Solennel En Quotes & Sayings

The archiepiscopal throne of Macedonius, which had been polluted with so much Christian blood, was successively filled by Eudoxus and Damophilus. Their diocese enjoyed a free importation of vice and error from every province of the empire; the eager pursuit of religious controversy afforded a new occupation to the busy idleness of the metropolis: and we may credit the assertion of an intelligent observer, who describes, with some pleasantry, the effects of their loquacious zeal. — Edward Gibbon

You know what the issue is with this world? Everyone wants some magical solution to their problem and everyone refuses to believe in magic. — Lewis Carroll

Meaning grows in the mind, but the shape and form of the act remains. — Ralph Ellison

I liked fetching the washing from the Moscrops', and my mother liked washing for Mrs. Moscrop better than for anyone else. That was because Mrs. Moscrop wrapped a bar of yellow soap in with the washing. There wasn't anyone else who thought of a thing like that. — Howard Spring

Is not this Stephano, my drunken butler? — William Shakespeare

What we do and think in our own lives, then, becomes of extreme importance as it effects everything we're connected to. — Dalai Lama XIV

[On deciding not to have children:] Yes, there is a little sadness ... But there's also a little sadness around the fact I may never get to go to the moon. Jeez, you can't do everything in this lifetime. — Henriette Mantel

It is the definition of the word 'object' which destroys all religions. — Bill Gaede

Tom." Mrs. Sprye's tone was severe. "I expect you to look after this boy, not encourage him to go about brawling in the street. In broad daylight!"
Tom was stung. "It's nigh impossible to brawl in the dark, Mrs. Sprye. And look - " He put his hands on Trumpet's shoulders and turned him full circle. "Scarcely a scratch on him. A bit dirty, true, but I believe that Pygmies can be washed. — Anna Castle