Quotes from Ancient Times
What the rich and famous and wise said
Thoughtful and attentive world to contenplate learn from
Note: Throughout history the rich, famous and wise have said things that have been recorded in the form of quote. It is the study of these quotes that give insight into life.
Decimus Junius Juvenalis (Juvenal) c.55-c.130, Roman Satirical Poet
They castrate the books of other men in order that with the fat of their works they may lard their own lean volumes.
~ Jovius
Tell a man there are 300 Billion stars in the universe and he'll believe you. Tell him a bench has wet paint on it and he'll have to touch to be sure.
~ Jarger
In every veil you see, the Divine Beauty is concealed, making every heart a slave to him. In love to him the heart finds its life; in desire for him the soul finds its happiness. The heart which loves a fair one here, though it knows it not, is really his lover.
To display his eternal attributes in their inexhaustible variety, the Lord made the green fields of time and space.
~ Jami
I have joined my heart to thee: all that exists are thou. O Lord, beloved of my heart, thou art the home of all; where indeed is the heart in which thou dost not dwell?
~ Jafar
I didn't ask for it to be over. But then again I didn't ask for it to begin. For that's the way it is with life, as some of the most beautiful days come completely by chance. But even the most beautiful days eventually have their sunset
The pain we feel When someone leaves our life is in direct proportion to the joy they bring while a part of our life for a few moments. In my life you made me feel as if I truly meant something to someone
Love can sometimes be magic. But magic can sometimes...just be an illusion
I don't wish to be everything to everyone, but I would like to be something to someone.
~ Javan
The friendship that can cease has never been real.
Begin to be now what you will be hereafter
Preferring to store her money in the stomachs of the needy rather than hide it in a purse.
Never look a gift horse in the mouth!
A friend is long sought, hardly found, and with difficulty kept.
The friendship that can cease has never been real.
True friendship ought never to conceal what it thinks.
Love is not to be purchased, and affection has no price.
~ Saint Jerome c.342-420, Croatian Christian Ascetic, Schola
Books like friends, should be few and well-chosen.
~ Joineriana
We easily pardon an offense we had part in.
~ Juoy
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