Frontinus Live Quotes & Sayings

They could not help loving anything that made them laugh. The Lisbon earthquake was "embarrassing to the physicists and humiliating to theologians" (Barbier). It robbed Voltaire of his optimism. In the huge waves which engulfed the town, in the chasms which opened underneath it, in volcanic flames which raged for days in the outskirts, some 50,000 people perished. But to the courtiers of Louis XV it was an enormous joke. M. de Baschi, Madame de Pompadour's brother-in-law, was French Ambassador there at the time. He saw the Spanish Ambassador killed by the arms of Spain, which toppled onto his head from the portico of his embassy; Baschi then dashed into the house and rescued his colleague's little boy whom he took, with his own family, to the country. When he got back to Versailles he kept the whole Court in roars of laughter for a week with his account of it all. "Have you heard Baschi on the earthquake? — Nancy Mitford

If God is not an active part in your friendships, you are missing one of life's most important treasures. — Beth Moore

I can't -
You can and you will.Take me, baby. — B.B. Reid

God knows I've got so many frailties myself, I ought to be able to understand and forgive them in others. But I don't. — Ava Gardner

You were the kind of kid who couldn't see the difference between throwing rocks at a cat and setting it on fire. — Terry Pratchett

You're an asshole."
"And you're a bitch," he says. "A bitch with a kick-ass smile and eyes that can seriously screw with a guy's head. — Simone Elkeles

A world without corruption would be a strange world indeed - and a damned bad world for lawyers, let me say. — Robertson Davies

You do need parental guidance and I was in a great position with both my mum and dad. They split when I was a baby but even though I stayed with my mom they were both very much involved in my upbringing. — Leonardo DiCaprio

The future offers everything. Reach out and take whatever you want. — Rosie Thomas

I march in the parade of liberty
But as long as I love you I'm not free
How long must I suffer such abuse
Won't you let me see you smile one time before I turn you loose? — Bob Dylan