"There is a moment in the history of every nation, when . . . the perceptive powers reach their ripeness and have not yet become microscopic: so that man, at that instant . . . with his feet still planted on the immense forces of night, converses by his eyes and brain with solar and stellar creation."

-- Marsilio Ficino

#Eye Quotes #Night Quotes #Men Quotes

“I think that when youâ€™re an actress, you have to think about what kind of a role model youâ€™re going to be. I hope that Iâ€™m a good role model for young girls. Iâ€™m not going to, if people still want me in their movies, I donâ€™t want to be one of these girls who goes around partying every night and is in rehab. I donâ€™t want to do that,”
“Nature is very consonant and conformable with herself.”
“Unless a man enters upon the vocation intended for him by nature, and best suited to his peculiar genius, he cannot succeed.”
“I spent my childhood outdoors on my grandparents' farm. I learned to ride a motorbike when I was about six, a little PeeWee 50. I'd climb trees - there was a big weeping willow.”
“Bodybuilding saved my life because I overcame the nerd stage. I got picked on. I was fascinated with power, and then I decided to take that direction because I knew that it would make me feel good about myself”
“Painting is like golf; the fewer strokes I take, the better the picture.”
“While Europe's eye is fix'd on mighty things, The fate of empires and the fall of kings; While quacks of State must each produce his plan, And even children lisp the Rights of Man; Amid this mighty fuss just let me mention, The Rights of Woman merit some attention.”

Source : Robert Burns, Robert Chambers (1838). “The Poetical Works of Robert Burns. To which are Now Added, Notes Illustrating Historical, Personal, and Local Allusions. [The Editor's Preface Signed: R. C., I.e. Robert Chambers.]”, p.85
“It's a strange paradox that a man gifted with too many talents can fritter them all away without developing a single one to its full.”

Source : Wilbur Smith (2008). “Rage”, p.239, Pan Macmillan

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