"In the streets through which we passed, I must own the houses in general struck me as if they were dark and gloomy, and yet at the same time they also struck me as prodigiously great and majestic."

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Source : Karl Philipp Moritz (2010). “Travels in England in 1782”, p.8, BoD – Books on Demand

Karl Philipp Moritz

#Dark Quotes #House Quotes #Literature Quotes

“There are secret opportunities hidden inside every failure.”

Source : Sophia Amoruso (2014). “#GIRLBOSS”, p.53, Penguin
“Parents must get across the idea that "I love you always, but sometimes I do not love your behavior."”

Source : Amy Vanderbilt, Letitia Baldrige (1978). “The Amy Vanderbilt complete book of etiquette: a guide to contemporary living”, Doubleday Books
“Jesus proclaimed the Kingdom of God and what came was the Church.”
“Honestly, sometimes I get really fed up of my subconscious - it's like it's got a mind of its own.”
“[Martin] Luther did not regard the water in baptism as common water, but as a water which had become, through the Word with its inherent divine power, a gracious water of life, a washing of regeneration. Through this divine efficacy of the Word the sacrament effects regeneration.”
“For the powerful, crimes are those that others commit.”
“We can all become activists and raise questions.”

Source : Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.
“Humor could not flourish in a wholly serious and rational atmosphere.”

Source : Raymond M. Smullyan, Jason Rosenhouse (2014). “Four Lives: A Celebration of Raymond Smullyan”, p.273, Courier Corporation

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