Ninhos De Lagarto Quotes

I should have brought her up stupid, " said the doctor at last. "When women acquire powers of deduction there's no knowing where trouble can end. ~ Louis De Bernieres

Some people resemble ballads which are only sung for a certain time. ~ Francois De La Rochefoucauld

The heart of a woman is never so full of affection that there does not remain a little corner for flattery and love. ~ Pierre De Marivaux

People who deliberate fully before they take a step will spend their lives on one leg ~ Anthony De Mello

The greatest joy a petty soul can taste is to dupe a great soul and catch it in a snare. ~ Honore De Balzac

If you don't co-operate you're gonna suffer from fistophobia. ~ Robert De Niro

A girl is a soul at sunrise. ~ Alexis De Veaux

Technical things are getting more mechanical. Take 'Swan Lake,' the Black Swan pas de deux. Now, my goodness, they're turning not just 32 fouettes - but double or triple pirouettes. ~ Natalia Makarova

There are two types of lies; I know this now, and I knew it then. Yet, somewhere along the line, I chose to lose sight of the difference. ~ Nina De Pass

There may be no single thing more important in our efforts to achieve meaningful work and fulfilling relationships than to learn to practice the art of communication. ~ Max De Pree

The pitcher goes so often to the fountain that if gets broken. ~ Miguel De Cervantes

I had a very strong-willed mother, who I totally adored. She was always in control of her life. ~ Jan De Bont

The notion of looking on at life has always been hateful to me. What am I if I am not a participant? In order to be, I must participate. ~ Antoine De Saint Exupery

What is the world, O soldiers? It is I, I, this incessant snow, This northern sky. ~ Walter De La Mare

Those who exclaim that "animals are not people" tend to forget that, while true, it is equally true that people are animals. To minimize the complexity of animal behavior without doing the same for human behavior erects an artificial barrier. ~ Frans De Waal

Children are contemptuous, haughty, irritable, envious, sneaky, selfish, lazy, flighty, timid, liars and hypocrites, quick to laugh and cry, extreme in expressing joy and sorrow, especially about trifles, they'll do anything to avoid pain but they enjoy inflicting it: little men already. ~ Jean De La Bruyere

What now? We bury the dead and take care of the living. [Referring to 1 November 1755 catastrophic earthquake] ~ Sebastião José De Carvalho E Melo

Seyyed Hassan Modarres: "However good the guarddog is, it stops being useful the moment it bites the hands of its master's child, and must be banished ~ Christopher De Bellaigue

Soul of fibre and heart of oak. ~ Miguel De Cervantes

For a gourmet wine is not a drink but a condiment, provided that your host has chosen correctly. ~ Edouard De Pomiane

Il n'y a pas d'histoires. Il n'y a jamais eu d'histoires. Il n'y a que des
situations, sans queue ni tête; sans commencement, sans milieu, et sans fin; sans endroit et sans envers; on peut les regarder dans tous les sens; la droite devient la gauche; sans limites de passé ou d'avenir, elles sont le présent.

(There are no stories. There have never been stories. There are only situations,
having neither head nor tail; without beginning, middle or end; no recto no
verso; they can be looked at from all angles; right becomes left; without limitations in the past or future, they are the present) ~ Jean Epstein

An honest man is not accountable for the vice and folly of his trade, and therefore ought not to refuse the exercise of it. It is the custom of his country, and there is profit in it. We must live by the world, and such as we find it, so make use of it. ~ Michel De Montaigne

How pleasant to hold in mind, through the crevasses of our moods, at three in the afternoon when lassitude and despair threaten, that there is always a plane taking off for somewhere. ~ Alain De Botton

Life was given to me as a favor, so I may abandon it when it is one no longer. ~ Charles De Secondat

As in a Russian doll, however, the outer layers always contain an inner core. Instead of evolution having replaced simpler forms of empathy with more advanced ones, the latter are merely elaborations on the former and remain dependent on them. This also means that empathy comes naturally to us. It is not something we only learn later in life, or that is culturally constructed. ~ Frans De Waal

At one point in the journey, we're approaching the Arc de Triomphe.

"That's awesome," states Paul.

"My guidebook says that it's the resting place of the 'unknown soldier' and the flame never goes out," I announce proudly.

The taxi driver says something to Elizabeth, who is sitting in the front.

"Franz here, suggests that if the budget deficit gets any worse, they intend to turn the gas off except on Public Holidays."

"Still practically every day then! ~ Chambers Mars

It is the beginning of the end.
[Fr., C'est le commencement de al fin.] ~ Charles Maurice De Talleyrand

A freedom which is interested only in denying freedom must be denied. And it is not true that the recognition of the freedom of others limits my own freedom: to be free is not to have the power to do anything you like; it is to be able to surpass the given toward an open future; the existence of others as a freedom defines my situation and is even the condition of my own freedom. I am oppressed if I am thrown into prison, but not if I am kept from throwing my neighbor into prison. ~ Simone De Beauvoir

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

Only the fools are certain and assured. ~ Michel De Montaigne

Few people are modest enough to be estimated at their true worth. ~ Luc De Clapiers

The part which American friendship played in helping us to win the freedom we enjoy in this part of Ireland has been gratefully recognized and acknowledged by our people. ~ Eamon De Valera

Augustine's final verdict on the philosophers of Greece
and Rome was that, although they had made various mistakes, "nature itself has not permitted them to wander too far from the path of truth" in their judgments about the supreme good (De Civitate Dei 19.1). ~ Alasdair MacIntyre

Oh, if it were lawful for men, in order to raise their opinions on horseback, to use the Scripture as stirrups, to lengthen and shorten them, each one to his own size, where, I beg you, should we be? Do you not perceive the stratagem? All authority is taken away from tradition, the Church, the Councils, the pastors: what further remains? The Scripture. The enemy is crafty. If he would tear it all away at once he would cause an alarm; he takes away a great part of it in the very beginning, then first one piece, then the other, at last he will have you stripped entirely, without Scripture and without Word of God. ~ Francis De Sales

There seems to me a thousand occasions when my soul knows more than it can tell, and a has a spirit of it's own which is far superior to my everyday one. It seems to me too, that men are far superior to all the books they write. ~ Pierre De Marivaux