Durrer Family Quotes & Sayings

The life of a good man will hardly improve us more than the life of a freebooter, for the inevitable laws appear as plainly in theinfringement as in the observance, and our lives are sustained by a nearly equal expense of virtue of some kind. The decaying tree, while yet it lives, demands sun, wind, and rain no less than the green one. It secretes sap and performs the functions of health. If we choose, we may study the alburnum only. The gnarled stump has as tender a bud as the sapling. — Henry David Thoreau

The wisest man may be a blind father. — Jules Verne

It might be a bad thing, not to know what's going on in the world. I can't say I really approve of it. — Sharon Olds

Of course I'm crazy, but that doesn't mean I'm wrong. — Robert Anton Wilson

Awaken your heart to kindness and mercy for the people and love and tenderness for them. Never, never act with them like a predatory beast which seeks to be satiated by devouring them, for the people fall into two categories: they are either your brethren in faith or your kindred in creation ... Do not ever say, 'I have been given authority' or 'My command should be obeyed.' Because it corrupts the heart, consumes one's faith, and invites calamities. — Ali Ibn Abi Talib

If I can't play for big money, I play for a little money. And if I can't play for a little money, I stay in bed that day. — Bobby Riggs

It is notable that when she is not condemned for being too bold and masculine, Cleopatra is taken to task for being unduly frail and feminine. — Stacy Schiff

I always knew that I wanted to be a writer. I think I was six or seven when I learned how to read, and I still remember it. — Signe Baumane

You're a sovereign as a citizen. If you're not involved in your government, you're not doing your job. In the long run that's very bad for the Republic. — Michael Novak

You're a Centurion," Ty said. "You have vows - " "Vows of friendship and love are stronger," said Diego. Drusilla — Cassandra Clare

What had these people done to deserve a band of desperate rebels turning up on their doorsteps, and now more trouble!

Yet, what had any of them done, what gods had they displeased to deserve the calamity that was the Romans? — Margaret McGoverne