Marie Jeanne Riccoboni famous quotes

Fortune does not change men; it only unmasks them. [..by how they choose to react to it.]
-- Marie Jeanne Riccoboni

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One of the bitterest ironies of life is that one truly appreciates a blessing only after having been deprived of it or imagining that.

Our lives are filled with meeting wonderful people. Make sure those that have become a part of your life hear your words of appreciation.

Sorrow is only one of the lower notes in the oratorio of our blessedness.

He that is hard to please, may get nothing in the end.

To see someone you love, in a bad setting, is one of the great barometers of gratitude.

We may not preach a crucified Saviour without being also crucified men and women. It is not enough to wear an ornamental cross as a pretty decoration. The cross that Paul speaks about was burned into his very flesh, was branded into his being, and only the Holy Spirit can burn the true cross into our innermost life.

When I was one-and-twenty I heard a wise man say, `Give crowns and pounds and guineas But not your heart away; Give pearls away and rubies But keep your fancy free.' But I was one-and-twenty No use to talk to me. When I was one-and-twenty I heard him say again, `The heart out of the bosom Was never given in vain; 'Tis paid with sighs a plenty And sold for endless rue.' And I am two-and-twenty And oh, 'tis true, 'tis true.

While other creators make a big show of their art Mani Sir makes it look as though anyone can do what he does.

Funny... I still can't believe in God." "Does that matter now?"..."He believes in you.

I gravitate toward the larger worldview questions such as, Why are we here? What are we supposed to be doing? What does it mean to know another person? To love someone? Of course, those questions are sort of in the background as I'm playing with language in the foreground, but those are the informing questions.