"The philosopher, who with calm suspicion examines the dreams and omens, the miracles and prodigies, of profane or even of ecclesiastical history, will probably conclude that, if the eyes of the spectators have sometimes been deceived by fraud, the understanding of the readers has much more frequently been insulted by fiction."

-- Edward Gibbon

#Dream Quotes #Eye Quotes #History Quotes

“When you make his sandwiches, put a sexy or loving note in his lunch box.”
“When something like that happens, people want to try to find some dirt and make it more of a soap opera. But I think we both walked away with the door still open, if we want to do something together again. So yeah, I would call it a friendly break-up.”
“I've always had my voice as a comic. I was never that into politics, or prop comedy.”
“The London streets are paths of loveliness; the very omnibuses look like colored archangels, their laps filled full of little trustful souls.”
“It was fun shooting with Josh [Holloway], not just how great he is, but just how handsome he is.”
“But tonight, the lion of contentment has placed a warm heavy paw on my chest.”

Source : Billy Collins (2011). “Sailing Alone Around the Room: New and Selected Poems”, p.49, Random House
“A Constitution is not the act of a Government, but of a people constituting a government, and a government without a constitution is a power without right.”
“Tolkien was such a brilliant writer in so many ways. He was truly an inspiration. Many people don't realize just how much he researched and how much he based his stories and characters on mythology of various types. He was very deep and in many ways a genius.”

Source : Source: paganpages.org

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