Darcangelo Syracuse Quotes & Sayings

A man who gives a good account of himself is probably lying, since any life when viewed from the inside is simply a series of defeats. — George Orwell

I have stated it plain, an' my argument's thus ( It's all one, says the Sapper) There's only one Corps which is perfect - that's us; An' they call us Her Majesty's Engineers, With the rank and pay of a Sapper! — Rudyard Kipling

I never paint a portrait from a photograph, because a photograph doesn't give enough information about what the person feels. — Francesco Clemente

We relied on the slave labor of African peoples to build the levees that protected our homes and farmland, to harvest and cook our food, to care for our children, to chop, and hoe, and sweat, and sew, and nurse us back to health, while we aspired to be persons of leisure, or at least to leave the really brutal work to them. — Tim Wise

I have fought sixty battles, and I have learnt nothing which I did not know at the beginning. — Napoleon Bonaparte

The promises of this world are, for the most part, vain phantoms; and to confide in one's self, and become something of worth and value is the best and safest course. — Michelangelo