"The man who builds a school,, Closes a prison"
Victor Hugo
"The man who builds a school,, Closes a prison"
Victor Hugo
I like the whole essay but these lines are very touching and full of pathos.
"And while I stood gazing, both the children gradually grew fainter to my view, receding, and still receding till nothing at last but two mournful features were seen in the uttermost distance, which, without speech, strangely impressed upon me the effects of speech; "We are not of Alice, nor of thee, nor are we children at all. The children of Alice called Bartrum father. We are nothing; less than nothing, and dreams. We are only what might have been, and must wait upon the tedious shores of Lethe millions of
ages before we have existence."
Essays of Elia by Charles Lamb ( DREAM CHILDREN)
It's interesting how young poets think of death while old fogies think of girls.- Bohumil Hrabal
That's the kind of aphorism I like. Not necessarily true, but ought to be.Originally Posted by Ebonon
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"Don't exhort me to save time. You can't save time. You can only choose how to spend it."
Charles de Russon
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I posted a couple of these in the "In Case you Become Famous Forum," but, because I love these quotes, I think I'll post a few here.
"Any man who can drive safely while kissing a pretty girl is simply not giving the kiss the attention it deserves." -Albert Einstein (apparently he knew more than just science).
"The day I discover why we exist is the day I won't." -IceM
"If there is a God, atheism must seem to Him as less of an insult than religion." -Edmond de Goncourt.
Love these.
O lente, lente currite equis nocte
anything from lord of the rings!!
'Beauty is a war between god & the devil & the battlefield is the heart of man.'
~ Fyodor Dostoyevsky (The Brothers Karamazov)
docendo discimus
My all-time favorite quote from a writer: "The reports of my death have been greatly exaggerated." Mark Twain
"When all else fails, play dead."
-from-i'm-not-sure-where. Very reassuring.
"He who makes a beast of himself gets rid of the pain of being a man." -Samuel Johnson
“I am an excitable person who only understands life lyrically, musically, in whom feelings are much stronger as reason. I am so thirsty for the marvelous that only the marvelous has power over me. Anything I can not transform into something marvelous, I let go. Reality doesn’t impress me. I only believe in intoxication, in ecstasy, and when ordinary life shackles me, I escape, one way or another. No more walls.”
— Anaïs Nin
"He who makes a beast of himself gets rid of the pain of being a man." -Samuel Johnson
Hi,
My favorite quote is:
A man is not old until regrets take the place of dreams.
John Barrymore
I like it because it inspires you to keep on dreaming.
MarkC
I am the author of Parmethia
One of my favourite quotes is:-
There can be no happiness if the things we believe in are different from the things we do-
Freya Stark
Because,it inspires me to be happy in life.
I am the author of Parmethia
Bütün renkler aynı hızda kirleniyordu. Birinciliği beyaza verdiler. Özdemir ASAF
all colours were getting dirty at the same speed, they gave the first place to white.
Dün sabaha karşı kendimle konuştum
Ben hep kendime çıkan bir yokuştum
Yokuşun başında bir düşman vardı
Onu vurmaya gittim kendimle vuruştum
be like a river in generosity and help
be like the sun in tenderness and mercy
be like the night in covering the faults of others
be like the dead in anger and nervousness
be like the earth in modesty and humility
be like the sea in tolerance
be like your appearance (image), or appear like yourself.
mevlana
Dün sabaha karşı kendimle konuştum
Ben hep kendime çıkan bir yokuştum
Yokuşun başında bir düşman vardı
Onu vurmaya gittim kendimle vuruştum
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