Quotes of Lucian of Samosata

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Human life is under the absolute dominion of two mighty principles, fear and hope, and that any one who can make these serve his ends may be sure of rapid fortune.

- Lucian of Samosata

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“ Dripping water hollows out stone, not through force but through persistence. ”

- Ovid

“ Do you ever put your arms out and just spin and spin and spin? Well, that’s what love is like. Everything inside of you tells you to stop before you fall, but you just keep going. ”

- Practical Magic

“ I miss your voice because it is a symphony; your scent because it is a treasure; your smile because it is a jewel; your hug because it is a masterpiece; and your kiss because it is a miracle. ”

- Matshona Dhliwayo

“ Tell me then, does love make one a fool or do only fools fall in love? ”

- Orhan Pamuk

“ To pay gratitude, sign of generosity. ”

- Shekhar Srivastava

“ Honesty is the first chapter of the book of wisdom. ”

- Thomas Jefferson

“ I love women, but I feel like you can’t trust some of them. Some of them are liars, you know? Like I was in the park and I met this girl, she was cute and she had a dog. And I went up to her, we started talking. She told me her dog’s name. Then I said, ‘Does he bite?’ She said, ‘No.’ And I said, ‘Oh yeah? Then how does he eat?’ Liar. ”

- Demetri Martin

“ To love and win is the best thing. To love and lose, the next best. ”

- William M. Thackery

“ Love is like a gold mine, The deeper you dig in your heart, the more love you receive. ”

- Bzam

“ What I stand for is what I stand on. ”

- Wendell Berry

“ Love shapes who you are in many ways. Its presence or absence in our youth impacts our adulthood, which impacts our future generations; the cycle has to be restarted somewhere. ”

- Hani Selim

“ Love must be as much a light, as it is a flame. ”

- Henry David Thoreau

“ At one time or another we are all called to leave the safety of our homes, the certainty of what we know, the illusions of who we are. Not everyone will heed this call, of course. And those who do will risk losing themselves completely. But if we choose to ignore the invitation, we risk never knowing who we might have become. We risk dying without knowing what it is to live. ”

- Thomas Lloyd Qualls

“ I felt overwhelmed. I didn’t expect a first kiss to be so…life altering. In a few brief moments, the rule book of my universe had been rewritten. Suddenly I was a brand new person. I was as fragile as a newborn, but instead of the doctor placing me in my mother’s arms, he’d put me in Ren’s. What would Ren do with me? Would he draw me near, soothe me, and teach me about this new world or would he reject me and tell the doctor there must be some mistake. There was no way to know. What a breakable and delicate thing a heart was, no wonder I’d kept mine locked away. ”

- Colleen Houck

“ The purpose of life is not to be happy—but to matter, to be productive, to be useful, to have it make some difference that you lived at all. ”

- Leo Rosten

“ Give yourself permission to practice selfcare and to make time for your own dreams, goals, and priorities. ”

- Ruth Soukup

“ My poetry has been engraved with your name And my heart is by your memory scarred ”

- Zubair Ahsan

“ Repentance is not at an end, Instead it’s the beginning of how it ends. ”

- Yeth Bisto

“ It takes writing a billion bad words before you get to the good ones. ”

- Ray Bradbury

“ Spend the afternoon, you can't take it with you. ”

- Annie Dillard

“ The art of existence is to find a sensation of spiritual expansion that makes you larger than existence itself. ”

- Talismanist Giebra

“ An idea can turn to dust or magic, depending on the talent that rubs against it. ”

- William Bernbach

“ Be Brave, Be Bold! Never allow fear to dictate your choices. Use your VOICE & trust in your abilities. ”

- Rosalie Bardo