"Be aware of the high notes, of the blissful faces and their soft messages, and listen for the silent message of a highly decorated gift."

-- Dejan Stojanovic

#Faces Quotes #Messages Quotes #Silent Quotes

“The [Afghans] understand the difficult truth that their best hope of freedom lies in a temporary experience of imperial rule.”
“...if you are fat, no matter what you wear, nothing is going to make you sexier.”
“It's a shame there has to be a tragedy before the best in people will finally shine.”
“We know that if gold, if fraud, if force can defeat us, they will all be used. And we have resolved that they shall not defeat us. We shall arm. We shall meet fraud and falsehood with defiance, and force with force, if need be.”
“Satan has his companions, fellow-devils, to admire and encourage him; but I am solitary and detested.”
“The goal of revelation is not information only, but affection, worship, and obedience. Christ in us will be realized only as we drink deeply of the Bible, which is God's word outside of us”
“Manlius ... took care in his invitations, actively sought to exclude from his circle crude and vulgar men like Caius Valerius. But they were all around; it was Manlius who lived in a dream world, and his bubble of civility was becoming smaller and smaller. Caius Valerius, powerful member of a powerful family, had never even heard of Plato. A hundred, even fifty years before, such an absurdity would have been inconceivable. Now it was surprising if such a man did know anything of philosophy, and even if it was explained, he would not wish to understand.”

Source : Iain Pears (2003). “Dream of Scipio”, p.18, Penguin
“Every wife ought to answer for her man. If the husband be engaged in a seditious club, or drinks mysterious healths, or be frugal of his candles on a rejoicing night, let her look to him and keep him out of harm's way; or the world will be apt to say, she has a mind to be a widow before her time. She ought, in such cases, to exert the authority of the curtain lecture; and if she finds him of a rebellious disposition, to tame him, as they do birds of prey, by dinning him in the ears all night long.”

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