Gracilis Quotes & Sayings

After all, no relationship could function or survive under the burden of total honesty. — John Connolly

He stopped at the gate on his way back to the temple, where Gracilis, the Twentieth's hard-case wolf hunter from the Campanian mountains, was supervising the strengthening of the defences.
'Take some men and tear down the huts along the west wall. And while you're at it, clear everything for a javelin throw in front of this gate. I want a killing ground from there to about there.'
Gracilis grinned and saluted. Like all legionaries, the only thing he liked better than fighting and drinking was destroying someone else's property. 'Should we burn them, sir?' he said hopefully. Valerius shook his head. No point in creating smoke to warn the enemy. 'Just break them up and add them to the barriers. — Douglas Jackson

People don't care to read what they already think or what any people think - they know all that well enough. They want to know what they ought to think. — Pearl S. Buck

So it's clear that nothing good can come from our good works. God insists in Scripture that believing Him is what He credits to our account as righteousness. And He gets to make the rules. — Beth Moore

I still eat pizzas, I still like pies, I still have spaghetti hoops for breakfast ... but it's in moderation now. — Shane Warne

Superfluous words simply spill out when the mind is already full. — Horace

I won't criticise anyone else's statements, and the public will make up their own minds. And if the public think that any side or any individual has strayed too far away from what's expected of public representatives, then they'll make that judgement. — Michael Gove

Sin never truly pays off. It just feels like it does. It always costs; maybe not immediately, but inevitably. — F. Darby Livingston

Women themselves are so happy, and so beautiful, when they're strong, that they naturally choose powerful men, even if that power's so enermous there's a real risk it could shatter them. — Honore De Balzac

The people of England regards itself as free; but it is grossly mistaken; it is free only during the election of members of parliament. As soon as they are elected, slavery overtakes it, and it is nothing. — Jean-Jacques Rousseau

Every time life calls to us, it is the voice of God and the voice of our very hearts. When we listen, we thrive. When we don't, we do what we must to survive. — Tehya Sky

That sounds impossible," said the hatter. "We absolutely must give it a try! — Robert McKay

It is a sign of creeping inner death when we can no longer praise the living. — Eric Hoffer

Poetry is something I love to do. Good poetry has an amazing ability to be communicative before it's even understood. I get emotional just from the beauty of words. — Daniel Radcliffe

People naturally follow leaders stronger than themselves. — John C. Maxwell