"There are crimes which become innocent and even glorious through their splendor, number and excess."

-- Francois de La Rochefoucauld

#Numbers Quotes #Excess Quotes #Splendor Quotes

“Men of England, wherefore plough For the lords who lay you low?”
“I am sick of diseases, I want to know origins and processesâ€¦If we are to prevent disease it is to the beginning of the chain of accumulating stresses that we must look.”
“It is a mistake to suppose, with some philosophers of aesthetics, that art and poetry aim to deal with the general and the abstract. This misconception has been foisted upon us by mediaeval logic. Art and poetry deal with the concrete of nature, not with separate 'particulars,' for such rows do not exist.”

Source : Ernest Fenollosa, Ezra Pound, Jonathan Stalling, Lucas Klein (2008). “The Chinese Written Character as a Medium for Poetry: A Critical Edition”, p.54, Fordham University Press
“If you donâ€™t write the book you have to write, everything breaks.”
“I think it's worrisome that Barack Obama actually contributed to the bifurcation of our society. I don't think that he made nearly enough effort to be a uniter. And there's, I think, been a backlash against him, and some of that has been reflected in Trump's success. And I think it's really sad, and that's part of Obama's legacy.”

Source : "Barbershop: Trump's Tweets, Press Conference And Obama's Farewell". "All Things Considered" with Michel Martin, www.npr.org. January 14, 2017.
“As I passed along the side walls of Westminster Abbey, I hardly saw any thing but marble monuments of great admirals, but which were all too much loaded with finery and ornaments, to make on me at least, the intended impression.”

Source : Karl Philipp Moritz (2010). “Travels in England in 1782”, p.55, BoD – Books on Demand
“It is God's design to use reluctant servants to usher in glory.”
“In his fifty-six years he was at times many things, including a fugitive, prisoner, rising politician, army leader, legal advocate, rebel, dictator â€“ perhaps even a god â€“ as well as a husband, father, lover and adulterer. Few fictional heroes have ever done as much as Caius Julius Caesar.”

Source : Adrian Goldsworthy (2013). “Caesar: The Life Of A Colossus”, p.14, Hachette UK

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