Arenberg Bibliotheek Quotes & Sayings

The brutal soldiers satisfied their sensual appetites without consulting either the inclination or the duties of their female captives; and a nice question of casuistry was seriously agitated, Whether those tender victims, who had inflexibly refused their consent to the violation which they sustained, had lost, by their misfortune, the glorious crown of virginity. There were other losses indeed of a more substantial kind and more general concern. — Edward Gibbon

Most animals show themselves sparingly. The grizzly bear is six to eight hundred pounds of smugness. It has no need to hide. If it were a person, it would laugh loudly in quiet restaurants, boastfully wear the wrong clothes for special occasions, and probably play hockey. — Craig Childs

She's sent the crows out to blind the guests coming for dinner!"
What?"
She's BLINDING THE GUESTS COMING FOR DINNER!"
Well, that's one way to avoid having to dust, I suppose. — Gregory Maguire

All I ask is the chance to prove that money can't make me happy. — Spike Milligan

That's one of those hazards of an interview: You get tired of your stock answer and you try to get creative and even play devil's advocate. — Doug Martsch

Let who will boast their courage in the field, I find but little safety from my shield, Nature's, not honour's law we must obey: This made me cast my useless shield away. — Archilochus

I am resolved, to go and plant myself in Holland or in Zeeland, and there await the issue which it shall please Him to ordain. — William The Silent