Dulce Quotes & Sayings

How the hell would she support herself and her mother if Agua Dulce's new owner built one of those mega service stations right next door? Or worse yet, right on top of them. — Anna Jeffrey

Instinct caused a woman who had once been so attractive to still attempt makeup and hairdos, Marisa guessed, but more often than not, the effort came off with Mama looking like a clown. Seeing it broke Marisa's heart, but she didn't interfere. Her mother didn't know the difference and these days, it was rare for anyone but Marisa to see her. What little family they had seldom came and Mama's friends in Agua Dulce, out of respect, were reluctant to gawk at her decline. — Anna Jeffrey

hidden in this huge city beats in unison the heart of a whole people seeking to find their route to a better future. — Dulce Rodrigues

Dulce is one of the Philippines' natural treasures. — Ryan Cayabyab

If in some smothering dreams you too could pace
Behind the wagon that we flung him in,
And watch the white eyes writhing in his face,
His hanging face, like a devil's sick of sin;
If you could hear, at every jolt, the blood
Come gargling from the froth-corrupted lungs,
Obscene as cancer, bitter as the cud
Of vile, incurable sores on innocent tongues,
My friend, you would not tell with such high zest
To children ardent for some desperate glory,
The old Lie:
Dulce et decorum est pro patria mori. — Wilfred Owen

Better mendacities Than the classics in paraphrase! Some quick to arm, some for adventure, some from fear of weakness, some from fear of censure, some for love of slaughter, in imagination, learning later ... some in fear, learning love of slaughter; Died some, pro patria, non "dulce" non "et decor" . walked eye-deep in hell believing in old men's lies, the unbelieving came home, home to a lie. — Ezra Pound

Dulce bellum inexpertis. - War is lovely for those who know nothing about it. — Desiderius Erasmus

A book is like a trip to a world of imagination and creativity, and those who don't read will for ever stay in the same place. — Dulce Rodrigues

No matter what we have heard or read about a country, it is our own feeling that counts. — Dulce Rodrigues

War is sweet to those who haven't tasted it. Dulce bellum inexpertis. — Desiderius Erasmus