“Praise not the day until evening has come, a woman until she is burnt, a sword until it is tried, a maiden until she is married, ice until it has been crossed, beer until it has been drunk.”
“The risk is too great. A man cannot place too much faith in any one thing, neither a woman, nor a horse, nor a weapon, nor any single thing.”
“Each person bears a fear which is special to him. One man fears a close space and another man fears drowning; each laughs at the other and calls him stupid. Thus fear is only a preference, to be counted the same as the preference for one woman or another, or mutton for pig, or cabbage for onion.”
“Animals die, friends die, and I shall die, but one thing never dies, and that is the reputation we leave behind at our death.”
“ليس هناك والله خوف أعظم نت خوف الانسان حين لا يعرف السبب”
“Herger said to me, "Be thankful, for you are fortunate."
I inquired the source of my fortune. Herger said in reply, "If you have the fear of high places, than this day you shall overcome it; and so you shall have faced a great challenge; and so you shall be adjudged a hero.”
“تتوقف الأشياء الغربية عن أن تكون كذلك بفعل التكرار”
“...thus do strange things cease to be strange upon repetition.”
“يجب أن يكون الانسان حكيما باعتدال ولكن ليس مفرط الحكمة حتى لا يعرف قدره مسبقا”
“In the eyes of all of them was the hollow stare of fear, and there was hollowness in their merriment, too.”
“Yet I have discovered that if all those around you believe some particular thing, you will soon be tempted to share in that belief...”
“يردد أهل الشمال مثلا شعبيا يقول : " انظر خلفك " وهم يعتقدون بأن على كل انسان أن يكون مهيئا دائما لان يدافع عن نفسه”
“You have done the work of a mere man," the tengol continued, “and not a proper hero. A hero does what no man dares to undertake.”
“وأخيرًا قلتُ لهرغر: المطر بارد.
فضحك ثم قال: كيف يمكن أن يكون المطر باردًا؟! أنت البارد وأنت التعيس! أما المطر فليس باردًا ولا تعيسًا.”
“Herger said to me, “Be thankful, for you are fortunate.” I inquired the source of my fortune. Herger said in reply, “If you have the fear of high places, then this day you shall overcome it; and so you shall have faced a great challenge; and so you shall be adjudged a hero.”
“The meaning of these discoveries has not yet been sorted out, but it is certainly now impossible to regard the prehistoric Europeans as savages idly”
“The meaning of these discoveries has not yet been sorted out, but it is certainly now impossible to regard the prehistoric Europeans as savages idly awaiting the blessings of Eastern civilization.”
“Rhaegar fought valiantly, Rhaegar fought nobly, Rhaegar fought honorably. And Rhaegar died.”
“We're going' Anne said firmly.
So soon?' Percy pleaded. 'But stars come out at night.'
Then they fade at dawn', Anne replied. 'This star needs to veil herself in darkness.”
“I missed you even when I was with you. That’s been my problem. I miss what I already have, and I surround myself with things that are missing.”
“Don't blame us," said my mother. "We didn't blow up half of Court, steal a dozen cars, call out a murderer in the middle of a crowd, or get our teenage friend crowned queen."
"Actually," said Abe, "I did blow up half of Court.”
“The only way to survive eternity is to be able to appreciate each moment.”
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