmental concern is a little like dieting or paying off credit-card debt - an episodically terrific idea that burns brightly and then seems to fade when we realize there's a reason we need to diet or pay down our debt. The reason is that it's really, really hard, and too many of us in too many spheres of life choose the easy over the hard. ↗

— Jon Meacham

#burns #choose #concern #debt #diet

Truth is a thing immortal and perpetual, and it gives to us a beauty that fades not away in time. ↗

— Frank Norris

#beauty #fades #gives #immortal #perpetual