Douai Bible Quotes & Sayings

An evil person is like a dirty window, they never let the light shine through. — William Makepeace Thackeray

The chickens are coming home to roost, and you happen to have just moved into the chicken house. — Douglas MacArthur

Bud forth as the rose planted by the brooks of waters. Give ye a sweet odor as frankincense. Send forth flowers, as the lily ... and bring forth leaves in grace, and praise with canticles, and bless the Lord in his works. - Ecclesiasticus 39:17-19 — Douai-Rheims Bible

Do you think he's the murderer?"
"It's worse than that
he's an actor! — Julian Fellowes

The Romans believed that what no man controls, no man can own. Justinian, writing in the sixth century AD, said that the air, flowing water, the sea and the seashore were common to all. — Charles Clover

What is a fantasy map but a space beyond which There Be Dragons? — Terry Pratchett

A gift by women, for women. — Nevil Shute

It takes the passage of time before an image of a commonplace subject can be assessed. The great difficulty of what I attempt is seeing beyond the moment; the everydayness of life gets in the way of the eternal. — George A Tice

How beautiful it is to see that young people are 'street preachers,' joyfully bringing Jesus to every street, every town square and every corner of the earth! — Pope Francis

It was not something you could call friendship; it was at once less and more. The sharing of such experiences created a bond and set them apart from all others. It was not something that could be told to another person. There were no words with a meaning both could understand which would impart the physical horror or the heights and depths of emotion. — Anne Perry