Posted by: Silvana Stremiz
in Quotes & Aphorisms (Books)
Reading maketh a full man, conference a ready man, and writing an exact man.
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Reading maketh a full man, conference a ready man, and writing an exact man.
Yet such is oft the course of deeds that move the wheels of the world: small hands do them because they must, while the eyes of the great are elsewhere.
"They are at first sight at any rate", laughed Pippin with sudden relief after reading Gandalf's
letter. "But handsome is as handsome does, as we say in the Shire; and I daresay we shall all look much the same after lying for days in hedges and ditches".
One does not love a place the less for having suffered in it, unless it has been all suffering, nothing but suffering.
He was wrong, and he knew he had to pay the price. And the price was drinking a cup full of the cruelest of poisons: solitude.
He always remained close to me, he gave me the better of himself, and I wish to be close to him 'til the end of my days. But my heart's currents are a mistery, and I'll never understand what happened. Of course, I know that that meeting increased faith in myself, showing me that I was still capable of loving and of being loved, and revealing me a teaching that I'll never forget through life, when you find yourself in front of something important it doesn't mean you must give up all other things.
A smile can have degrees of unsuspected intensities.
The man who does not read good books has no advantage over the man who cannot read them.
Sin is the only real colour element left in modern life.
With age, you acquire a certain humility, Alexander. The longer I live, the more uninformed I feel. Only the young have an explanation for everything. At your age, you can afford to commit the sin of arrogance, and it doesn't matter much if you look ridiculous.