#wards

For all men would be cowards if they durst. ↗

— John Wilmot

#men #would

He discovered wonderful stories, also, about jewels. In Alphonso's Clericalis Disciplina a serpent was mentioned with eyes of real jacinth, and in the romantic history of Alexander, the Conqueror of Emathia was said to have found in the vale of Jordan snakes 'with collars of real emeralds growing on their backs.' There was a gem in the brain of the dragon, Philostratus told us, and 'by the exhibition of golden letters and a scarlet robe' the monster could be thrown into a magical sleep and slain. According to the great alchemist, Pierre de Boniface, the diamond rendered a man invisible, and the agate of India made him eloquent. The cornelian appeased anger, and the hyacinth provoked sleep, and the amethyst drove away the fumes of wine. The garnet cast out demons, and the hydropicus deprived the moon of her color. The selenite waxed and waned with the moon, and the meloceus, that discovers thieves, could be affected only by the blood of kids. Leonardus Camillus had seen a white stone taken from the brain of a newly killed toad, that was a certain antidote against poison. The bezoar, that was found in the heart of the Arabian deer, was a charm that could cure the plague. In the nests of Arabian birds was the aspirates, that, according to Democritus, kept the wearer from any danger by fire. ↗

— Oscar Wilde

#gems #jewels #superstition #wards #anger

It was like my uterus was tapping out a happy dance on the rest of my organs. God, I was dying the longest, most tortuous, and arousing death in the history of the world. ↗

— Cora Carmack

#funny #humor #losing-it #love #sexy

We have obligations towards the innocent, the dead, towards the living, towards our children and their children. ↗

— Ricardo Lagos

#dead #innocent #living #obligations #our

Simply because humankind have the power now to meddle or 'manage' or 'exercise stewardship' in every nook and cranny of the world does not mean that we have a right to do so. Even less, the obligation. ↗

— Edward Abbey

#stewardship #environmentalism

The Universe is worked and guided from within outwards. ↗

— H. P. Blavatsky

#outwards #universe #within #worked

The whole order of nature evinces a progressive march towards a higher life. ↗

— H. P. Blavatsky

#life #march #nature #order #progressive

What I remember most about junior homecoming was my date getting sick afterwards. That kinda sucked. Then, senior year, someone got gum in her hair when we were dancing. She had to get one of the chaperones to take her to the office and cut up her hair. I felt really bad for her, but it worked out fine. ↗

— James Lafferty

#about #afterwards #bad #cut #dancing

If you believe in yourself and have dedication and pride - and never quit, you'll be a winner. The price of victory is high but so are the rewards. ↗

— Paul Bryant

#believe in yourself #dedication #high #never #never quit

Most of the sex I've seen on the screen looks like an expression of hostility towards sex. ↗

— Myrna Loy

#hostility #i #like #looks #most