Palaces Quotes
274 quotes by 216 authors
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God’s jewels are often sent us in rough packages and by dark liveried servants, but within we find the very treasures of the King’s palace…
— A B Simpson
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I believe that adulterers should be stoned to death. I believe that we should cut the hands off of thieves. I believe the Sharia should…
— Anjem Choudary
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According to accounts of the Buddha's life, it would seem that he had a very deep relationship with nature. He was not born in the…
— Dalai Lama
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PRIMATE, n. The head of a church, especially a State church supported by involuntary contributions. The Primate of England is the Archbishop of Canterbury, an…
— Ambrose Bierce
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Instead of saying that man is the creature of circumstance, it would be nearer the mark to say that man is the architect of circumstance.…
— Thomas Carlyle
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Hope is a flatterer, but the most upright of all parasites; for she frequents the poor man's hut, as well as the palace of his…
— William Shenstone
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Each suburban housewife spends her time presiding over a power plant sufficient to have staffed the palace of a Roman emperor with a hundred slaves.
— Margaret Mead
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The skyline of New York is a monument of a splendour that no pyramids or palaces will ever equal or approach.
— Ayn Rand
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Let us remember that within us there is a palace of immense magnificence.
— Teresa of Avila
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They tend to be civil servants, often diplomats drawn from the Foreign Office, who may be very pleasant, intelligent people, but once they get inside…
— Anthony Holden
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A library is a palace of dreams.
— M.C. Beaton
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The master of the palace had similar functions at the court of Judah. Announcing the promotion of Elyaqim, Isaiah 22:22 says: 'I lay the key…
— Roland de Vaux
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In the closed world of the gynaeceum, despite the gardens and parkland extending beyong the horizon, despite the insurmountable walls separating pavillions and palaces, the…
— Shan Sa
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When a builder builds he clears the ground for his new foundations. Then he sees that the basic structure will support the whole. Should we…
— Christmas Humphreys
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The gods gave me a father who ruled over me and rid me of any trace of arrogance and showed me that one can live…
— Marcus Aurelius
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Saloons provide moments of genuine ecstasy - but only if your soul is at peace and the rest of your life bears contemplating. Otherwise, they…
— Wilfrid Sheed
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The spider is the chamberlain in the Palace of the Caesars The owl is the trumpeter on the battlements of Afrasiyah.
— Bill Vaughan
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Labor produces marvels for the rich but it produces deprivation for the worker. It produces palaces, but hovels for the worker. It produces beauty, but…
— Karl Marx
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I'm one of those people, in any country I'm in, if somebody could just put me in a car or a bus, I'll look out…
— Gilbert Gottfried
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The palace is not safe when the cottage is not happy.
— Benjamin Disraeli
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