Lumanarea De Culoare Quotes

The sure way to be cheated is to think one's self more cunning than others. ~ Francois De La Rochefoucauld

If the grandeur of the aim, the smallness of the means, the immensity of the result are the three measures of a man's genius, who would dare humanly compare a great man of modern history with Muhammad? ~ Alphonse De Lamartine

I believe in the power of origins, a belief that, as Ecclesiastes put it, 'that wich is done is that wich shall be done: and there is no new thing under de sun'; that we claim as originality and discovery are nothing but the airs and delusios of our innocence, ignorance, and arrogance: that whatever is said was said better - more powerfully, beautifully, and purely, long ago ~ Nick Tosches

Liberty is the natural condition of the people. Servitude, however, is fostered when people are raised in subjection. People are trained to adore rulers. While freedom is forgotten by many there are always some who will never submit. ~ Etienne De La Boetie

The pleasure of being - a forgotten pleasure not even known to so many blind humans - that thought so sweet, that happiness so pure, "I am, I live, I exist," could bring happiness all by itself if one remembered it, if one enjoyed it, if one treasured it as befits its worth. ~ Françoise De Graffigny

Of two heroes, he who esteems his rivals the most is the greatest. ~ Laurent Angliviel De La Beaumelle

The violence done us by others is often less painful than that which we do to ourselves. ~ Francois De La Rochefoucauld

Great persons are able to do great kindnesses. ~ Miguel De Cervantes

Scouting is a game for boys under the leadership of boys under the direction of a man. ~ Baden Powell De Aquino

De Bono argues that the West's tradition of settling disagreement by debate or argument is an example of overreliance on logic. ~ Steve Volk

All God asks of you is good will. From the top of the ladder He looks lovingly upon you, and soon, touched by your fruitless efforts, He will Himself come down, and, taking you in His Arms, will carry you to His Kingdom never again to leave Him. But should you cease to raise your foot, you will be left for long on the earth. ~ Therese De Lisieux

Mrs. de Morgan- How can you stand to be near him now that you know he has taken a life?
Veronica- Because, Mrs. de Morgan, I have taken two. ~ Deanna Raybourn

Alexander created cities everywhere he passed: I have left dreams everywhere I have trailed my life. ~ Francois-Rene De Chateaubriand

What we call a brilliant thought is usually just a captivating expression which, with the help of a little truth, imposes a surprising error on us. ~ Luc De Clapiers De Vauvenargues

The truth is, indeed, that love is the threshold of another universe. ~ Pierre Teilhard De Chardin

Self-love increases or diminishes for us the good qualities of our friends, in proportion to the satisfaction we feel with them; and we judge of their merit by the manner in which they act towards us. ~ Francois De La Rochefoucauld

Nothing is more ridiculous in old people that were once good-looking, than to forget that they are not so still. ~ Francois De La Rochefoucauld

Dream abides; it is the only things that abides; vision abides. ~ Miguel De Unamuno

Women mostly remember the men who made them laugh, and men - only the women who made them cry. ~ Henri De Regnier

How true it is that, sooner or later, the' most rebellious must bow beneath the yoke of misfortune! ~ Madame De Stael

Il arrive un âge où ils ne sont plus séduisants, ni «en forme», comme on dit. Ils ne peuvent plus boire et ils pensent encore aux femmes; seulement ils sont obligés de les payer, d'accepter des quantités de petites compromissions pour échapper à leur solitude. Ils sont bernés, malheureux. C'est ce moment qu'ils choisissent pour devenir sentimentaux et exigeants… J'en ai vu beaucoup devenir ainsi des sortes d'épaves.

"A time comes when they are no longer attractive or in good form. They can't drink any more, and they still hanker after women, only then they have to pay and make compromises in order to escape from their loneliness: they have become just figures of fun. They grow sentimental and hard to please. I have
seen many who have gone the same way. ~ Francoise Sagan

Find the passion. It takes great passion and great energy to do anything creative. I would go so far as to say you can't do it without that passion. ~ Agnes De Mille

Let death find us as we are building up our matchstick protests against its waves. ~ Alain De Botton

"Hence," goes on the professor, "definitions of happiness are interesting." I suppose the best thing to do with that is to let is pass. Me, I never saw a definition of happiness that could detain me after train-time, but that may be a matter of lack of opportunity, of inattention, or of congenital rough luck. If definitions of happiness can keep Professor Phelps on his toes, that is little short of dandy. We might just as well get on along to the next statement, which goes like this: "One of the best" (we are still on definitions of happiness) "was given in my Senior year at college by Professor Timothy Dwight: 'The happiest person is the person who thinks the most interesting thoughts.'" Promptly one starts recalling such Happiness Boys as Nietzche, Socrates, de Maupassant, Jean-Jacques Rousseau, William Blake, and Poe."
-Review of the book, Happiness, by (Professor) William Lyon Phelps. Review title: The Professor Goes in for Sweetness and Light; November 5, 1927 ~ Dorothy Parker

From these articles of my confession you can imagine others to my discredit. But whatever I make myself out to be, provided that I show myself as I am, I am fulfilling my purpose. ~ Michel De Montaigne

I would have to say honestly I was very pleased to be in a film whether it was good or bad with De Niro, Norton and Brando even if I don't have any scenes with them, I thought it was pretty good company to keep. ~ Angela Bassett

It seems to me that the best way will be the one that is most gentle and forbearing, which is more in conformity with the Spirit of Our Lord and more apt to win hearts. ~ Vincent De Paul

When history textbooks leave out the Arawaks, they offend Native Americans. When they omit the possibility of African and Phoenician precursors to Columbus, they offend African Americans. When they glamorize explorers such as de Soto just because they were white, our histories offend all people of color. When they leave out Las Casas, they omit an interesting idealist with whom we all might identify. When they glorify Columbus, our textbooks prod us toward identifying with the oppressor. When textbook authors omit the causes and process of European world domination, they offer us a history whose purpose must be to keep us unaware of the important questions. Perhaps worst of all, when textbooks paint simplistic portraits of a pious, heroic Columbus, they provide feel-good history that bores everyone. ~ James W. Loewen

Although I don't believe in God, Bach's music shows me what a love of God must feel like. ~ Alain De Botton

I resemble the father I once hated. ~ Niki De St. Phalle

The 'perfect marriage' of food and wine should allow for infidelity. ~ Roy Andries De Groot

I would hate to think that some people have found themselves in a musical cul-de-sac and have ceased to explore new music, or at least music that is new to them, because they are so glued to the past. ~ Henry Rollins

Love ceases to be a demon only when he ceases to be a god. ~ Denis De Rougemont

The difficulty with marriage is that we fall in love with a personality, but must live with a character. ~ Peter De Vries

There is nothing which power cannot believe of itself, when it is praised as equal to the gods.
[Lat., Nihil est quod credere de se
Non possit, quum laudatur dis aequa potestas.] ~ Juvenal

Upon an ever expansive horizon, Life reveals Her mystery; To live is a gift, to feel is a blessing, and to take part in Her beauty is a miracle renewed each day. ~ Francisco De Ajofrín

Not all those who know their minds know their hearts as well. ~ Francois De La Rochefoucauld

You walk around with a negative attitude and you're just naturally going to bring trouble and hard times down on yourself. ~ Charles De Lint

The passions are the only orators which always persuade. ~ Francois De La Rochefoucauld

As Uncle Tarquin de Luce once wrote in the margin of one of his many notebooks of chemical experiments: Consider also the container. ~ Alan Bradley

Economists get very uncomfortable when you talk about virtue and vice. It doesn't lend itself to a lot of columns with numbers. But I would argue that there are big virtue effects in economics. I would say that the spreading of double-entry bookkeeping by the Monk, Fra Luce de Pacioli, was a big virtue effect in economics. It made business more controllable, and it made it more honest. ~ Charlie Munger

The curse which lies upon marriage is that too often the individuals are joined in their weakness rather than in their strength, each asking from the other instead of finding pleasure in giving. It is even more deceptive to dream of gaining through the child a plenitude, a warmth, a value, which one is unable to create for oneself; the child brings joy only to the woman who is capable of disinterestedly desiring the happiness of another, to one who without being wrapped up in self seeks to transcend her own existence. ~ Simone De Beauvoir