"As God is propitiated by the blood of a hundred bulls, so also is he by the smallest offering of incense. [Lat., Sed tamen ut fuso taurorum sanguine centum, Sic capitur minimo thuris honore deux.]"

-- Ovid

#God Quotes #Blood Quotes #Offering Quotes

“My life has changed because somebody fed my family on Thanksgiving when I was eleven years old. It wasn't the food that changed me, it was the fact that a stranger cared. That's what changed my life. That made me the person I am today and have been for the last 37 years. All that came out of that, that simple act of getting a result.”
“If you exchanged wedding vows, tape them to your bathroom mirror and read them aloud to yourself every morning along with the ritual brushing of teeth. It's not realistic to believe that you will live your promises as a daily practice -- unless you're a saint or a highly evolved Zen Buddhist. Not where marriage is concerned. But you can make a practice of returning to your vows when the going gets rough.”
“I am not a sexy woman, I'm not beautiful, I'm not a sex kitten, I don't flirt with people, yet I've been tagged more of sex symbol than women who truly are and I that's solely because I don't reveal too much: people are curious.”
“I don't see white police officers slamming the heads of little white boys into police cars.”

Source : "FBI Probing Videotaped Beating". CNN.com, July 10, 2002.
“There isn't a person alive who doesn't like being caressed.”
“Money is made at Christmas out of holly and mistletoe, but who save the vendors would greatly care if no green branch were procurable?”
“Protectionism has to be avoided. Protectionism is not only on goods but also in the area of services. Financial protectionism is also bad and should be avoided.”
“What is put into the hands of B cannot be put into the hands of A.”

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