Triarii Quotes & Sayings

[245] "In large and populous cities," says the author of the Fable of the Bees, i, p. 133, "they wear clothes above their rank, and, consequently, have the pleasure of being esteemed by a vast majority, not as what they are, but what they appear to be. — Montesquieu

There are three intellectual pursuits, and, so far as I am aware, only three, in which human beings have performed major feats before the age of puberty. They are music, mathematics, and chess. — George Steiner

One of the things that sparked my interest in this is the case of Emmanuel Constant, who started a militia called FRAPH that was backed by the CIA. FRAPH killed thousands of Haitians in the early 1990s. Now while Constant is living comfortably in Queens, other Haitians are being deported. I wanted to see how those who have been bruised by people like that deal with coming face to face with their torturers. — Edwidge Danticat

What wants to live in you may be waiting ... at the end of a long loneliness. — Elizabeth Lesser

The Lord giveth and the world taketh away. — Maryann Austin

Your house is made by its own needs. Those others are made by the need to impress. The determining motive of your house is in the house. The determining motive of the other is in the audience. — Ayn Rand

You had hoped that smarter creatures would be wiser ones. — Peter Watts

The supreme nobility of a Roman emperor does not consist in being a master of slaves, but in being a lord of free men, who loves freedom even in those who serve him. — Julius Evola

I'd venture to guess that a list of things you know nothing about could fill volumes. — Heidi Schulz

Dad never wore the gun home. David didn't even know he had a boot knife. And he always wore an immaculately clean uniform, and shiny boots. Dad said it was just part of his job as a United States Air Force officer. But now he could line up with the homeless men on the sidewalk at the downtown Mission for a free meal, no questions asked. Dad — Colt Triarii

The fact was I loved my wife to a degree that I found impossible to express, and so rarely did. — David Nicholls

When you change, everything will change for you.
When you get better, everything will get better for you. — Jim Rohn