"He [Caesar Augustus] found a city built of brick; he left it built of marble. [Lat., Urbem lateritiam accepit, mamoream relinquit.]"

-- Suetonius

#Cities Quotes #Bricks Quotes #Augustus Quotes

“I'll tell you how it happened. The phone rang. Paul, my agent, goes, 'Would you like to play Meryl Streep's?' I said, 'Yeeees! I'll do it, whatever it is.' He said, 'It's Mamma Mia!.' I said, 'Oh no, which character? The fat friend?”
“What good does it do me if Christ was born in Bethlehem once if he is not born again in my heart through faith?”
“When you lack the awareness of being God you make everything impossible. Wow! Stop living in your humanity and start living in your divinity.”
“Taking risks, breaking the rules, and being a maverick have always been important but today they are more crucial than ever.”
“The Bowâ€™s passive approach to solar control and ventilation are implicit in its form, supported by an interesting structural system that is legible on the buildingâ€™s exterior.”
“I can't think of anyone I've mistreated. I've always thought that I am my brother's keeper. And I believe there's a 'great spirit' that takes care of all of us.”
“The ability to see the good in others and the bad in ourselves is perfect vision.”
“For the creation of a masterwork of literature two powers must concur, the power of the man and the power of the moment, and the man is not enough without the moment.”

Source : Essays in Criticism First Series, "The Function of Criticism at the Present Time" (1865)

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