Barbiere Di Siviglia Quotes & Sayings

The terms that Sforza Cesarini offered Rossini, 400 Roman Scudi, were not ungenerous, though it must have been galling for Rossini to see the Figaro, Luigi Zamboni, getting almost twice as much, and the Almaviva, Manuel Garcia, being offered three times the amount. Of the first-night cast, only the 'altro buffo', Bartolomeo Botticelli, who played Bartolo, and the 'seconda donna', Elisabetta Lowselet, who played Berta, were paid less than the composer. — Richard Osborne

Now this is not the end. It is not even the beginning of the end.
But it is, perhaps, the end of the beginning. — Winston S. Churchill

And no other attempt made at secrecy than Mrs. Norris's talking of it everywhere as a matter not to be talked of at present. — Jane Austen

The whole of March 18 was so poetically and emotionally satisfying that I went a little wild. — Qiu Miaojin

I tried to figure out what everyone was so frustrated about. I thought maybe the Didot was going to show me an image or do something, but ... it did nothing. Nothing
so that's what everyone was so upset about. Silently, I passed it to Jayden.
"It's a fake," Chloe muttered. — Embee

Sparks fly everywhere, Parker. The world's practically on fire. You need something more solid in your relationships than some silly little spark. — Abby Slovin

We only know the universe from the point of view of beings with five senses. Suppose we obtain another sense, the whole universe must change for us. — Swami Vivekananda

I mean, really ponder what God gave you breath for. Most of our suffering means nothing. What are we striving for? To make ourselves more comfortable? To add prestige or honor to our reputation? Buth then you find something - a cause, a person - worth dying for, and you realize that's the best gift God can give you, because until you know what you'd die for, you don't know what you're living for. — Regina Jennings

I read, much of the night, and go south in the winter. — T. S. Eliot

He had to ask these questions and then remain absolutely silent. Listening in silence was essential to making a comprehensive scan of a person's soul. — Nina George

Life is not kind. Who are you trying to kid, Kendall? He sighed. — Holly Hood

There is a deeper life. It is as deep as a personal Gethsemane and as costly as a personal Calvary. — Leonard Ravenhill