Abdera Spain Quotes & Sayings

And we shall most likely be defeated, and you will most likely be victors in the contest, if you learn so to order your lives as not to abuse or waste the reputation of your ancestors, knowing that to a man who has any self-respect, nothing is more dishonourable than to be honoured, not for his own sake, but on account of the reputation of his ancestors. — Plato

She knew what such grief was like and she had built her own defenses high over the years. But if you raised them too much, they became a prison and in the end you drowned with no one to hear you scream. — Elizabeth Chadwick

The sporting qualities of a fish are dependent neither on its size nor its weight, but on the effort of concentration, the skill and mastery the fish demands from the fisherman — Charles Ritz

For how long can one maintain total vigilance?

For how long can love last, in isolation, without sinking crushed beneath its own pressure? — Dorothy Dunnett

And while good books - even so-so books - serve both functions, if you ever have to choose one over the other, keep in mind that a book that entertains without enlightening can still be a guilty pleasure, but a book that enlightens without entertaining is algebra. — Pete Dexter

Grief is a process, not a state. — Anne Grant

Just because some people actually work for their money doesn't mean they are beneath you. — Kevin Kwan