“Guyal reined his horse and reflected that flowers were rarely cherished by persons of hostile disposition.”
Source: Dying Earth (1950-1984), The Dying Earth (1950), Chapter 6, "Guyal of Sfere"
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American mystery and speculative fiction writer 1916–2013Related quotes
Source: Prometheus Bound, lines 1009–1010 (tr. Elizabeth Barrett Browning)
“It is dreams that have destroyed us. There is no more pride
in horses or in rein holding.”
"Libertad! Igualidad! Fraternidad!"
Al Que Quiere! (1917)
Context: Brother!
— if we were rich
we'd stick our chests out
and hold our heads high! It is dreams that have destroyed us. There is no more pride
in horses or in rein holding. We sit hunched together brooding
our fate. Well —
all things turn bitter in the end
whether you choose the right or
the left way
and —
dreams are not a bad thing.
The Sixth Presidential Paper — A Kennedy Miscellany : An Impolite Interview
The Presidential Papers (1963)
“Good fortune and a good disposition are rarely given to the same man.”
Book XXX, sec. 42
History of Rome
“I believe the love of flowers to be as inherent in the disposition as any other inclination.”
Traits and Trials of Early Life (1836)
Source: Discipleship (1937), The Enemy, the "Extraordinary", pp. 147-148.
