Glossary of Inspirational Quotes that Rekindle the Soul
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| Quote:The true meaning of life is to plant trees, whose shade you do not expect to sit.[Nelson Henderson] Quote:Hide not your talents. They for use were made. What's a sundial in the shade.[Benjamin Franklin] Quote:Hide not your talents, they for use were made. What's a sun-dial in the shade? [Benjamin Franklin] Quote:Train up a fig tree in the way it should go, and when you are old sit under the shade of it. [Charles Dickens] Quote:I never saw an ugly thing in my life: for let the form of an object be what it may - light, shade, and perspective will always make it beautiful. [Marcus Aurelius Antoninus] Definitions of: shadeDefinition: Comparative obscurity owing to interception or interruption of the rays of light; partial darkness caused by the intervention of something between the space contemplated and the source of light.Definition: Darkness; obscurity; -- often in the plural. Definition: An obscure place; a spot not exposed to light; hence, a secluded retreat. Definition: That which intercepts, or shelters from, light or the direct rays of the sun; hence, also, that which protects from heat or currents of air; a screen; protection; shelter; cover; as, a lamp shade. Definition: Shadow. Definition: The soul after its separation from the body; -- so called because the ancients it to be perceptible to the sight, though not to the touch; a spirit; a ghost; as, the shades of departed heroes. Definition: The darker portion of a picture; a less illuminated part. See Def. 1, above. Definition: Degree or variation of color, as darker or lighter, stronger or paler; as, a delicate shade of pink. Definition: A minute difference or variation, as of thought, belief, expression, etc.; also, the quality or degree of anything which is distinguished from others similar by slight differences; as, the shades of meaning in synonyms. Definition: To undergo or exhibit minute difference or variation, as of color, meaning, expression, etc.; to pass by slight changes; -- used chiefly with a preposition, as into, away, off. |
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