#latin

But at the time when he wrote, Englishmen, with the rarest exceptions, wrote only in French or Latin; and when they began to write in English, a man of genius, to interpret and improve on him, was not found for a long time. ↗

— George Saintsbury

#english #englishmen #exceptions #found #french

Acting is like roller skating. Once you know how to do it, it is neither stimulating nor exciting. ↗

— George Sanders

#exciting #how #know #like #neither

But day in and day out, the most stimulating part of the work is being a member of a team of so many very bright, articulate and talented professionals. ↗

— Randy West

#being #bright #day #many #member

Tell her that you love her hair, that you love her skin, her lips, because, in truth, you love them more than you love your own. ↗

— Junot Díaz

#dominican #latino #race #white-girl #dating

A male-female close-friendship hardly differs from a relationship; it takes "relating" to be friends. But sadly, not every relationship has friendship in it. It's just ironical that two people who are not good enough to be best friends are in love and want to spend the rest of their lives together. ↗

— Olaotan Fawehinmi

#close-friendship #dating #female #friends #friendship

Is it not lack of faith that leads men to fear the scrutiny of reason? If the destination is doubtful, than the path must be fraught with fear. A robust faith need not fear, for if God exists, then reason cannot help but lead us to Him. Cogito, ergo Deus est,'says St. Augustine, I think, therefore God is. ↗

— Donna Woolfolk Cross

#god #knowledge #latin #reason #st-augustine

Interfice errorem, diligere errantem" - "Kill the sin, love the sinner ↗

— St. Augustine

#love #sin #love

People may flatter themselves just as much by thinking that their faults are always present to other people's minds, as if they believe that the world is always contemplating their individual charms and virtues. ↗

— Elizabeth Gaskell

#believe #charms #contemplating #faults #flatter

I am astonished each time I come to the U.S. by the ignorance of a high percentage of the population, which knows almost nothing about Latin America or about the world. It's quite blind and deaf to anything that may happen outside the frontiers of the U.S. ↗

— Eduardo Galeano

#almost #am #america #anything #astonished

My lord, I have some matter of law relating to the indictment, and I desire counsel to speak to it. ↗

— William Kidd

#desire #i #indictment #law #lord