The Persian Boy Quotes & Sayings

One must live as if it would be forever, and as if one might die each moment. Always both at once. — Mary Renault

There are two occasions when the sacred beauty of Creation becomes dazzlingly apparent, and they occur together. One is when we feel our mortal insufficiency to the world, and the other is when we feel the world's mortal insufficiency to us. — Marilynne Robinson

India is my country, and in that sense my outrage is personal. — Shashi Tharoor

Fools rush in, where wise men never go,
But wise men never fall in love, so how are they to know? — Johnny Mercer

[The] structural theory is of extreme simplicity. It assumes that the molecule is held together by links between one atom and the next: that every kind of atom can form a definite small number of such links: that these can be single, double or triple: that the groups may take up any position possible by rotation round the line of a single but not round that of a double link: finally that with all the elements of the first short period [of the periodic table], and with many others as well, the angles between the valencies are approximately those formed by joining the centre of a regular tetrahedron to its angular points. No assumption whatever is made as to the mechanism of the linkage. Through the whole development of organic chemistry this theory has always proved capable of providing a different structure for every different compound that can be isolated. Among the hundreds of thousands of known substances, there are never more isomeric forms than the theory permits. — Nevil Vincent Sidgwick

Alexander, of whom men tell many legends, lived by his own. Achilles must have Patroklos. He might love his Briseis; but Patroklos was the friend till death. At their tombs in Troy, Alexander and Hephaistion had sacrificed together. Wound Patroklos, and Achilles will have your blood. — Mary Renault

Those who trust to chance must abide by the results of chance. — Calvin Coolidge

I'm too old for Led Zeppelin. — Robert Plant

My mother was my biggest role model. She taught me to hate waste. We never wasted anything. — W. Edwards Deming

I want to feel embarrassed by my desperation but I'm too busy feeling desperate. — Marley Jacobs

I supposed to hate her, right? But, instead... I saw her... stood there, in front of me, with the rain coming down on her body... and mascara running on her cheeks... her hair looked messy, and all I could think in that time was... I'd never seen anyone more beautiful than her. What should I do then? What am I supposed to do with my life from now on? — Yuli Pritania

Vivez joyeux" was the old saying. "Live joyfully. — David McCullough

Clouds of black birds rose up wailing and screaming, like the thoughts of my heart. — Mary Renault

Through knowing death we can hold a beacon of love for every moment that has just passed, for every friend who has lost a friend, for every child who has lost a parent, for every parent who has lost a child; for any suffering anywhere. — Sebastian Pole

The period of a [Persian] boy's education is between the ages of five and twenty, and he is taught three things only: to ride, to use the bow, and to speak the truth. — Herodotus

Everybody has something to prove each year. Everybody has a responsibility in this game. Even the batboy. — David Ortiz

Understanding the nature of conflict leads to peace. — Lester B. Pearson

The only pleasing thing in life is pain. Pain creates pleasure, but not in the literal way. — Mia P