Liceat Quotes

#1. This letter gives me a tongue; and were I not allowed to write, I should be dumb.
[Lat., Praebet mihi littera linguam:
Et, si non liceat scribere, mutus ero.]

Ovid

#2. Tattletales, and those who listen to their slander, by my good will, should all be hanged. The former by their tongues, the latter by their ears.
[Lat., Homines qui gestant, quique auscultant crimina, si meo arbitratu liceat, omnes pendeant gestores linguis, auditores auribus.]

Plautus

#3. Whilst breezy waves toss up their silvery spray.

Thomas Hood

#4. I was a Mormon. Then I converted to the church. Then I became I dont know what. Then I became me.

Cormac McCarthy

#5. James - "Are you paying attention or just trying to make me look like an idoit?"
Elizabeth - "Oh, I'm definately paying attention. If you look like an idiot it has nothing to do with me.

Julia Quinn

#6. The question now is: Can we understand our stupidity? This is a test of intellect, not of character.

John K. Fairbank

#7. i can't hold onto love.
i'm not gentle enough.

i always end up
crushing the thing
in between my fingertips.

AVA.

#8. There's one stereotype in the industry that Asian people aren't funny, I've heard that over and over again.

Randall Park

#9. Simplification Technique #1: I have some other priorities to think of at this very moment, therefore, I cannot commit on this. I am sorry.

Simon Wright

#10. Rodolfo lifted Alessandra's hand to his lips and kissed it. 'I have loved you, Alessandra. Do not forget that. Thank you ... thank you for loving me.' She wept, curling her head in toward his good shoulder. 'Do not leave me, Rodolfo. Do not leave us. Chiara ... and the baby ...

Lisa Tawn Bergren