"One of the strangest catastrophes that is in any history. A great king, with strong armies and mighty fleets, a great treasure and powerful allies, fell all at once, and his whole strength, like a spider's web, was... irrecoverably broken at a touch."

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Source : Gilbert Burnet (1840). “Bishop Burnet's history of his own time”, p.397

Gilbert Burnet

#Strong Quotes #Kings Quotes #Powerful Quotes

“Great ideas come from everywhere if you just listen and look for them. You never know who's going to have a great idea.”
“The popular song is America's greatest ambassador.”
“But I am, personally, not a gambler. I wouldnâ€™t spend Â£1 on the lottery, let alone take a punt on a pregnancy. The stakes are far, far too high. I canâ€™t agree with a society that would force me to bet on how much I could love under duress.”
“The term middle-aged, invented by Descartes, comes from the Latin, medeus, meaning 'not really old' and ageis, meaning 'if you look at it in a certain way.”

Source : Marilyn Suzanne Miller (2007). “How to Be a Middle-Aged Babe”, p.4, Simon and Schuster
“It's been important to me to be a good activist, a good thinker, a good musician, a good singer, and a good entertainer. You can't do it all, but I have walked those delicate lines as best I know how.”
“It really is amazing all the things she has done for us (him and his three siblings). Itâ€™s unrealistic, really, to see my mother do so much so right And thatâ€™s one of the reasons I love her so much. She has always been there.”
“In some ways, Lotus Eaters is a journey disguised as a party film; there's a circus in the movie, and there are parties, but the real story is of an internal journey. There's themes of emptiness and excess and beauty and grief around it, but it's always surrounded by these glamorous events, and those are ways of waylaying her on her journey in the same way that it is in the ancient Greek story.”

Source : Source: www.interviewmagazine.com
“Can one alter oneÂ´s chief feature?" asked someone else. First it is necessary to know it. If you know it, much will depend on the quality of your knowing. If you know it well, then it is possible to change it.”

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