These are quotes which stood out to me, possibly for use in a sermon someday. Their presence here does not mean I agree with them, it merely shows that I might want to reference them later. The default view is five random selections. Use the tag list on the right to view all quotes relevant to that theme.
This month's Handy Vocabulary Word is "didapper." The American Heritage Dictionary (Third College Edition) gives this definition for "didapper": A small grebe, such as the dabchick.
"If you must play, decide on three things at the start: the rules of the game, the stakes, and the quitting time."
Most people are other people. Their thoughts are someone else’s opinions, their lives a mimicry, their passions a quotation.
id: 2022 | source: Oscar Wilde, 1854-1900 | tags: Authenticity, Originality
The art of becoming wise is the art of knowing what to overlook. -- Wm. James, Psychologist
<img src="http://glenandpaula.com/quotes/uploads/1106762437ozymandias.gif" width="300" height="205"> <i>The feet of the colossus of Rameses II on which Shelley's poem Ozymandias is based. From Art, Space and the City p. 68.</i> *Ozymandias, or Ramese II, was pharaoh of Egypt in the thirteenth century B.C. 1. The poem, as an Italian sonnet, can be divided into two parts: the first eight lines (octave) and the next six lines (sestet). If the octave part describes the fragments of a sculpture the traveler sees on an ancient ruin, the sestet goes further to record the words on the pedestal and then describe the surrounding emptiness. How are the words on the pedestal in contrast to both the octave and the last three lines (triplet) of the poem? In other words, what does Ozymandias want to achieve, as opposed to what is left behind him? http://www.eng.fju.edu.tw/English_Literature/19th_c/Romantic_poetry/Romantic_poetry.htm