Garonne Aquitaine Quotes & Sayings

I would that our farmers when they cut down a forest felt some of that awe which the old Romans did when they came to thin, or letin the light to, a consecrated grove (lucum conlucare), that is, would believe that it is sacred to some god. The Roman made an expiatory offering, and prayed, Whatever god or goddess thou art to whom this grove is sacred, be propitious to me, my family, and children, etc. — Henry David Thoreau

Melkor's envy grew then the greater within him; and he also took visible form, but because of his mood and the malice that burned in him that form was dark and terrible. And he descended upon Arda in power and majesty greater than any other of the Valar, as a mountain that wades in the sea and has its head above the clouds and is clad in ice and crowned with smoke and fire; and the light of the eyes of Melkor was like a flame that withers with heat and pierces with a deadly cold. — J.R.R. Tolkien

Funny how you notice how beautiful things are just when you're about to leave them. — Laura Ruby

There is no country in the world in which everything can be provided for by laws, or in which political institutions can prove a substitute for common sense and public morality. — Alexis De Tocqueville

From now on I will make burning my aim, For I am like the candle: burning only makes me brighter. — Jalaluddin Rumi