| Beauty, like ice, our footing does betray; Who can tread sure on the smooth, slippery way: Pleased with the surface, we glide swiftly on, And see the dangers that we cannot shun. -- John Dryden |
| Author:
Dryden, JohnEra:
1631 |
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| The senses collect the surface facts of matter...It was sensation; when memory came, it was experience; when mind acted, it was knowledge; when mind acted on it as knowledge, it was thought. -- Ralph Waldo Emerson |
| Author:
Emerson, Ralph WaldoEra:
1803 |
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| O solitude, where are the charms That sages have seen in thy face? Better dwell in the midst of alarms, Than reign in this horrible place. -- William Cowper |
| Author:
Cowper, WilliamEra:
1731 |
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| To be loved at first sight, a man should have at the same time something to respect and something to pity in his face. -- Stendhal |
| Author:
StendhalEra:
1783 |
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| A beautiful form is better than a beautiful face; it gives a higher pleasure than statues or pictures; it is the finest of the fine arts. -- Ralph Waldo Emerson |
| Author:
Emerson, Ralph WaldoEra:
1803 |
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| This is the epitaph I want on my tomb: "Here lies one of the most intelligent animals who ever appeared on the face of the earth. -- Benito Mussolini |
| Author:
Mussolini, BenitoEra:
1883 |
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| The bad fortune of the good turns their faces up to heaven; the good fortune of the bad bows their heads down to the earth. -- Saadi |
| Author:
SaadiEra:
1184 |
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| A man finds room in the few square inches of his face for the traits of all his ancestors; for the expression of all his history, and his wants. -- Ralph Waldo Emerson |
| Author:
Emerson, Ralph WaldoEra:
1803 |
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| Life has loveliness to sell, All beautiful and splendid things, Blue waves whitened on a cliff, Soaring fire that sways and sings And children's faces looking up Holding wonder like a cup. -- Sara Teasdale |
| Author:
Teasdale, SaraEra:
1884 |
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| faced with crisis, the man of character falls back on himself. He imposes his own stamp of action, takes responsibility for it, makes it his own. -- Charles De Gaulle |
| Author:
De Gaulle, CharlesEra:
1890 |
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| As the whirlwind in its fury teareth up trees, and deformeth the face of nature, or as an earthquake in its convulsions overturneth whole cities; so the rage of an angry man throweth mischief around him. -- Akhenaton |
| Author:
AkhenatonEra:
-1375 |
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| The foolish are like ripples on water, For whatsoever they do is quickly effaced; But the righteous are like carvings upon stone, For their smallest act is durable. -- Nagarjuna |
| Author:
NagarjunaEra:
100 |
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| It is easier to perceive error than to find truth, for the former lies on the surface and is easily seen, while the latter lies in the depth, where few are willing to search for it. -- Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe |
| Author:
Goethe, Johann VonEra:
1749 |
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