Compungido In English Quotes & Sayings

Whenever monarchs err, the people are punished.
[Lat., Quidquid delirant reges, plectuntur Achivi.] — Horace

I can't do nothing for you either, Billy. You know that. None of us can. You got to understand that as soon as a man goes to help somebody, he leaves himself wide open. He has to be cagey, Billy, you should know that as well as anyone. What could I do? I can't fix your stuttering. I can't wipe the razorblade scars off your wrists or the cigarette burns off the back of your hands. I can't give you a new mother. And as far as the nurse riding you like this, rubbing your nose in your weakness till what little dignity you got left is gone and you shrink up to nothing from humiliation, I can't do anything about that, either. — Ken Kesey

You cannot swim for new horizons until you have courage to lose sight of the shore. — William Faulkner

Besides,' she said, "it was not a hero I was thinking of. If anybody, it was Catherine Vernon." "Whom you don't like. These women, who step out of their sphere, they may do much to be respected, they may be of great use; but " "You mean that men don't like them," said Hester, with a smile; " but then women do; and, after all, we are the half of creation - or more. — Mrs. Oliphant

Having shot down a number, some of which were anly wounded, the whole flock swept repeatedly around their prostrate companions, and again settled on a low tree, within twenty yards of the spot where I stood. At each successive discharge, though showers of them fell, yet the affection of the survivors seemed rather to increase; for after a few circuits around the place, they again alighted near me. — Ron Rash

The ukulele is the instrument of peace, — Jake Shimabukuro

This was a lucky recollection
it saved her from something like regret. — Jane Austen

he is a witness or has seen or learned about it and he does not report it, — Anonymous

You usually want to get something out of a painting other than the ideas that you had in your head. — Alex Katz

You know who we hear about all the rappers from? The bus drivers. — Dan Auerbach

In contrast to happiness stands joy. Running deeper and stronger, joy is the quiet, confident assurance of God's love and work in our lives - that he will be there no matter what! Happiness depends on happenings, but joy depends on Christ. — Anonymous