Albert Camus Quotes
In the past, the poverty they shared had a certain sweetness about it. When the end of the day came and they would eat their dinner in silence with the oil lamp between them, there was a secret joy in such simplicity, such retrenchment.
Albert Camus
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Composers most identified with the chamber music form are Corelli, Vivaldi, Haydn, Mozart, Beethoven, Schubert and, of course, Bach. Of course, Bach. If there is any one composer who gives us reason and emotion, it is Bach.
Karen DeCrow
My recipe for life is not being afraid of myself, afraid of what I think or of my opinions.
Eartha Kitt
I think there is a poem out there for everyone, to be an entrance into the poetry and a relationship with it.
Natasha Trethewey
Jupiter from on high smiles at the perjuries of lovers.
Ovid
I often feel that when people have affairs, it has more to do with something they're searching for in themselves than anything else.
Laila Robins
So long as a man imagines that he cannot do this or that, so long as he is determined not to do it; and consequently so long as it is impossible to him that he should do it.
Baruch Spinoza
Effective translation of natural languages comes awfully close to requiring a sentient translator program.
Vernor Vinge
We have entered 'The Era of the Three-Option Woman and the No-Option Man.'
Warren Farrell
Who would expect it so? From darkness light is brought, Life rises out of Death, And Something comes from Naught.
Angelus Silesius
One of my favorites is Angela Merkel because I think she's been an extraordinary, strong leader during difficult times in Europe, which has obvious implications for the rest of the world and, most particularly, our country... her bravery in the face of the refugee crisis is something that I am impressed by.
Hillary Clinton
Virtues, n. pl. Certain abstentions.
Ambrose Bierce
Every time a man is begotten and born, the clock of human life is wound up anew to repeat once more its same old tune that has already been played innumerable times, movement by movement and measure by measure, with insignificant variations.
Arthur Schopenhauer