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  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of alas! in Chaldean Numerology is: 8

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of alas! in Pythagorean Numerology is: 6

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  1. Miguel de Cervantes:

    Alas! all music jars when the soul's out of tune.

  2. Paul. F. Meekin:

    Alas! I have more hair on my shoulders then on my head.

  3. Joseph Brodsky:

    For aesthetics is the mother of ethics. Were we to choose our leaders on the basis of their reading experience and not their political programs, there would be much less grief on earth. I believe-not empirically, alas, but only theoretically-that for someone who has read a lot of Dickens to shoot his like in the name of an idea is harder than for someone who has read no Dickens.

  4. Herodotus:

    One man envies the success in life of another, and hates him in secret; nor is he willing to give him good advice when he is consulted, except it be by some wonderful effort of good feeling, and there are, alas, few such men in the world. A real friend, on the other hand, exults in his friend?s happiness, rejoices in all his joys, and is ready to afford him the best advice.

  5. Jean Rostand:

    The ideal, without doubt, varies, but its enemies, alas, are always the same.

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