The weapons that were once outside sharpening themselves on war are now indoors there, in the fortress, fragile in glass cases; Why… — Margaret Atwood Copy Share Image
Constantinople was the principal seat and fortress of Arianism; and, in a long interval of forty years, the faith of the princes… — Edward Gibbon Copy Share Image
The keys of a fortress are always well worth the retirement of the garrison when it is resolved to yield only on… — Napoleon Bonaparte Copy Share Image
Don't be pretentious is my first advice to young writers. This is the big problem - just because you're getting an MFA… — Gary Shteyngart Copy Share Image
“Suddenly finding myself imprisoned in the ruins of the fortresses I created, I realize that that which I built to protect me… — Craig D. Lounsbrough Copy Share Image
All dignified people in the world, whether Arabs or Muslims or others with dignity, are very proud of the speech made by… — George Galloway Copy Share Image
Prayer Declaration I will trust in the covering of Your wings, and in the shadow of Your wings I will trust. Be… — John Eckhardt Copy Share Image
All is artifice in my world, Constantine. Even me. Especially me. He taught me to be a duchess, to be an impregnable… — Mary Balogh Copy Share Image
We can ignore even pleasure. But pain insists upon being attended to. God whispers to us in our pleasures, speaks in our… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
The spectacular landscape circling the fortress supplies an essential backdrop, inspiring dreamers to wander its ruins for the sake of it; North… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Some princes, so as to hold securely the state, have disarmed their subjects, others have kept their subject towns distracted by factions...Our… — Niccolo Machiavelli Copy Share Image
In horror of death, I took to the mountains - again and again I meditated on the uncertainty of the hour of… — Milarepa Copy Share Image
I am patient and am waiting for a profound revolution in the consciousness of the Israelis. The Arabs are ready to accept… — Mahmoud Darwish Copy Share Image
We create an image of happiness and success and then we are beholden to it. We tell ourselves stories and sometimes these… — Danielle Trussoni Copy Share Image
It will undoubtedly happen, that the enemy will make the attempt, today, tomorrow or the next day, at some time, to break… — Heinrich Himmler Copy Share Image
At this point the question of Ukraine is the most important. The situation in Ukraine is very bad. If we don't take… — Joseph Stalin Copy Share Image
A mighty fortress is our God, a bulwark never failing: our helper He amid the flood of mortal ills prevailing. — Martin Luther Copy Share Image
Lies are a little fortress; inside them you can feel safe & powerful. — William P. Young Copy Share Image
Whoever wishes to hold the fortress of contemplation must first of all train in the camp of action. — Pope Gregory I Copy Share Image
Success in solving the problem depends on choosing the right aspect, on attacking the fortress from its accessible side. — George Polya Copy Share Image
A mother's love is like a fortress, And we seek protection there, When the waves of tribulation, Seem to drown us in… — Helen Steiner Rice Copy Share Image
Earth is our only citadel in the universe; but we have illogically built many more fortresses within this beautiful castle! — Mehmet Murat Ildan Copy Share Image
Full circle. A new terror born in death, a new superstition entering the unassailable fortress of forever. I am legend. — Richard Matheson Copy Share Image
In the City of God there will be a great thunder, Two brothers torn apart by Chaos, while the fortress endures, the… — Nostradamus Copy Share Image
It was a ludicrous, insane situation in which modern fighting men, possessed all of the highly destructive engines of war, were ordered… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
I've learned of life this bitter truth Hope not between the crumbling walls Of mankind's gratitude to find repose, But rather, Build… — Georgia Douglas Johnson Copy Share Image
In America, we're being hurt very badly by China with devaluation, with taxing us heavy at the borders when we don't tax… — Donald Trump Copy Share Image
I have you fast in my fortress, And will not let you depart, But put you down into the dungeon, In the… — Henry Wadsworth Longfellow Copy Share Image
We are used to facing the United States as a fortress from the outside. Now we are finding a breach to penetrate… — Muammar al-Gaddafi Copy Share Image
A mighty fortress is our God, a bulwark never failing; Our helper He, amid the flood of mortal ills prevailing: For still… — Martin Luther Copy Share Image
The library is every child's lighthouse. It is every person's sanctuary. It is every town and county's fortress in the face of… — Amy Bloom Copy Share Image
Despite all my public misconduct, in the past year, I had learned the Elemental spells, the Doppelschläferin, and the preparation and flying… — Catherine Gilbert Murdock Copy Share Image
Round a turn of the Qin Fortress winds the Wei River, And Yellow Mountain foot-hills enclose the Court of China; Past the… — Wang Wei Copy Share Image
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