"We know what we are, but not what we may be."
William Shakespeare
"We know what we are, but not what we may be."
William Shakespeare
"Then I feel, Harry, that I have given away my whole soul to someone who treats it as if it were a flower to put in his coat, a bit of decoration to charm his vanity, an ornament for a summer's day"
Oscar Wilde [The Picture of Dorian Gray]
Fav quote?...That's a tricky one since a lot of ppl have several fav quotes.
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One of my all time favs is the short speech by Macbeth "Tomorrow and tomorrow and tomorrow..." in Macbeth.
Dare to dream- billy gilman
Pitiful creatur of darkness,
What kind of world have you known?
God give me courage to guide me,
You are not alone.
Better to light one candle, than to curse the darkness.
Several cultures claim to have originated this gem.
What to do if candle is nowhere to be found?Originally Posted by hellsapoppin
I sang of leaves, of leaves of gold, and leaves of gold there grew.
I bet that some cannot see that this is meant to be figurative, of course. For indeed, it is better to see the good than to wallow in the bad.
"Frankly, Scarlet, I don't give a damn" and "O well, I'll think about it tomorrow."
But what if you can see no good?
I bet that some cannot see that this is meant to be figurative, of course. For indeed, it is better to see the good than to wallow in the bad.
I sang of leaves, of leaves of gold, and leaves of gold there grew.
... give it a good try ...
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com-pas-sion (n.) [ME. & OFr. <LL. (Ec.) compassio, sympathy < compassus, pp. of compati, to feel pity < L. com-, together + pali, to suffer] sorrow for the sufferings or trouble of another or others, accompanied by an urge to help; deep sympathy; pity
Dostoevsky Forum!
"In 1981, I was walking Saint-Denis Street, there I meet a superb prostitute, I ask her name - Socialism. I go up to the room with her, and I realise it's a foul transsexual! He then tells me - take me by the communism!"
-Serge Gainsbourg, translated and slightly adapted by myself
Last edited by Etienne; 12-30-2007 at 08:18 PM.
You don't find a friend in the desert
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When asked how World War III would be fought, Einstein replied that he didn't know. But he knew how World War IV would be fought: With sticks and stones.
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"Better to light a candle than curse the darkness"
I declare after all there is no enjoyment like reading! How much sooner one tires of anything than of a book! When I have a house of my own, I shall be miserable if I have not an excellent library.
Jane Austen, Pride and Prejudice
Hmm? What is the source of this quote? No dialogue between Plato and Aristotle have come down to us, a quick research on the web led me to no result for such a quote... my guess it's that it's very apocryphal
You can imprison a [wo]man but not an idea. You can exile a [wo]man but not an idea. You can kill a [wo]man but not an idea. — Benazir Bhutto
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When asked how World War III would be fought, Einstein replied that he didn't know. But he knew how World War IV would be fought: With sticks and stones.
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