#versa

I do not say a proverb is amiss when aptly and reasonably applied, but to be forever discharging them, right or wrong, hit or miss, renders conversation insipid and vulgar. ↗

— Miguel de Cervantes

#applied #aptly #conversation #forever #hit

For me, a page of good prose is where one hears the rain and the noise of battle. It has the power to give grief or universality that lends it a youthful beauty. ↗

— John Cheever

#beauty #give #good #good prose #grief

Did universal charity prevail, earth would be a heaven, and hell a fable. ↗

— Charles Caleb Colton

#did #earth #fable #heaven #hell

None speak of the bravery, the might, or the intellect of Jesus; but the devil is always imagined as a being of acute intellect, political cunning, and the fiercest courage. These universal and instinctive tendencies of the human mind reveal much. ↗

— Lydia M. Child

#always #being #bravery #courage #cunning

And for me anyway, consciousness is three components: a personal component which for lack of a better word we can call the soul. A collective component which is more archetypal and a deeper level, and then a universal domain of consciousness. ↗

— Deepak Chopra

#archetypal #better #call #collective #component

The diffusion of a universalist culture and of a pedagogy of peace appears more than ever to be the path that we must follow for the salvation of all nations on earth. ↗

— Carlo Azeglio Ciampi

#appears #culture #diffusion #earth #ever

It is a truth universally acknowledged that as soon as one part of your life starts looking up, another falls to pieces. ↗

— Helen Fielding

#another #falls #life #looking #part

All nature wears one universal grin. ↗

— Henry Fielding

#nature #universal #wears

If you can say the lyrics almost like a poem and they stand up, that's a great thing. Some songs have great lyrics and I don't like the melodies, and vice versa. ↗

— Harry Connick, Jr.

#great #great thing #i #like #lyrics

Olympism seeks to create a way of life based on the joy found in effort, the educational value of a good example and respect for universal fundamental ethical principles. ↗

— Pierre de Coubertin

#create #educational #effort #ethical #example