Quotes
Quotes about End
And so on to the end of the chapter.
What cannot be cured must be endured.
The laws of conscience, which we pretend to be derived from nature, proceed from custom.
I, who have so much and so universally adored this [greek], "excellent mediocrity," of ancient times, and who have concluded the most moderate measure the most perfect, shall I pretend to an unreasonable and prodigious old age?
Not unlike the bear which bringeth forth
In the end of thirty dayes a shapeless birth;
But after licking, it in shape she drawes,
And by degrees she fashions out the pawes,
The head, and neck, and finally doth bring
To a perfect beast that first deformed thing.
It is a true saying that a man must eat a peck of salt with his friend before he knows him.
Little said is soonest mended.
"Sit there, clod-pate!" cried he; "for let me sit wherever I will, that will still be the upper end, and the place of worship to thee."
My heart is wax moulded as she pleases, but enduring as marble to retain.
If on my theme I rightly think,
There are five reasons why men drink,--
Good wine, a friend, because I 'm dry,
Or lest I should be by and by,
Or any other reason why.
Man-like is it to fall into sin,
Fiend-like is it to dwell therein;
Christ-like is it for sin to grieve,
God-like is it all sin to leave.
We have all sufficient strength to endure the misfortunes of others.
Friendship is only a reciprocal conciliation of interests, and an exchange of good offices; it is a species of commerce out of which self-love always expects to gain something.
In the adversity of our best friends we often find something that is not exactly displeasing.
In everything one must consider the end.
My fair one, let us swear an eternal friendship.
We read of a certain Roman emperor who built a magnificent palace. In digging the foundation, the workmen discovered a golden sarcophagus ornamented with three circlets, on which were inscribed, "I have expended; I have given; I have kept; I have possessed; I do possess; I have lost; I am punished. What I formerly expended, I have; what I gave away, I have."
If the end be well, all is well.
Against stupidity the very gods
Themselves contend in vain.
Who in life's battle firm doth stand
Shall bear hope's tender blossoms
Into the silent land!
Thy pardon, Father, I beseech,
In this my prayer if I offend;
One something sees beyond his reach
From childhood to his journey's end.
My wife, our little boy Aignan,
Have travelled even to Narbonne;
My grandchild has seen Perpignan;
And I--have not seen Carcassonne.
Only one thing is necessary: to possess God--All the senses, all the forces of the soul and of the spirit, all the exterior resources are so many open outlets to the Divinity; so many ways of tasting and of adoring God. We should be able to detach ourselves from all that is perishable and cling absolutely to the eternal and the absolute and enjoy the all else as a loan, as a usufruct.... To worship, to comprehend, to receive, to feel, to give, to act: this our law, our duty, our happiness, our heaven.
Defend me from my friends; I can defend myself from my enemies.
Let me die the death of the righteous, and let my last end be like his!
They were wont to speak in old time, saying, They shall surely ask counsel at Abel: and so they ended the matter.
