Joachim du Bellay famous quotes

Last updated: Jul 22, 2024

  • Life, to be sure, is nothing much to lose, But young men think it is, and we were young.

  • Is it a particularly British trait to so utterly adore truly appalling men, from Tony Hancock through to Steptoe and Alf Garnett, Captain Mainwaring, Rigsby, Del Boy, Victor Meldrew and on to David Brent from The Office. The most deeply adored characters are all simply vile.

  • He (Jeremy Clarkson) is the last man standing on the beach commanding the glaciers' melt waters to go back

  • Our first duty is to satisfy the spiritual master, who can arrange for the Lord's mercy. A common man must first begin to serve the spiritual master or the devotee. Then, through the mercy of the devotee, the Lord will be satisfied. Unless one receives the dust of a devotee's lotus feet on one's head, there is no possibility of advancement. Unless one approaches a pure devotee, he cannot understand the Supreme Personality of Godhead.

  • The soul of the slave, the soul of the "little man," is as dear to me as the soul of the great.

  • Ale, man, ale's the stuff to drink for fellows whom it hurts to think.

  • My Olympic voyage has continued because it is so rewarding.

  • Books permit us to voyage through time, to tap the wisdom of our ancestors.

  • There are several other sources of enjoyment in a long voyage, which are of a more reasonable nature. The map of the world ceases to be a blank; it becomes a picture full of the most varied and animated figures.

  • Every painting is a voyage into a sacred harbor.