Empires In Chronological Order Quotes & Sayings

There is a taint of death, a flavour of mortality in lies ... — Joseph Conrad

Human life. Duration: momentary. Nature: changeable. Perception: dim. Condition of Body: decaying. Soul: spinning around. Fortune: unpredictable. Lasting Fame: uncertain. Sum Up: The body and its parts are a river, the soul a dream and mist, life is warfare and a journey far from home, lasting reputation is oblivion. — Marcus Aurelius

Good manners disappear in proportion as the influence of a Court and an exclusive aristocracy lessens; this decrease can be plainly observed from decade to decade by those who have an eye for public behavior, which grows visibly. — Friedrich Nietzsche

The pressure on language to deteriorate does not come merely from below, from the "democratic" lev-elers. It comes also from above, from the fancy jar-gonmongers, idle game players, fashionable coteries for second-rate intellectuals. — John Simon

Holy crap, Caleb! You're my uncle." Nick
"No!" Caleb
"It's worse. He's the half-brother of your great-grandfather." Kody
"You're not helping." Caleb
"No, but I'm entertaining myself at your adorable expense." Kody
"Yeah, y'all are missing the important fact. To a Cajun, that makes him my uncle." Nick
"Great. I always wanted to be a monkey's uncle. Nice to know I finally succeeded." Caleb — Sherrilyn Kenyon

I liked long skirts," he said nostalgically. "I liked the underthings women wore. The petticoats. — Charlaine Harris

I got the thrill of being alive, being on a stupid speck of a planet in the middle of an infinity of nothing, but still alive. — Lauren Oliver

Chemically speaking, chocolate really is the world's perfect food. — Michael Levine

Sometimes you do find what you're looking for closer than you think — Ann Howard Creel