"The Jews were destroying both Greeks and Romans. They ate the flesh of their victims, made belts for themselves out of their entrails, and daubed themselves with their blood... In all, 220,000 men perished in Cyrene and 240,000 in Cyprus, and for this reason no Jew may set foot in Cyprus today."

-- Cassius Dio

#Men Quotes #Blood Quotes #Feet Quotes

“as the spirit wanes the form appears”
“When I see Messi play, in my opinion, he should win the Ballon d'Or every year. He is an unbelievable player.”
“A racing tipster who only reached Hitler's level of accuracy would not do well for his clients.”
“Stock prices aren't real things. They're just froth on a wave. The wave is the only real thing, which investors forget when they're watching the ticket slither by.”
“I shall be found with 'Indians' engraved on my brain when I am dead. A fire has been kindled within me, which will never go out.”

Source : Helen Hunt Jackson (1998). “The Indian Reform Letters of Helen Hunt Jackson, 1879-1885”, p.56, University of Oklahoma Press
“Blessings we enjoy daily, and for the most of them, because they be so common, men forget to pay their praises. [and miss much of their benefits from grateful appreciation]”
“Impossibility is more possible than everything which we hold to be possible.”
“When by the flood of your tears, the inner and the outer have fused into One, you will find Her whom you sought with such anguish, nearer than the nearest, the very breath of life, the very core of every heart.”

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