“I came to see a king, not a row of corpses.”
Augustus (-63–14 BC) founder of Julio-Claudian dynasty and first emperor of the Roman Empire
After having visited the mausoleum of Alexander the Great in Alexandria, Augustus was asked if he also wanted to visit the mausoleum of the Ptolemies; in Suetonius, Divus Augustus, paragraph 16. Translation: Robert Graves, 1957.
“We are not afraid of the owl, we are the hawks.”
Mehmed II (1432–1481) Ottoman sultan
Source: Aşıkpaşoğlu History (Prepared: Atsız), 79
“I never sleep, cause sleep is the cousin of death”
Nas (1973) American rapper, record producer and entrepreneur
N.Y. State of Mind
On Albums, Illmatic (1994)
“If I got rid of my demons, I’d lose my angels.”
Tennessee Williams (1911–1983) American playwright
Source: Conversations with Tennessee Williams
Jane Goodall (1934) British primatologist, ethologist, and anthropologist
Reported in Janelle Rohr, Animal rights: opposing viewpoints (1989), p. 100; Jane Goodall and Jennifer Lindsey, Jane Goodall: 40 Years at Gombe (1999), p. 6. Occasionally misreported in truncated form, as "The least I can do is speak out for those who cannot speak for themselves", in, e.g., quote honored on XOEarth eco money http://xoearth.org/jane-goodall/
“Everyone thinks of changing the world, but no one thinks of changing himself.”
Leo Tolstoy (1828–1910) Russian writer
José Baroja (1983) Chilean author and editor
Source: Radiorama de Occidente. La Otra Historia. 1480 AM Rock&Pop. Guadalajara, Mexico.
José Baroja (1983) Chilean author and editor
Source: Radiorama de Occidente. La Otra Historia. 1480 AM Rock&Pop. Guadalajara, Mexico.
“Frustration and desperation are on the same floor as naivety.”
José Baroja (1983) Chilean author and editor
Source: Radiorama de Occidente. 1480 AM. Guadalajara, Mexico.
José Baroja (1983) Chilean author and editor
Source: 1480 AM Rock&Pop. Guadalajara, Mexico.
“School, I never truly got the knack of. I could never focus on things I didn't want to learn.”
Leonardo DiCaprio (1974) American actor and film producer
http://www.flixster.com/actor/leonardo-di-caprio/leonardo-dicaprio-quotes
“The funniest people are the saddest ones”
Confucius (-551–-479 BC) Chinese teacher, editor, politician, and philosopher
“The tongue may hide the truth but the eyes—never!”
Mikhail Bulgakov book The Master and Margarita
Book One in 'Nikanor Ivanovich's Dream', B/O
Variant: The tongue can conceal the truth, but the eyes never!
Source: The Master and Margarita (1967)
Context: The tongue can conceal the truth, but the eyes never! You're asked an unexpected question, you don't even flinch, it takes just a second to get yourself under control, you know just what you have to say to hide the truth, and you speak very convincingly, and nothing in your face twitches to give you away. But the truth, alas, has been disturbed by the question, and it rises up from the depths of your soul to flicker in your eyes and all is lost.
