Dilettare Quotes & Sayings

It was in Warwick Castle that I came across the curious stranger whom I am going to talk about. He attracted me by three things: his candid simplicity, his marvelous familiarity with ancient armor, and the restfulness of his company
for he did all the talking. — Mark Twain

Now, I've always known that there were bullies in the world. We've seen a lot of it in politics lately as well as in daily life. You see it where people who may be stronger, or bigger, or better with verbiage than other folks ... show off. To me, that's what bullying is, showing off. It's saying, I'm better than you, I can take you down. Not just physically, but emotionally. — Whoopi Goldberg

Sometimes in his arrogance he has more anxiety for the world than for himself. — Franz Kafka

Only begin, and you will become eloquent of yourself. — Ovid

My heart doesn't listen to me - it does its own thing, scampering off with the fear of needing him forever. — Sunniva Dee

Freedom then is not what Sir Robert Filmer tells us, O. A.8 55, "a liberty for every one to do what he lists, to live as he pleases, and not to be tied by any laws." But freedom of men under government is to have a standing rule to live by, common to every one of that society, and made by the legislative power erected in it; a liberty to follow my own will in all things, where the rule prescribes not; and not to be subject to the inconstant, uncertain, unknown, arbitrary will of another man; as freedom of nature is to be under no other restraint but the law of nature. — John Locke

Life disappoints. Everybody knows that. But must it horrify? — Helen Yglesias

I think God is a pretty fair guy, so tithing is a pretty fair process. — Neil Cavuto

Most of us think we've had more trouble than we deserve. — Elizabeth Ferrars

Your personal testimony, however meaningful it is to you, is not the gospel. — R.C. Sproul

Found everybody in a terrible state of excitement on account of the enemy's advance upon this place. — John Buford

It was joy, joy, happy joy.
Happy, happy joy.
A big fat smiley sun rose above the rooftops and beamed down its blessings onto the borough known as Brentford. — Robert Rankin