Gemitus Quotes

#1. Let me moderate our sorrows. The grief of a man should not exceed proper bounds, but be in proportion to the blow he has received.
[Lat., Ponamus nimios gemitus: flagrantior aequo
Non debet dolor esse viri, nec vulnere major.]

Juvenal

#2. It's stupid to say that I don't like being in the public eye, but I don't like doing stuff that's not needed.

Zara Phillips

#3. This is an ego-free bathroom."
"Then what the fuck are you doing here?" I ask her with a tilt of my head.

Krista Ritchie

#4. We've been playing a lot with television. We have some shows set up and then some new shows that are about to be set up. That's gonna be kind of a fun thing for us as producers.

Susan Downey

#5. At school, up to the age of sixteen, I found history boring, for we were studying the Industrial Revolution, which was all about Acts, Trade Unions and the factory system, and I wanted to know about people, because it is people who make history.

Alison Weir

#6. Pressure makes people react in different ways. Some people plunge in, and others take the way out.

Ron Moody

#7. But the whole history of America is quite different from Europe. People went there to get away from the intolerance and constraints of life in Europe. They sought liberty and opportunity; and their strong sense of purpose has over two centuries, helped create a new unity and pride in being American.

Margaret Thatcher

#8. Some people probably think of the Resurrection as a desperate last moment expedient to save the Hero from a situation which had got out of the Author's control.

C.S. Lewis

#9. Enabling people to make and receive phone calls during flight demonstrated the flexibility of a high-speed connectivity system. We allowed our guests to make calls to the ground while we flew over international waters.

Christopher Peterson

#10. The truth is like a septic tank and the smell will eventually get out no matter how hard we tighten down the hatch.

George Sorbane