Quotes
Authors
Benvenuto Cellini
"Withersoever the wheel of Fortune turns, Virtue stands firm upon her feet." --
Source : Benvenuto Cellini (2010). “The Autobiography of Benvenuto Cellini: The Five Foot Shelf of Classics, Vol. XXXI (in 51 Volumes)”, p.12, Cosimo, Inc.
Benvenuto Cellini
#Feet Quotes
#Wheels Quotes
#Virtue Quotes
“People think that at the top there isn't much room. They tend to think of it as an Everest. My message is that there is tons of room at the top.”
“I've listened to a lot of outside stuff and just haven't really heard anything that moves me. I don't know if I'm getting old and crotchety or what.”
“I just had this feeling about you," she said. "Is that foolish?" "I hope not.”
“The world would be a safer place, If someone had a plan, Before exploring outer space, To find the inner man.”
“Only man has law. Law must be built, do you understand me? You must build the law.”
“You know,†Cole said. “My mom once told me a boy would know he’d become a man when he stopped putting himself first. She said a girl would come along and I wouldn’t be able to get her out of my mind. She said this girl would frustrate me, confuse me, and challenge me, but she would also make me do whatever was necessary to be a better man–the man she needed. With you, I want to be better. I want to be what you need. Tell me what you need.”
“[Fashion is] a kind of vitamin for style.”
“We're not all nice, and there are a lot of levels of ambition and niceness.”