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Stay away from stingy people. They are trapped in small souls.

It didn't really matter that we couldn't understand each other, what mattered were those little smiles and nods that said so much more than words.

Knowledge can be a dangerous thing - " "Not as dangerous as ignorance.

Janice used to say that instinct was reason in a hurry; I was not so sure about the reason part.

Yself standing in front of Monticello wearing a veil and a wedding gown, hand in hand with a very muscular President Jefferson.

I must have you, completely, at my table and in my bed, or I shall waste away like a starving prisoner. There you have it; forgive the lack of poesy.

If you want to keep the bad guys in check, make sure the good guys are armed.

Rule number three: Never assume.

Don't underestimate the power of events that happened a long time ago. That is the tragic flaw of modern man.

As you say, nature taunts us with our weaknesses.
Myrina took Klito by the shoulders, 'It is not a taunt, but a challenge.

Think about it. He drinks poison. What kind of man drinks poison? She is the one who stabs herself with his dagger. The manly way.

Only kings are put in writing, you know. Kings and heroes. The rest of us are but fading echoes in the valley of eternity.

In many ways, a degree in the history of ideas is the ideal training for an aspiring writer.

death turns all men into great lovers. Would that they were equally ardent while the lady was still alive!

And so we walked through customs arm in arm; while the officer barely looked at my passport, he did look twice at Eva Maria's cleavage.

It's what we call a dolce pazzia ... a sweet madness. Once you feel it, you will never want to leave it.

He always says that those who control the present can rewrite the past.

To Hell with the cherub! roared Comandante Marescotti.

Shush!" said Ambrogio to the dog, "I advise you to hide, in case it is the horned one trying to get in. I know him a great deal better than you.

Courage has no age.

Happiness is the worst threat to my business. Dreams are what it's all about. Frustrations. Fantasies that never come true.

It was one of those moments that no scientist can ever reduce to numbers, try as she might.

Everything we say is a story. But nothing we say is just a story.

And whether or not we had now paid our dues, he was my blessing, and I was his ...

I did not know my soul until I saw it's reflection in your eyes.

Great love, you believe, carries the seeds of great sorrow.

Remember: women may not be too weak
To strike a blow.
-Sophocles, Electra

Paris shook his head.Do you think I would teach just anyone to fight me to the death? I want you to be my wife. My one and only wife.

Exceptions are the exceptions, and finds are like ants; whenever you see one, you may be sure there are twenty.

Personally, I am beginning to think death is mostly a matter of opinion.

We are all cups, and our destiny is poured according to measures we cannot understand, cannot influence.

Only weak men want women to be weak.

In no other place had I ever seen female purity celebrated by a 355-foot phallic object. But maybe that was me.

Neeta showed us there can be as much virtue in the things we do not do as on those we do.

Here, we chop wood to keep warm. If you think that's amateurish, all I can say to you is this: You are more vulnerable than you think.

But then, as Myrina knew only too well, it is the loss of hope that kills the prey
the loss of will to keep struggling.

Don't invite a girl on board if you don't have a six-pack antilock braking system.

But most important, it made me look as if I ate hidden heirlooms - and financial advisors - for breakfast.

Perhaps. But the firstborn of hope is tragedy.

You owe me nothing, but I want everything.

Everything has a shadow-side. In my opinion, that is what makes life interesting.

It is fifty percent what they see, and fifty percent what they think they see.

Why are we so eager to turn a beautiful myth into reality? I

You are too kind, and I am unused to it. For your own sake, do not stroke my misery. It knows not how to respond, but with a vicious bite.

There are some things," he said softly, "that a princess has to do alone.

I believe in blessings," he replied, against my temple, "I believe that for every curse, there is a blessing.

By the time we left college, I had become my own image: a dandelion in the flower bed of society. Kinda cute, but still a weed.

It is madness. But sometimes, madness is the only path forward.

When the old men fight, the young people die.

You can put a girlfriend on a motorcycle, yes, but what about your children and your bridesmaids, and your mother-in-law?

I think Shakespeare is everybody's treasure.

He is right. You have to feel it" - she reached out and touched a hand to my chest- "in here.

You were right and I was wrong. When life hurts more than death, it is not worth living.

We are now left to choose between danger and regret, neither of which can restore the lives we have lost.

Men always like to blame women for everything that goes wrong. Look at Adam and Eve.

The night belonged to the bold, to the crazed and to the artist
often one and the same

In the face of a true friend a man sees, as it were, a second self. - CICERO, De Amicitia I

We are the Amazons, killers of men. Only the feeble-headed try their luck with us.

Careful!" warned Friar Lorenzo, trying to close the lid. "You know not what infection those lips carry!

Verona is a very beautiful city, but Siena just never ceases to fascinate me.

We have a saying in my country: If you must strike, make sure to follow the hurt with a kiss.

Who knows, maybe there never was a curse. Maybe it was just us-all of us-thinking that we deserved one.

You can tease it's mane all you like, but you can't turn a house cat into a lion.

Fear not! I would rather tear the heart from your bosom than take your bow, for I believe you would miss it less.

instinct was reason in a hurry;