Lucius Accius Quotes

#1. Is demum miser est, cuius nobilitas miserias nobilitat. Unhappy is he whose fame makes his misfortunes famous. Lucius Accius, Telephus

Robert Galbraith

#2. The blues records of each decade explain something about the philosophical basis of our lives as black people ... Blues is a basis of historical continuity for black people. It is a ritualized way of talking about ourselves and passing it on.

Sherley Anne Williams

#3. The poet who does not revere his art, and believe in its sovereignty, is not born to wear the purple.

Edmund Clarence Stedman

#4. It's going to be good to be on his side for a change. I'll save a lot of energy since I don't have to concentrate on whacking him. I'm pretty excited about that.

Doug Gilmour

#5. Let them hate so long as they fear.

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#6. You've followed Malexia for years. You have done terrible things. So, if as you say, you have a will of your own, did you do those things because you were ordered, or did you do them of your own free will?

T.T. Escurel

#7. Indeed, wretched the man whose fame makes his misfortunes famous.

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#8. There isn't a single human being who hasn't plenty to cry over, and the trick is to make the laughs outweigh the tears.

Dorothy Dix

#9. Many, whose hearts are conquered by acute spite, roll out balanced tales from their own heart, which do not balance when you weigh words against deeds.

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#10. The only 'ironclad rules' in writing fiction are the laws of physics and the principles of grammar, and even those can be bent.

Val Kovalin

#11. I was brought up, as a lot of kids are, on 'Aesop's Fables,' 'Brothers Grimm,' 'La Fontaine,' all those sorts of things. Hans Christian Andersen is a hero of mine.

Michael Morpurgo

#12. Not at all do I trust augurs, who enrich the ears of others, so that they can enrich their own homes with gold.

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#13. The world of water has a way of perpetuating myths and shrouding lakes in mystery.

Fennel Hudson

#14. A man can dignify his rank; no rank Can dignify a man.

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#15. A man whose life has been dishonourable is not entitled to escape disgrace in death.

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#16. How can you do the moonwalk and ask a woman to dance? Hey baby lets dance ... cya later!

Eddie Murphy

#17. There are some things around us that are not actually useful. I didn't know that before. It's very new for me to understand. That became my way of writing: I can see also the new myself.

Rokia Traore

#18. Unfortunate the country that needs heroes!

Bertolt Brecht

#19. Women now have to put so much attention into their careers, and not many families can pull off a single income.

Jordana Spiro

#20. To find a script that works with provocative ideas is hard to find.

John McTiernan

#21. China has not lived up to any other trade agreements over the last decade ... They don't have any compliance or enforcement.

David Bonior

#22. The problem is that many times people suspend their common sense because they get drowned in business models and Harvard business school teachings.

Mo Ibrahim

#23. Let people hate you so long as they fear you.

Lucius Accius