Quote#Wisdom
And we run because we like it
Quote byCharles Sorley · 1895–1915
Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: "The Song of the Ungirt Runners", in Marlborough, &c. (1916), p. 41.
English (original)
And we run because we like it Through the broad bright land.
— Charles Sorley
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We have the evil spirits too That shake our soul with battle-din. But we have an eviller spirit than you, We have a dumb spirit within: The exceeding bitter agony But not the exceeding bitter cry.
The scene was changed. It was a bark that slowly held its way, And o'er its lee the coast of France in the light of evening lay; And on its deck a lady sat, who gazed with tearful eyes Upon the fast receding hills that dim and distant rise.
What great Effects from slender Causes flow!
So All is diff’rent, and yet All is One.
But as well may you, when urging a man up-hill with a heavy load upon his back, and with your lash also upon his back, tell him, that be has nothing to do either with the load or the lash.
