Berlitz English Quotes & Sayings

Fiction; inner thoughts of Elisha
True beauty dwells in deep retreats,
Whose veil is unremoved
Till heart with heart in concord beats,
And the lover is beloved. — William Wordsworth

The people are the most important element in a nation; the spirits of the land and grain are the next; the sovereign is the least. — Mencius

We have banished our artists to the fringe of society and tell them to eat cake. It is our artists who choose freedom over safety and use their talents to question and confront the culture. — Peter Block

Tyranny naturally arises out of democracy. — Plato

Why didn't you just ask?" "Because I don't do that. Asking questions is at the forefront of developing relationships. — Tarryn Fisher

The family is the basis of society. As the family is, so is the society, and it is human beings who make a family-not the quantity of them, but the quality of them. — Ashley Montagu

People don't care about being duped as long as they're happy, which is the shortest form of happiness; hence 'self-duprication' becomes a habit. — Criss Jami

Over-attachment for one's close relatives is simply born of ignorance. Every creature in the world is born alone and dies alone. He experiences the results of his own good and evil deeds and in the end leaves the present body to accept another. The belief that one person is the relation of another is nothing more than illusion. — Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa

The first thing that your should do when you win an Oscar is thank God. The second thing you should do is forget it. The third thing you should do is call your agent and tell him you need a job. — Rod Steiger

Elvis, he was unique. And he loved the blues, it was a pity he didn't do more. — B.B. King

Far too often the choices reality proposes are such as to take away one's taste for choosing. — Jean Rostand

Most actors go, 'I read the script and fell in love with it'; I fall in love with the directors. — Sam Worthington

People intoxicate themselves with work so they won't see how they really are. — Aldous Huxley