Decimius Magnus Ausonius Quotes
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The flower in the vase smiles, but no longer laughs.
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It’s worth living abroad to study up on genteel and delicate manners. The maid smiles continuously; she smiles like a duchess on a stage, while at the same time it is clear from her face that she is exhausted from overwork.
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Wrinkles should merely indicate where smiles have been.
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To me, my nephew is the angel of my world. It is my absolute happiest moment whenever he smiles at me. I have stopped working 24 hours a day like I was before, and I rush back home to see him whenever I can after work. That always makes my day.
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Everyone thought I was bold and fearless and even arrogant, but inside I was always quaking.
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God blessed us, ... It rained but we're still out here. This is what life is about. I'm glad I could get out here to put some smiles on these kids' faces.
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The devil smiles when we make plans. He laughs when we get too busy. But he trembles when we pray-especially when we pray together.
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The largest threat to freedom, democracy, the market economy and prosperity, is no longer socialism. It is, instead, the ambitious, arrogant, unscrupulous ideology of environmentalism.
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But without deeper reflection one knows from daily life that one exists for other people - first of all for those upon whose smiles and well-being our own happiness is wholly dependent, and then for the many, unknown to us, to whose destinies we are bound by the ties of sympathy.
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In some situations, if you say nothing, you are called dull; if you talk, you are thought impertinent and arrogant. It is hard to know what to do in this case. The question seems to be, whether your vanity or your prudence predominates.
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Braying of arrogant brass, whimper of querulous reeds.
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I say that whoever claims to have finished a canvas is terribly arrogant.
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Sweet intercourse of looks and smiles; for smiles from reason flow.
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Your modest savant smiles as he says to his admirers: What have I done? Nothing. Man does not invent a force, he directs it.
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Fortune smiles on some, and lets the others go free.
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I'm 27 years old. I'm going to go into Hollywood really arrogant. I'll be breaking a lot of rules. It's going to be hot.
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Anger he smiles, towering in shiny metallic purple armor. Queen Jealousy, envy waits behind him, her fiery green gown sneers at the grassy ground.
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I spent a long time looking at faces, drinking in smiles. Am I happy or unhappy? It’s not a very important question. I live with such frenzied intensity. Things and people are waiting for me, and doubtless I am waiting for them and desiring them with all my strength and sadness. But, here, I earn the right to be alive by silence and by secrecy. The miracle of not having to talk about oneself.
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I think President Barack Obama came to office with quite fundamental understandings in his mind about what's possible and what's not possible in the Middle East. The first, I would say, revolutionary breakthrough that he introduced is that the Middle East doesn't matter to American geostrategy as much as we think.
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Life consists not in holding good cards but in playing those you hold well.
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Sexual intercourse vests no property rights.
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Second, and far more important: tuck your chin. You're going to get hurt, so expect it and be ready. You may as well see it coming.
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Be not arrogant when fortune smiles, or dejected when she frowns.
