Castiglione Quotes

#1. Men demonstrate their courage more often in little things than in great. - BALDASSARE CASTIGLIONE

Kate Quinn

#2. Castiglione has 150 employees. But every March another 120 are hired to work the tonnara. The leader is known by the Arab word Raiz, and the fishermen sing an Arab song, "Cialome" (pronounced SHALOMAY), to invoke the gods for the hunt.

Mark Kurlansky

#3. I never wanted to be one of those actors with a political agenda.

Ian Somerhalder

#4. When Events are delivered to interested parties, in either local or foreign systems, they are generally used to facilitate eventual consistency.

Vaughn Vernon

#5. Practise in everything a certain nonchalance that shall conceal design and show that what is done and said is done without effort and almost without thought.

Baldassare Castiglione

#6. Take care lest perchance you fall into the mistake of thinking to gain more by being merciful than by being just; for to pardon him too easily that has transgressed is to wrong him that transgresses not.

Baldassare Castiglione

#7. Beauty, I believe, comes from God; therefore, there can be no beauty without goodness.

Baldassare Castiglione

#8. Outward beauty is a true sign of inner goodness. This loveliness, indeed, is impressed upon the body in varying degrees as a token by which the soul can be recognized for what it is, just as with trees the beauty of the blossom testifies to the goodness of the fruit.

Baldassare Castiglione

#9. Kindness toward others and radical kindness to ourselves buy us a shot at a warm and generous heart, which is the greatest prize of all. Do you want this, or do you want to be right? Well, can I get back to you on that? I

Anne Lamott

#10. Of writing well, be sure, the secret lies
In wisdom :therefore study to be wise.

Horace

#11. The expression if history in things is no other than that of past torment.

Theodor Adorno

#12. Men demonstrate their courage far more often in little things than in great.

Baldassare Castiglione

#13. Employ in everything a certain casualness which conceals art and creates the impression that what is done and said is accomplished without effort and without its being thought about. It is from this, in my opinion, that grace largely derives.

Baldassare Castiglione

#14. Obvious effort is the antithesis of grace.

Baldassare Castiglione

#15. There are many who think that they are marvelous if they can simply resemble a great man in some one thing; and often they seize only on the defect he has.

Baldassare Castiglione