Sublata Quotes

#1. I found that the writer who says SUBLATA LUCERNA NULLUM DISCRIMEN INTER MULIERES ('when the lamp is taken away, all women are alike') says true; but without love, this great business is a vile thing.

Giacomo Casanova

#2. Living appears good, long, and tiresome, but it is way too short than a single stroke of lightning.

Aniruddha Sastikar

#3. I'm sure corruption in Chechnya is minimal.

Vladimir Putin

#4. It's transparent, how willing we are to dismiss the intelligence of someone who rejects us, as though that renders them incapable of sound judgement.

Mary-Louise Parker

#5. I don't think anyone can be more of a predator than a human being.

Robert Rodriguez

#6. Pipes filled with brine that spied on the inhabitants of buildings watching, listening, hunting. You might obscure the attention of the Londonmancers, with the complicity of a treacherous borough, with strikebreaking hexes strong enough: but nothing could stay hidden from an inquisitive sea.

China Mieville

#7. When a clandestine couple kisses, it is much more likely that sex will immediately follow. This is because there is much more risk. Once you have kissed secretly, it is very difficult not to have sex. It would be impolite not to have sex. You have to show that you are serious about each other.

Adam Thirlwell

#8. Search for the LORD, all you humble people in the land who carry out his justice. Search for what is right. Search for humility. Maybe you will find shelter on the day of the LORD's anger. Zephaniah 2:3

Dianne Neal Matthews

#9. The credulity of dupes is as inexhaustible as the invention of knaves.

Edmund Burke

#10. Preston, I don't think this creature could ever find its way into your head. Quite apart from anything else, it seems pretty crowded and complicated to me.

Terry Pratchett

#11. You hate birthdays yet pee your pants over presents. There is clearly something wrong with you, Garrett joked.

Tara Sivec

#12. The time had come to act, to drink the bitter cup of responsibility.

Mikhail Bulgakov

#13. Na, we are not sincere about anything; we are serious about everything because deep down, we are afraid to loose something we don't know about.

Saurabh Sharma

#14. In this age of micro-blogging and two second sound bites, almost no one has the attention span, or time, to read more than a few sentences.

Tim Frick