Jolene Lyrics Quotes & Sayings

Ignorance of one's misfortunes is clear gain. — Euripides

The claim of the State Socialists, however, that this right would not be exercised in matters pertaining to the individual in the more intimate and private relations of his life is not borne out by the history of governments. — Benjamin Tucker

Imagine that half the world is hidden from you. Half of the person sitting across from you has never been appreciated, half of the garden has never been seen or smelled, half of your own life has never been truly witnessed and appraised. — Arthur Zajonc

When you go to war as a boy, you have a great illusion of immortality. Other people get killed, not you ... Then, when you are badly wounded the first time, you lose that illusion, and you know it can happen to you. — Ernest Hemingway,

In 1989, shortly before his death, he campaigned for Peronist presidential candidate Carlos Menem.185 — Uki Goni

It is a peculiarity of the English language that while most fish swim in schools, herring swim in shoals, a word of the same meaning derived from the same Anglo-Saxon root. — Mark Kurlansky

Understanding anyone begins with the person's family history and the culture he or she is a part of. — Pat Brown

It's easy to get published once you have written a really good book and the hard part, 99 percent of what you need to worry about, is really finishing it. — Laini Taylor

It's prudent to gain the whole world and lose your own soul. But don't forget that your soul sticks to you if you stick to it; but the world has a way of slipping through your fingers. — George Bernard Shaw