Trastos De Cocina Quotes

Spiritual health is no more stable than bodily; and though we may seem unaffected by the passions we are just as liable to be carried away by them as to fall ill when in good health. ~ Francois De La Rochefoucauld

One day, about the middle of July 1838, one of the carriages, lately introduced to Paris cabstands, and known as Milords, was driving down the Rue de l'Universite, conveying a stout man of middle height in the uniform of a captain of the National Guard. ~ Honore De Balzac

Most of us stand poised at the edge of brilliance, haunted by the knowledge of our proximity, yet still demonstrably on the wrong side of the line, our dealings with reality undermined by a range of minor yet critical psychological flaws (a little too much optimism, an unprocessed rebelliousness, a fatal impatience or sentimentality). We are like an exquisite high-speed aircraft which for lack of a tiny part is left stranded beside the runway, rendered slower than a tractor or bicycle. ~ Alain De Botton

The second cause whence these rebellions sometimes proceed is the devil, who, in order to disquiet and disturb the soul, at times when it is at prayer or is striving to pray, contrives to stir up these motions of impurity in its nature; and if the soul gives heed to any of these, they cause it great harm. For through fear of these not only do persons become lax in prayer - which is the aim of the devil when he begins to strive with them - but some give up prayer altogether, because they think that these things attack them more during that exercise than apart from it, which is true, since the devil attacks them then more than at other times, so that they may give up spiritual exercises. ~ San Juan De La Cruz

Your women of fashion ceases to be a woman. She is neither mother, nor wife, nor lover. She is, medically speaking, sex on the brain. ~ Honore De Balzac

And someone turns out the lights in the library, as if being in the dark will make them invisible, but the noise reaches into the house, into the room, into their lungs. Someone is being beaten in the street below. What are they going to do? How long can you pretend this is not happening? ~ Edmund De Waal

Since today's companies are totally dependent on a continuing human membership that produces a superior intellectual output in comparison to the competition, then there is inevitably a fight over the right to the bottom line. ~ Arie De Geus

Indeed, if to be in love is not to be able to live without possessing that person one desires, to sacrifice to her one's time, one's pleasures, one's life, then I am really in love. ~ Pierre-Ambroise Choderlos De Laclos

Reading thus introduces an "art" which is anything but passive. ~ Michel De Certeau

Scratching is one of nature's sweetest gratifications, and the one nearest at hand. ~ Michel De Montaigne

Being snappy is a symptom of an argument we forgot to have some way back. ~ Alain De Botton

There is a name hidden in the shadow of my soul, where I read it night and day and no other eye sees it. ~ Alphonse De Lamartine

Love means admiration for qualities in the lover that promise to correct our weaknesses and imbalances; love is a search for completion. ~ Alain De Botton

*Take my advice, do like me and get yourself another lover. This is good advice, in fact it's very good advice: if you don't like it, it's not my fault.*

*Farewell my angle. I've enjoyed having you and I've no regrets leaving you. I may come back to you. That's the of the world. It's not my fault.* ~ Pierre-Ambroise Choderlos De Laclos

Immortality seems like a good idea, until you realise you're going to spend it alone ~ Lestat De Lioncourt

Languages are the keys of science. ~ Jean De La Bruyere

I feel something troubling inside of me which scares me, an exhausting violence. But I accept the great adventure of being me. ~ Simone De Beauvoir

You're beautiful, but you're empty. No one could die for you. ~ Antoine De Saint Exupery

When I think of myself at 15, even 17, I could simply not have done this work on an international level and travel all the time, take care of myself and not feel lost. I feel very happy that this is happening now, and not 10 years ago, as I feel stronger as a person. ~ Saskia De Brauw

Truth is the foundation and the reason of the perfection of beauty, for of whatever stature a thing may be, it cannot be beautiful-and perfect, unless it be truly what it should be, and possess truly all that it should have. ~ Francois De La Rochefoucauld

Experience is the only prophecy of wise men. ~ Alphonse De Lamartine

Red my memory, red my despair. Red my nights, red my bloody pain. What would I become without you, colour of my entrails? ~ Anne De Gandt

The despot subdues his subjects, some of them by means of others, and thus is he protected by those from whom, if they were decent men, he would have to guard against himself; just as, in order to split wood, one has to use a wedge of the wood itself. Such are his archers, his guards, his halberdiers; not that they do not suffer occasionally at his hands, but this riff-raff, abandoned alike by God and man, can be led to endure evil if permitted to commit it, not against him who exploits them, but against those who like themselves submit, but are helpless. ~ Etienne De La Boetie

One thing bothered me as a student. In the 1960s, human behavior was totally off limits for the biologist. There was animal behavior, then there was a long time nothing, after which came human behavior as a totally separate category best left to a different group of scientists. ~ Frans De Waal

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

Frankly, I had enjoyed the war ... and why do people want peace if the war is so much fun? ~ Adrian Carton De Wiart

Gemellus, who had loved and worshiped her from afar, she who was in his arms now ... ~ Melissa De La Cruz

The Son of God became man for our salvation but only in Mary and through Mary. ~ Louis De Montfort

Humans became easy prey when they moved from the forest to the savanna, which deprived them of the option of climbing trees to flee predators. This shift made it necessary for the men to actively protect the women and their babies. Only as a result of this protection were women able to give birth in shorter intervals, perhaps once every two or three years. This meant that they could produce offspring about twice as frequently as apes. I would be willing to bet that this rapid reproduction is one of the reasons why we dominate the world today, and not the apes. ~ Frans De Waal

If you were not with me in my times of struggle, don't expect to be in my triumphs. ~ Daniel De Cordova

The fey wonders of the world only exist while there are those with the sight to see them. CHARLES DE LINT ~ Graham Joyce

He is safe who admits no one to his confidence. ~ Francois De La Rochefoucauld

No man can love a second time the person whom he has once truly ceased to love. ~ Francois De La Rochefoucauld

Moral indignation in most cases is, 2% moral, 48% indignation, and 50% envy. ~ Vittorio De Sica

Despite the best efforts of critics and the hopes of authors, our tastes in books are probably as inherent & unbudgeable as those in food. ~ Alain De Botton

The endless pursuit of new life styles or academic degrees and recognition is not the way to priestly happiness. ~ Catherine De Hueck Doherty