Esdras 8 Quotes & Sayings

Yea, many there be that have run out of their wits for women, and become servants for their sakes. Many also have perished, have erred, and sinned, for women ... O ye men, how can it be but women should be strong, seeing they do thus? - Esdras. — Thomas Hardy

Ecclesiastes calls you the All-powerful; the Maccabees call you the Creator; the Epistle to the Ephesians calls you liberty; Baruch calls you Immensity; the Psalms call you Wisdom and Truth; John calls you Light; the Books of Kings call you Lord; Exodus calls you Providence; Leviticus, Sanctity; Esdras, Justice; the creation calls you God; man calls you Father; but Solomon calls you Compassion, and that is the most beautiful of all your names. — Victor Hugo

To see a man humble under prosperity is one of the greatest rarities in the world. — John Flavel

Poetry resonates differently in each culture; it doesn't in America. — Campbell McGrath

I felt that blank incapability of invention which is the greatest misery of authorship, when dull Nothing replies to our anxious invocations. — Mary Shelley

Already I've seen that when you're pulled away from your normal routine, it's as though air and sunlight come into your brain and do a little housecleaning. — Elizabeth Berg

The very center of your heart is where life begins. The most beautiful place on earth. — Rumi

Ecclesiastes names thee Almighty, the Maccabees name thee Creator, the Epistle to the Ephesians names thee Liberty, Baruch names thee Immensity, the Psalms name thee Wisdom and Truth, John names thee Light, the Book of Kings names thee Lord, Exodus names thee Providence, Leviticus Sanctity, Esdras Justice, creation names thee God, man names thee Father; but Solomon names thee Compassion, which is the most beautiful of all thy names. — Victor Hugo

Sometimes I rhyme slow sometimes I rhyme quick, I was on 125 and St.Nick — Daryl Barnes

I think a woman gets more if she acts feminine. — Nancy Reagan

We live, my dear soul, in an age of trial. What will be the consequence I know not. John Adams, in a letter to Abigail Adams — David McCullough

In all history there is no war which was not hatched by the governments, the governments alone, independent of the interests of the people, to whom war is always pernicious even when successful.
Read more at — Leo Tolstoy

Wine is not only a drinking: it is sniffing, observing, tasting, or sipping at and ... talking about — Edward VII

Limerick gained a reputation for piety, but we knew it was only the rain. — Frank McCourt

If the first law of friendship is that it has to be cultivated, the second law is to be indulgent when the first law has been neglected. — Voltaire

His mother saw that he was not lonesome, and because she was an understanding mother, even though she was a cow, she let him just sit there and be happy. — Munro Leaf

One thing I can't do, and I hope that there are other people out there that feel the same way, is climb a rope. Oh my gosh, it's so hard to climb rope! It's all about grip and arms. — Katy Perry

He stepped colser. Looked deep into my eyes. Hesitated a millisecond, and then dove in. "I think I'm falling in love with you."
Oh. No.
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"I know how you feel. About me. About him. I just wanted you to know-we could be good together. We could have a life. Kids. Vacations. On Sunday mornings I could serve you breakfast in bed."
He gave me his I-know-you-find-me-irrestible grin. "And then I could make you something to eat. — Jennifer Rardin