“Men brave and generous live the best lives, seldom will they sorrow; then there are fools, afraid of everything, who grumble instead of giving.”
― quote from The Poetic Edda
“It is like a man | whom no one loves,-- Why should his life be long?”
― quote from The Poetic Edda
“Exchange of words | with a witless ape Thou must not ever make.”
― quote from The Poetic Edda
“Obłęd i szał, rozczarowanie i żal,
Siądź tu, a opowiem tobie
o męce tęsknoty
I zdwojonym bólu.”
― quote from The Poetic Edda
“And I said to him that I had made a vow in my turn, that I would never marry a man who knew the meaning of fear.”
― quote from The Poetic Edda
“I bid thee be wary, | but be not fearful; (Beware most with ale or another's wife,”
― quote from The Poetic Edda
“A brand from a brand | is kindled and burned, And fire from fire begotten; And man by his speech | is known to men, And the stupid by their stillness.”
― quote from The Poetic Edda
“Wiem, gdzie jesion stoi, Yggdrasill się zowie,
Lśniącą wilgotnością pień jego zroszony;
Z niego idzie rosa, co w dolinach spada,
Koło Urs studni wciąż zielony stoi.”
― quote from The Poetic Edda
“What hast thou to ask? | why comest thou hither? Othin, I know | where thine eye is hidden.”
― quote from The Poetic Edda
“40. The giantess old | in Ironwood sat, In the east, and bore | the brood of Fenrir; Among these one | in monster's guise Was soon to steal | the sun from the sky.”
― quote from The Poetic Edda
“-Svøp nu, Freyja, vindtøiet om dig - vi skal ake, vi to til Jotunheimer!
-Meget mandgalen kan du mig kalde, om jeg aker med dig til Jotunheimer!”
― quote from The Poetic Edda
“13. Fili, Kili, | Fundin, Nali, Heptifili, | Hannar, Sviur, Frar, Hornbori, | Fræg and Loni, Aurvang, Jari, | Eikinskjaldi.”
― quote from The Poetic Edda
“That is the true mingling of kinship when a man can tell someone all his thoughts; anything is better than to be fickle; he is no true friend who only says pleasant things.”
― quote from The Poetic Edda
“37. “That counsel I tenth, that thou trust never oath of an outlaw’s son;”
― quote from The Poetic Edda
“In this world, all--men, women, and kings--must live for the present. We can only live for the future for God”
― Alexandre Dumas, quote from The Man in the Iron Mask
“He had never fainted in his life, and while he knew it was this whole life-mate, mind-blowing-sex business, it was still damned demoralizing to be fainting like a breathless virgin at the end of every encounter.”
― Lynsay Sands, quote from The Reluctant Vampire
“Amy bit her lip. "I was so scared, Dan. I couldn't think. She shook her head. "I feel so ashamed of myself. If it wasn't for you, we would have been toast."
"Whoa," Dan said. "If you're throwing a pity party for yourself, don't invite me." He poked her. "You were the one who got Jonah to find us. Awesome lung power. I thought you only used that volume to get me out of the bathroom.”
― Jude Watson, quote from A King's Ransom
“The hatred of your country is not because it attacks theirs; it is because it keeps theirs safe. Never seek popularity. You can have supremacy or be loved but never both. What is felt toward you is ten percent genuine disagreement and ninety percent envy. Never forget two things! No man can ever forgive his protector. There is no loathing that any man harbors more intense than that toward his benefactor.”
― Frederick Forsyth, quote from Avenger
“For you can always tell the gods by their appetite.”
― Anatole France, quote from The Gods Will Have Blood
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