Protagoras De Abdera Quotes

When you come to see you are not as wise today as you thought you were yesterday, you are wiser today. ~ Anthony De Mello

A conscience without God is like a court without a judge. ~ Alphonse De Lamartine

Virginity, like all monstrosities, possesses special riches and its own absorbing grandeur. Among the chaste, life forces are economized and thus gain in resistance and durability. ~ Honore De Balzac

The enemy is typically depicted as a dangerous octopus, a vicious dragon, a multiheaded hydra, a giant venomous tarantula, or an engulfing Leviathan. Other frequently used symbols include vicious predatory felines or birds, monstrous sharks, and ominous snakes, particularly vipers and boa constrictors. Scenes depicting strangulation or crushing, ominous whirlpools, and treacherous quicksands also abound in pictures from the time of wars, revolutions, and political crises. The juxtaposition of paintings from non-ordinary states of consciousness that depict perinatal experiences with the historical pictorial documentation collected by Lloyd de Mause and Sam Keen offer strong evidence for the perinatal roots of human violence. ~ Stanislav Grof

The Princess of Parma was a Courvoisier in that she was incapable of innovation in social matters, but unlike the Courvoisiers in that the surprises the Duchesse de Guermantes perpetually held in store for her engendered in her not, as in them, antipathy but a sense of wonder. ~ Marcel Proust

The thing in the world I am most afraid of is fear, and with good reason; that passion alone, in the trouble of it, exceeding all other accidents ~ Michel De Montaigne

On ne sait jamais!
One never knows! ~ Antoine De Saint Exupery

And the secret of human life, the universal secret, the root secret from which all other secrets spring, is the longing for more life, the furious and insatiable desire to be everything else without ever ceasing to be ourselves, to take possession of the entire universe without letting the universe take possession of us and absorb us; it is the desire to be someone else without ceasing to be myself, and continue being myself at the same time I am someone else ... ~ Miguel De Unamuno

To feel the pull, the draw, the interior attraction, and to want to follow it, even if it has no name still, that is the "pilgrim spirit."The "why" only becomes clear as time passes, only long after the walking is over. ~ Kevin A. Codd

The most delightful and choicest pleasure is that which is hinted at, but never told. ~ Chretien De Troyes

Even if we grant that digital natives think and learn somewhat differently than older generations, we may be doing them a disservice to de-emphasize 'legacy' content such as reading, writing, and logical thinking, or to say that the methodologies we have used in the past are no longer relevant ... Digital immigrants and natives alike are bombarded with vast volumes of information in today's electronic society, which ... calls for an even greater emphasis on critical thinking and research skills
the very sort of 'legacy' content that teachers have focused on since classical times ~ Timothy VanSlyke

An outstanding memory is often associated with weak judgement. ~ Michel De Montaigne

Courage is as often the outcome of despair as of hope; in the one case we have nothing to lose, in the other everything to gain. ~ Diane De Poitiers

You must know, my own love, that in each element there exists a race of beings, whose form scarcely differs from yours, but who very seldom appear to mortal sight … you now see before you, my love, an undine. ~ Friedrich De La Motte Fouqué

Some of these beginners, too, make little of their faults, and at other times become over-sad when they see themselves fall into them, thinking themselves to have been saints already; and thus they become angry and impatient with themselves, which is another imperfection. Often they beseech God, with great yearnings, that He will take from them their imperfections and faults, but they do this that they may find themselves at peace, and may not be troubled by them, rather than for God's sake; not realizing that, if He should take their imperfections from them, they would probably become prouder and more presumptuous still. They dislike praising others and love to be praised themselves; sometimes they seek out such praise. Herein they are like the foolish virgins, who, when their lamps could not be lit, sought oil from others. ~ San Juan De La Cruz

The qualities we have, make us so ridiculous as those which we affect. ~ Francois De La Rochefoucauld

There is not much talk about the clouds that are visible up here. No one seems to think it remarkable that somewhere above an ocean we are flying past a vast white candy-floss island that would have made a perfect seat for an angel or even God himself in a painting by Piero della Francesca. In the cabin, no one stands up to announce with requisite emphasis that if we look out the window, we will see that we are flying over a cloud, a matter that would have detained Leonardo and Poussin, Claude and Constable. ~ Alain De Botton

I believe in true love. But I am easily satisfied. ~ Miguel De Icaza

Necessity is the spur of genius. ~ Honore De Balzac

A poet is a man who puts up a ladder to a star and climbs it while playing a violin. ~ Edmond De Goncourt

I dropped back onto the sofa thinking of how I spent the past few weeks under the watchful eyes of the De Campo men. It never occurred to me that they were around for my protection. I just thought that they wanted to hang out. ~ Stephanie James

A man of variable mind is not one man, but several men in one; he multiplies himself as often as he changes his taste and manners; he is not this minute what he was the last, and will not be the next what he is now; he is his own successor. ~ Jean De La Bruyere

Lucky are you, reader, if you happen not to be of that sex to whom it is forbidden all good things; to whom liberty is denied; to whom almost all virtues are denied; lucky are you if you are one of those who can be wise without its being a crime. ~ Marie De Gournay

If you don't abdicate or misuse your power, pressure takes you into realization. ~ John De Ruiter

Satiety comes of too frequent repetition and he who will not give himself leisure to be thirsty can never find the true pleasure of drinking ~ Michel De Montaigne

Man, as a physical being, is like other bodies governed by invariable laws. ~ Charles De Secondat

He who reads much and walks much, goes far and knows much," Miguel de Cervantes ~ Miguel De Cervantes Saavedra

To delay is injustice. ~ Jean De La Bruyere

A woman plays such an active role in society. And today, the woman who influences fashion is not that very rich woman who sits at home and polishes her nails. It's the one who works, who is a doer, who does things by dressing. She's very strongly projecting an image of herself as an individual. ~ Oscar De La Renta

The human mind, I believe, cares for the True only in the general character of an epoch. ~ Alfred De Vigny

Religions are not proved, are not demonstrated, are not established, are not overthrown by logic! They are of all the mysteries of nature and the human mind, the most mysterious and most inexplicable; they are of instinct and not of reason. ~ Alphonse De Lamartine

In my idea General Washington is the greatest man; for I look upon him as the most virtuous. ~ Marquis De Lafayette

The only thing more pitiful than a middle-aged punk is a white Rastafarian. I did meet one of those once, and he was lonelier than I was. ~ Louis De Bernieres

Everyone is giving something. Everyone is giving what has their heart. What I'm giving you is what has my heart. ~ John De Ruiter

Nature makes trees put down deep roots before having them bear fruit, and even this is done gradually. ~ Vincent De Paul

Consider all the past as nothing, and say, like David: Now I begin to love my God. ~ Saint Francis De Sales