Dolius Quotes & Sayings

You cannot call it love, for at your age the heyday in the blood is tame — William Shakespeare

That this is a practice contrary to the rules of criticism will be readily allowed; but there is always an appeal open from criticism to nature. The end of writing is to instruct; the end of poetry is to instruct by pleasing. That the mingled drama may convey all the instruction of tragedy or comedy cannot be denied, because it includes both in its alterations of exhibition, and approaches nearer than either to the appearance of life, by shewing how great machinations and slender designs may promote or obviate one another, and the high and the low co-operate in the general system by unavoidable concatenation. — Samuel Johnson

In Britain, the major public holiday used to be Guy Fawkes Day ... that was celebrated on November 5th with things like bonfires and fireworks ... I think that made Halloween seem preferable. The idea of having pumpkins and costumes and parties seemed much more appealing than burning down your neighborhood. — Lisa Morton

When you can't focus on one thing, you will be distracted by anything. — Debasish Mridha

Pain was not given thee merely to be miserable under; learn from it, turn it to account. — Thomas Carlyle

Twitter is the Devil's playground. — Albert Brooks

Your mind is a positive asset. Use it for positive thoughts. — Clark Terry

It was enough to drive me mad. I was no longer myself and yet I was so much more me than I had ever been before.
~Katherine Demure — Gwenn Wright

In my time and neighborhood (and in my soul) there was only one standard by which a woman measured success: did some man want her? — Jessamyn West

I feel more comfortable doing films with groups of guys. It's a lot easier for me. There's a difference with women: you can't take them to dinner every night and go crazy. — Tom Berenger

He who on earth has lived in the conjugal state as he should live, will be placed among the Gods who dwell in heaven — Thiruvalluvar

Most of us would rather risk catastrophe than read the directions ... — Mignon McLaughlin

He turned out the lamp and left the room, his body in agony. Sometimes, it was absolute hell to be a
gentleman. — Laura Lee Guhrke