#grandeur

Unhappy is that Grandeur which makes us too great to be good; and that Wit which sets us at a distance from true Wisdom. ↗

— Mary Astell

#good #grandeur #great #makes #sets

The actual tragedies of life bear no relation to one's preconceived ideas. In the event, one is always bewildered by their simplicity, their grandeur of design, and by that element of the bizarre which seems inherent in them. ↗

— Jean Cocteau

#always #bear #bewildered #bizarre #design

I was just another long-haired teenage kid with visions of grandeur, strumming a tennis racket or a broom in front of his bedroom mirror. ↗

— Jon Bon Jovi

#bedroom #broom #front #grandeur #his

Delusions of grandeur make me feel a lot better about myself. ↗

— Jane Wagner

#better #delusions #feel #grandeur #lot

I mean, you can't walk down the aisle in Westminster Abbey in a strapless dress, it just won't happen - it has to suit the grandeur of that aisle, it's enormous. ↗

— Bruce Oldfield

#aisle #down #dress #enormous #grandeur

Parents are often so busy with the physical rearing of children that they miss the glory of parenthood, just as the grandeur of the trees is lost when raking leaves. ↗

— Marcelene Cox

#children #glory #grandeur #just #leaves

Although I'm an atheist who believes only in great nature, I recognize the spiritual richness and grandeur of the Roman Catholicism in which I was raised. ↗

— Camille Paglia

#atheist #believes #catholicism #grandeur #great

The only consistent hobby I've had is studying Spanish and French because of some delusion of grandeur to work around the world. I love sports but usually I'm looking for the next job. ↗

— William Sanderson

#because #consistent #delusion #french #grandeur

Only great souls know the grandeur there is in charity. ↗

— Jacques Bossuet

#grandeur #great #great souls #know #only

The grandeur and strength or our people and democracy are as big as a forest. ↗

— Chen Shui-bian

#democracy #forest #grandeur #our #our people