Men, even when alone, lighten their labors by song, however rude it may be.
QUINTILIANThere are certain romances that belong in certain cities, in a certain atmosphere, in a certain time.
More Jr., Sammy Davis Quotes
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How sweet, how passing sweet, is solitude! But grant me still a friend in my retreat, whom I may whisper, solitude is sweet.
WILLIAM COWPER -
History is a race between education and catastrophe.
H. G. WELLS -
Darling, you are a warrior, for even though each day feels like a battle, you keep fighting and live on.
SARAH SHAWKAT -
I don’t act in the way other actresses act, in terms of building or creating a character. I don’t transform myself into the role, I invest myself in the role.
BEATRICE DALLE -
Too busy thinking about my baby and I ain’t got time for nothing else.
MARVIN GAYE -
Souls shouldering the burden of false hopes, broken promises, fear like a burning flame. Maybe that’s why each one of us is so different yet the same.
ASTHA SRIVASTAVA -
It pays to know the enemy – not least because at some time you may have the opportunity to turn him into a friend.
MARGARET THATCHER -
Think like a prophet, serve like a priest, and plan like a king.
TIMOTHY KELLER -
To finish is sadness to a writer — a little death. He puts the last word down and it is done. But it isn’t really done. The story goes on and leaves the writer behind, for no story is ever done.
JOHN STEINBECK -
You decided what you thought you’d like me to do, and you went ahead and did it. You did what everyone else does. You decided for me.
JOJO MOYES -
No one who possesses snow would find any hardship in exchanging it for jewels and pearls. This world is like snow exposed to sun, which continues to melt until it disappears altogether, while the next life is like a precious stone that never passes away.
AL-GHAZALI -
So thirsty,” Jack groaned. “So worried,”said the frog. I hope we don’t starve to death.” “Yes,”said Jill, “not starving to death would be nice.”
ADAM GIDWITZ -
If religion has given birth to all that is essential in society, it is because the idea of society is the soul of religion.
EMILE DURKHEIM -
Some people are more nice than wise.
WILLIAM COWPER -
There is no such thing as an “atrocity” in warfare that is greater than the atrocity of warfare itself.
SYDNEY J. HARRIS