Barsetshire Quotes

#1. The bucolic mind of East Barsetshire took warm delight in the eloquence of the eminent personage who represented them, but was wont to extract more actual enjoyment from the music of his periods than from the strength of his arguments.

Anthony Trollope

#2. Those unmindful when they hear, for all they make of their intelligence, may be regarded as the walking dead.

Heraclitus

#3. Preparing and serving food had always been a joy, for it made her appreciate the abundance of the world.

Elizabeth Camden

#4. I'll email you, he says as if he's asking me into the cellar to taste his vintage champagne.

Poppet

#5. No good ever comes of pride, for it is the meanest of mean things, and no one but he who is full of it thinks it grand.

George MacDonald

#6. With God in the Joy of Beauty and Youth

Barbara La Marr

#7. The rich are not born sceptical or cynical. They are made that way by events, circumstances.

J. Paul Getty

#8. Happiness is ... the grace of being permitted to unfold ... all the spiritual powers planted within us.

Franz Werfel

#9. In early September, there come

Bruce Lee

#10. And good intentions? These scared him the most: people with good intentions tended not to question themselves. And people who didn't question themselves, in the scientific world and beyond, were the ones to watch out for.

Shanthi Sekaran