“But, learn that although all men are for sale, they don’t sell themselves to all buyers.”
― Samuel Shellabarger, quote from Prince of Foxes
“Curiosity, however sharp, must wait on dignity.”
― Samuel Shellabarger, quote from Prince of Foxes
“Orsini did not wait for compliments. Reserve is best countered by reserve.”
― Samuel Shellabarger, quote from Prince of Foxes
“And all of this from what source? A wayside farm in the Polesine. It illustrates the adage that the deeper the dung, the richer the rose. Who remembers the dung when the rose has blossomed?”
― Samuel Shellabarger, quote from Prince of Foxes
“Your Excellence, it is not usually the obvious that is dangerous.”
― Samuel Shellabarger, quote from Prince of Foxes
“It’s what I’ve always said. To be alive is a reflection on one’s character.”
― Samuel Shellabarger, quote from Prince of Foxes
“He realized all at once that ambition and love might not make good bedfellows, that a choice between them might be necessary.”
― Samuel Shellabarger, quote from Prince of Foxes
“Speak again with Messer Simone and fish up what you can. Fair weather or foul, it’s the part of wisdom to be prepared.”
― Samuel Shellabarger, quote from Prince of Foxes
“As there can be no peace among individual men where there is no law, so there can be no peace among states who are subject to no law. Treaties are futile; our holy religion itself fails to secure peace. The curse of Italy—it may be of the world—is that cities and states acknowledge no law superior to themselves. For only where law is, there is peace.”
― Samuel Shellabarger, quote from Prince of Foxes
Samuel Shellabarger
Born place: in Washington D.C., The United States
Born date May 18, 1888
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“You are the advocate of the dead.’ The old man nodded. ‘I am. People talk about being fair to this one and that one, but nobody I ever heard talks about doing right by them. We take everything they had, which is all right. And spit, most often, on their opinions, which I suppose is all right too. But we ought to remember now and then how much of what we have we got from them. I figure while I’m still here I ought to put a word in for them.”
― Gene Wolfe, quote from The Citadel of the Autarch
“And so taking the long way home through the market I slow my pace down. It doesn't come naturally. My legs are programmed to trot briskly and my arms to pump up and down like pistons, but I force myself to stroll past the stalls and pavement cafes. To enjoy just being somewhere, rather than rushing from somewhere, to somewhere. Inhaling deep lungfuls of air, instead of my usual shallow breaths. I take a moment to just stop and look around me. And smile to myself.
For the first time in a long time, I can, quite literally, smell the coffee.”
― Alexandra Potter, quote from Who's That Girl?
“Hell won't be so bad, you know. After all, I'll be there to keep you company.”
― Tess Oliver, quote from Camille
“Salmissra was alone and unguarded. The palace eunuchs were sworn to protect her, but evidently a eunuch's oath doesn't mean all that much to him if it's going to involve bleeding.”
― David Eddings, quote from Belgarath the Sorcerer
“There was too little space for their own—and they guarded their own as all Chinese had done from the earliest dynasties.”
― Robert Ludlum, quote from The Bourne Supremacy
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