"They live ill who expect to live always."

-- Publilius Syrus

#Life And Death Quotes #Ill Quotes

“Modern religious teaching have little or nothing to say about the place of prudence in life or in the hierarchy of virtues.”

Source : Josef Pieper (1966). “The four cardinal virtues: prudence, justice, fortitude, temperance”, Univ of Notre Dame Pr
“Sidney Poitier, who is class personified, said: Lou, youre a leading man because youre a good actor. Brought tears to my eyes.”
“It's a funny thing - when I'm crazed with work, spending time with my children relaxes me. Yet, at the end of a long weekend with them, the very thing I need to relax is a little work and time away from them!”
“I liked Truffaut a lot, I've felt a lot of admiration for his way to address the audience, and his storytelling.... La nuit amÃ©ricaine is adorable, and another film I like to see is L'enfant sauvage , with its fine humanism.”
“When people hurt you over and over, think of them like sand paper. They may scratch and hurt you a bit, but in the end, you end up polished and they end up useless.”
“I enter my studio at 9 a.m. I have lunch here, I return right away to my work and I go out to dinner at 8 p.m. My daily tasks vary very much.”
“Because of the dog's joyfulness, our own is increased. It is no small gift. It is not the least reason why we should honor as well as love the dog of our own life, and the dog down the street, and all the dogs not yet born. What would the world be like without music or rivers or the green and tender grass? What would this world be like without dogs?”

Source : Mary Oliver (2013). “Dog Songs: Deluxe Edition”, p.63, Penguin
“We live in a country where there is a lot of animosity. If your politics is radical it antagonises. People might think I am overconfident. I look petulant when I stand my ground.”

Source : Source: www.gq-magazine.co.uk

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