Pedro Calderon de la Barca Famous Quotes



"What is life An illusion, a shadow, a story, And the greatest good is little enough for all life is a dream, and dreams themselves are only dreams."


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She did not talk to people as if they were strange hard shells she had to crack open to get inside. She talked as if she were already in the shell. In their very shell.
Marita Bonner

"Fourscore and seven years ago our fathers brought forth on this continent, a new nation, conceived in Liberty, and dedicated to the proposition that all men are created equal."
Abraham Lincoln

Nothing will come of nothing.
William Shakespeare

"I hold it, that a little rebellion, now and then, is a good thing, and as necessary in the political world as storms in the physical."
Thomas Jefferson

You have to be careful who you let define your good.
Lois McMaster Bujold

"The whole problem can be stated quite simply by asking, 'Is there a meaning to music' My answer would be, 'Yes.' And 'Can you state in so many words what the meaning is' My answer to that would be, 'No.'"
Aaron Copland

Always love your enemies--nothing annoys them so much.
Oscar Fingall O Flahertie Wills Wilde

The Statue of Liberty is not that monument's name. It is Liberty Enlightening the World.
Deane Jordan

"Every generation imagines itself to be more intelligent than the one that went before it, and wiser than the one that comes after it."
George Orwell

"Anxiety is a thin stream of fear trickling through the mind. If encouraged, it cuts a channel into which all other thoughts are drained."
Arthur Somers Roche