Derenzis Mechanical Quotes & Sayings

My gran had always told me that a woman
any woman worth her salt
could do whatever she had to. — Charlaine Harris

Nothing feebler than a man does the earth raise up, of all the things which breathe and move on the earth, for he believes that he will never suffer evil in the future, as long as the gods give him success and he flourishes in his strength; but when the blessed gods bring sorrows too to pass, even these he bears, against his will, with steadfast spirit, for the thoughts of earthly men are like the day which the father of gods and men brings upon them. — Homer

I shift, an infinitesimal movement, towards him. It is like the leap from a waterfall. I do not know, until then, what I am going to do. — Madeline Miller

There is part of me that will always feel wrong for any leading man-type, charming guy or whatever. I am not that guy. I am so weird. I say inappropriate things, and if I have any charm at all, it's in my utter lack of charm. — Nick Wechsler

How much more reasonable is it to say with the sage Plato, that the perfect happiness of a state consists in the subjects obeying their prince, the prince obeying the laws, and the laws being equitable and always directed to the good of the public? — Jean-Jacques Rousseau

(5) If we wish to be united to God we should value all the operations of his grace, but we should cling only to the duties of the present moment. — Jean-Pierre De Caussade

Magnus's eyes went back to Alec. They were gold-green, as unreadable as the eyes of the cat he held on his lap. "Not my favorite topic, Smedley."
"Simon", said Simon. "If I'm going to die for you all, the least you could do is remember my name. — Cassandra Clare

When you do not see the beauty in the things around you, nothing will be adequate to you. — Stephen Richards

There's no consciousness without senses and memories. — Toba Beta

In the abstract world of American economists, equations run both ways; they believe that by changing the sign of a variable from plus to minus or from minus to plus or the price and quantity of x or y, the direction of historical movement can be reversed. — Robert Gilpin

The people should fight for the law as for their city wall. — Heraclitus

Children need models rather than critics. — Joseph Joubert

Death is many things, including the beginning of something new. — Dawn Akemi

But then, at some point, the hand that — Mary Davenport