Didius Julianus Quotes & Sayings

Once decided in his mind on a given picture of what some aspect of life was like, he objected to any modification of the design. He possessed an absolutely rigid view of human relationships. Into this, imagination scarcely entered, and whatever was lost in grasping the niceties of character was amply offset by a simplification of practical affairs. Occasionally, it was true. I had known Widmerpool involved in situations which were extraordinary chiefly because they were entirely misunderstood, but on the whole he probably gained more than he lost by these limitations; at least in the spheres that attracted him. — Anthony Powell

Affection can withstand very severe storms of vigor, but not a long polar frost of indifference. — Walter Scott

because in a sense, our work was our life. It defined who we were, it wasn't just a job we did for a living, and I needed to hold on to that for as long as I could. — Lynsey Addario

Aging is like enlightenment at gunpoint. Before I had cancer, I lived my life for my art. After I had cancer, I lived my art for my life. I've always said dance is the breath made visible. That covers about everything because once you stop breathing and the breath is no longer visible, you stop moving. — Anna Halprin

Can't find your passion? Don't check between the couch cushions. It's already in you! — Darren Hardy

Anybody, providing he knows how to be amusing, has the right to talk about himself. — Charles Baudelaire

Twas when the seas were roaring With hollow blasts of wind, A damsel lay deploring, All on a rock reclined. — John Gay

Wilkinson remained a central figure in the Spanish Conspiracy even after he became a lieutenant colonel and later general and commander of the U.S. Army. Even without knowing that he was a paid agent of Spain, John Randolph of Virginia said that Wilkinson was the only man he ever knew who from the bark to the very core was a villain. — Gordon S. Wood