Mermaids Quotes
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I have heard the mermaids singing, each to each. I do not think that
they will sing to me.
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More Mermaids Quotes
What more do you want, mermaids?
Isidor Isaac Rabi— In defense of Robert Oppenheimer at McCarthy-era security hearings, after noting he had organized scientists to develop the atomic bomb for the US, as quoted in "Atomised" in The New Statesman' (10 January 2008)
Go and catch a falling star, Get with child a mandrake root, Tell me where all past years are, Or who cleft the Devil's foot, Teach me to hear mermaids singing, Or to keep off envy's stinging, And find What wind Serves to advance an honest mind.
john donne— Song (Go and Catch a Falling Star), stanza 1.
