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Quotations
Good and evil are so close as to be chained together in the soul. — Robert Louis Stevenson, 1850-1894, Scottish writer 13 likes | |
Keep your friends close and your enemies closer. — Niccolò Machiavelli, 1469-1527, Italian political philosopher (this version was used in “Godfather;” the original starts with “The Prince”.) 12 likes | |
Goodbyes are only for those who love with their eyes. Because for those who love with heart and soul there is no such thing as separation. — Rumi, 1207-1273, Persian mystic & poet 10 likes | |
Don't one of you fire until you see the whites of their eyes. — William Prescott, 1726-1795, American colonel 5 likes | |
When you're average, you're just as close to the bottom as you are the top. — Alfred North Whitehead, 1861-1947, British philosopher & mathematician 5 likes | |
Many of life's failures are people who did not realize how close they were to success when they gave up. — Thomas Edison, 1847-1934, American inventor 2 likes | |
It’s hard to see things when you are too close. Take a step back and look. | |
Since I’ve learned to be silent, everything has come so much closer to me. | |
What greater thing is there for two human souls than to feel that they are joined… to strengthen each other… to be one with each other in silent unspeakable memories. | |
He was a poet and hated the approximate. | |
He who lives in our mind is near though he may actually be far away; but he who is not in our heart is far though he may really be nearby. | |
Really true intimacy is rare and it depends on other things besides sex. | |
I would catch sight of some flawless man off in the distance, but as soon as he moved closer I immediately saw he wouldn’t do at all. |
Funny Quotes
At a formal dinner party, the person nearest death should always be seated closest to the bathroom. — George Carlin, 1936-2008, American comedian 6 likes |
Ancient Greek
He who is close to Zeus is close to thunder. Ο εγγύς Διός, εγγύς κεραυνού. — Aesop, 620-560 BC, Ancient Greek fabulist 9 likes |
Proverbs
Your elbow is close, yet you can't bite it. 3 likes |