Smolensk Russia Quotes & Sayings

We have devoted ourselves to the government and extension of the Church, and, among other objects, we have conceived it to be our duty to foster especially literature and the fine arts ... next to knowledge and true worship of the Creator, nothing is better or more useful to mankind than such studies. — Pope Leo X

Your will, in other words, is not a manifestation of your character that you can deploy without limit; it's instead like a muscle that tires. — Cal Newport

We're both staring at our joined hands. I can still feel his magic. — Rainbow Rowell

I grew up in suburban Brisbane, so to say you wanted to be an actor was a ridiculous concept. — Matt Passmore

When I started running cross-country and track in high school, literally every race was a failure. — Chad Hurley

And as to the Cares, they are chiefly what attend the bringing up of Children; and I would ask any Man who has experienced it, if they are not the most delightful Cares in the World; and if from that Particular alone, he does not find the Bliss of a double State much greater, instead of being less than he expected. — Benjamin Franklin