Lugubriousness Quotes & Sayings

I leaf through the ancient philosophers and find my newest discoveries there. — Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn

Brother, this is not a day on which hunger is to have any sway, thanks to the rich Camacho; get down and look about for a ladle and skim off a hen or two, and much good may they do you." "I don't see one," said Sancho. "Wait a bit," said the cook; "sinner that I am! how particular and bashful you are!" and so saying, he seized a bucket and plunging it into one of the half jars took up three hens and a couple of geese, and said to Sancho, "Fall to, friend, and take the edge off your appetite with these skimmings until dinner-time comes. — Miguel De Cervantes Saavedra

Okay, when you start to fight for equality, like Anand did in 1995, you could end up losing game 10, like he did, without putting up any kind of fight. — Vladimir Kramnik

If you're in the game long enough, you're going to be the toast of the town one day, and the next day you'll be toast. — Alan K. Simpson

... Modesty is Vanity's craftier stepbrother. — David Mitchell

If you dishonor an agreement, learn from the experience and do your best next time. It is an act of grace to forgive. It is an act of love to offer yourself another chance. — Miguel Ruiz

A well-read woman is a dangerous creature. — Lisa Kleypas