"There are pictures by Titian so steeped in golden splendors, that they look as if they would light up a dark room like a solar lamp."

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Source : George Stillman Hillard (1854). “Six Months in Italy”, p.52

George Stillman Hillard

#Dark Quotes #Light Quotes #Lamps Quotes

“A funny thing happened on the way to the election - I got to the Senate first.”
“I believed that our own public would keep this in mind even in this serious crisis, and stand firm if only we at the front continued to stand firm too.”

Source : Paul von Hindenburg (1921). “Out of My Life”
“I've had a lot of success; I've had failures, so I learn from the failure.”
“I've loved fairytales, folklore and mythology since I was a small child, and I think it was inevitable that they would influence my style and my development of stories.”
“All SEALS in my mind are equally elite. It doesn't matter if you're SEAL Team Two, One, Six, 10, it doesn't matter. All SEALS are equally elite.”

Source : "'SEAL Team Six' And Other Elite Squads Expanding". "Talk of the Nation" with Neal Conan, www.npr.org. May 9, 2011.
“I accept my punishment and will begin serving my suspension immediately.”
“I'm also crazy about Pilates Plus, which I do three times a week. The class is 55 minutes, head to toe. In that short amount of time, I've done everything I need to do. And for a working mom, what could be better?”
“God ordains that beggars should beg for greatness, as for all else, when greatness shines out of them, and they don't know it.”

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