James Beattie At the close of the day when the hamlet is still, and mortals the sweets of forgetfulness prove, when naught but the torrent is heard on the hill, and naught but the nightingale’s song in the grove. – James Beattie Close Quotes Day Quotes Forgetfulness Quotes Grove Quotes Hamlet Quotes Heard Quotes Hill Quotes Mortals Quotes Naught Quotes Nightingales Quotes Prove Quotes Song Quotes Sweets Quotes Torrent Quotes Be ignorance thy choice, where knowledge leads to woe. Ah, who can tell how hard it is to climb the steep where Fame’s proud temple shines afar?
Andre Villas-Boas Ideally when you set up for the first game of the season… to have put the team to bed would be the ideal situation. – Andre Villas-Boas
Maggie Grace I trip over my legs all the time. I’ll wave to somebody, look up, and end up eating pavement. – Maggie Grace
Jules Verne Though sleep is called our best friend, it is a friend who often keeps us waiting! – Jules Verne
Masha Gessen I had a very humane, what the great Russian poet Anna Akhmatova would probably have called ‘vegetarian,’ experience of migration. It involved planes and trains – the actual compartments of passenger trains – and not grueling walking and riding on the roofs of trains. – Masha Gessen
Camille Pissarro I regard it as a waste of time to think only of selling: one forgets one’s art and exaggerates one’s value. – Camille Pissarro
Diane Ackerman In the winter, I enjoy cross-country skiing and raising orchids and amaryllises. If I could grow tropical flowers as perennials, I would, especially hibiscus and mandavilla. – Diane Ackerman
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