Godefroid De Bouillon Quotes

The truth of these days is not that which really is, but what every man persuades another man to believe. ~ Michel De Montaigne

I was born like everyone else, and a man must not live in dependence on anyone except God; ~ Miguel De Cervantes Saavedra

Not with whom you are born, but with whom you are bred. ~ Miguel De Cervantes Saavedra

Those great and glorious actions that dazzle our eyes with their luster are represented by statesmen as the result of great wisdomand excellent design; whereas, in truth, they are commonly the effects of the humors and passions. ~ Francois De La Rochefoucauld

Ability wins us the esteem of the true men; luck, that of the people. ~ Francois De La Rochefoucauld

You can't walk through life using someone else's plan. ~ Lisa De Jong

I'm all for typewriters, with instant carbon copies, and seeing films in cinemas. ~ Olivia De Havilland

THE MAIN DUTY OF LAW enforcement is law breaking. Right now the disciplined forces jobs are the reserve of the 'elite' and security has little meaning, money is the arbiter of law breaking. ~ Vincent De Paul

was empty, what had happened to the family's ~ Tatiana De Rosnay

I know who I am," said Don Quixote, "and who I may be, if I choose: not only those I have mentioned but all the Twelve Peers of France and the Nine Worthies as well; for the exploits of all of them together, or separately, cannot compare with mine. ~ Miguel De Cervantes Saavedra

When does a job feel meaningful? Whenever it allows us to generate delight or reduce suffering in others. Though we are often taught to think of ourselves as inherently selfish, the longing to act meaningfully in our work seems just as stubborn a part of our make-up as our appetite for status or money. It is because we are meaning-focused animals rather than simply materialistic ones that we can reasonably contemplate surrendering security for a career helping to bring drinking water to rural Malawi or might quit a job in consumer goods for one in cardiac nursing, aware that when it comes to improving the human condition a well-controlled defibrillator has the edge over even the finest biscuit.

But we should be wary of restricting the idea of meaningful work too tightly, of focusing only on the doctors, the nuns of Kolkata or the Old Masters. There can be less exalted ways to contribute to the furtherance of the collective good....

....An endeavor endowed with meaning may appear meaningful only when it proceeds briskly in the hands of a restricted number of actors and therefore where particular workers can make an imaginative connection between what they have done with their working days and their impact upon others. ~ Alain De Botton

Self-interest makes some people blind, and others sharp-sighted. ~ Francois De La Rochefoucauld

I give my mind the liberty to follow the first wise or foolish idea that presents itself, just as in the avenue de Foy our dissolute youths follow close on the heels of some strumpet, then leave her to pursue another, attacking all of them and attaching themselves to none. My thoughts are my strumpets. ~ Denis Diderot

Women are not entirely wrong when they reject the moral rules proclaimed in society, since it is we men alone who have made them. ~ Michel De Montaigne

In Paris, I found myself surrounded by Germans; they were all over the place. They played music, and people would go and listen to them! All along rue de Rivoli, as far as you could see from place de la Concorde, there were enormous swastika banners five or six floors high. I just thought, This is impossible.
Imagine that someone comes into your home - someone you don't like - he settles down, gives orders: "Here we are, we're at home now; you must obey." To me that was unbearable. ~ Pearl Witherington Cornioley

It's strategic for us - lots of people will develop applications in .NET. ~ Miguel De Icaza

True friendship destroys envy, and true love destroys coquetterie. ~ Francois De La Rochefoucauld

The mob that hounded Christ from Jerusalem to "the place of a skull" has never been dispersed, but is augmenting yet, as many of the learned men of the world and great men of the world come out from their studies and their laboratories and their palaces, and cry, "Away with this man! Away with him!" The most bitter hostility which many of the learned men of this day exercise in any direction they exercise against Jesus Christ the Son of God, the Saviour of the world. ~ Thomas De Witt Talmage

Every central government worships uniformity: uniformity relieves it from inquiry into an infinity of details. ~ Alexis De Tocqueville

Finally, after a glance at Notre Dame and a brisk trot through the Louvre, we sat down at a cafe on the Place de l'Opera and watched the people. They were amazing
never had we seen such costumes, such make-up, such wigs; and, strangest of all, the wearers didn't seem in the least conscious of how funny they looked. Many of them even stared at us and smiled, as though we had been the oddities, and not they. Mr. Holmes no doubt found it amusing to see the pageant of prostitution, poverty and fashion reflected in our callow faces and wide-open eyes. ~ Christopher Isherwood

M. de Charlus made no reply and looked as if he had not heard, which was one of his favourite forms of rudeness. ~ Marcel Proust

Nothing baffles the schemes of evil people so much as the calm composure of great souls. ~ Honore Gabriel Riqueti, Comte De Mirabeau

A World Parliamentary Assembly functioning outside the United Nations, or a United Nations Parliamentary Assembly set up as a subsidiary body of the General Assembly pursuant to article 22 of the UN Charter, could start initially as a consultative body and gradually develop into a legislative assembly. ~ Alfred-Maurice De Zayas

Their earlier poor performance had had more to do with the way they were tested than with their mental powers. Elephants ~ Frans De Waal

All that you give to others you are giving to yourself. ~ Anthony De Mello

Every morning prepare your soul for a tranquil day. ~ Saint Francis De Sales

What I have been taught, I have forgotten; what I know, I have guessed. ~ Charles Maurice De Talleyrand

Opportunity makes the man ~ Jose De Alencar

Your self is yours to integrate. To integrate your self you need to be, in the midst of your experience, a little bit like your own being. ~ John De Ruiter

People here argue about religion interminably, but it appears that they are competing at the same time to see who can be the least devout. ~ Charles De Secondat

Some people might be surprised that 'Rambo's creator has a doctorate in American literature. One of my influences is Henry James, whose major theme is awareness. Whether I'm writing about military personnel, law enforcement, or De Quincey, the persistent theme is paying attention in a hostile world. ~ David Morrell

I feel sometimes an American artist must feel, like a baseball player or something - a member of a team writing American history.. ~ Willem De Kooning

French sought reforms before liberties ... They hate, not certain specific privileges, but all distinctions of classes; they would insist upon equality of rights in the midst of slavery. They respect neither contracts nor private rights; indeed, they hardly recognize individual rights at all in their absorbing devotion to the public good ... They conceived all the social and administrative reforms effected by the Revolution before the idea of free institutions had once flashed upon their mind ... Most of them were strongly opposed to deliberative assemblies, to local and subordinate authorities, and to the various checks which have been established from time to time in free countries to counterbalance the supreme government ... French nation is prepared to tolerate in a government, that favors and flatters its desire for equality, practices and principles that are, in fact, the tools of despotism. ~ Alexis De Tocqueville

And how to paint your lovely hands, fluttering over the silks like two dark birds? ~ Elizabeth Borton De Trevino