Palaces Quotes

274 Palaces quotes by 216 unique authors

I watch the springs, the summers, the autumns; And when comes the winter snow monotonous, I shut all the doors and shutters To build in… — Charles Baudelaire
Good taste" is a virtue of the keepers of museums. If you scorn bad taste, you will have neither painting nor dancing, neither palaces nor… — Antoine de Saint-Exupery
My soul is not a palace of the past... — James Russell Lowell
In the storm, like a prophet o’ermaddened, Thou singest and tossest thy branches; Thy heart with the terror is gladdened, Thou forebodest the dread avalanches....… — James Russell Lowell
What is experience? A poor little hut constructed from the ruins of the palace of gold and marble called our illusions. — Philibert Joseph Roux
Tyrants never perish from tyranny, but always from folly,-when their fantasies have built up a palace for which the earth has no foundation. — Walter Savage Landor
I first came to London as a musician, and when my group broke up, I did 'Guys and Dolls' at the Watford Palace theatre. After… — Clarke Peters
I'll do about 13 shows in Branson next year, and I'll be performing at the Grand Palace. — Mel Tillis
There is a proper measure in all things, certain limits beyond which and short of which right is not to be found. Who so cultivates… — Horace
There's a great tradition in storytelling that's thousands of years old, telling stories about kings and their palaces, and that's really what I wanted to… — Aaron Sorkin
The fear of hell, the punishment of sin, how the modern parent revolts from such teaching. Yet I will assert that far from doing us… — Joyce Cary
If I was not a remarkably modest man, I should probably brag a little, and say that I had done what no American ever before… — P T Barnum
It is we the workers who built these palaces and cities here in Spain and in America and everywhere. We, the workers, can build others… — Buenaventura Durruti
I basically left Texas with no money. I was making $3.50 working in some mall, so I didn't have a lot of cash. I took… — Krista Allen
Let me go on sleeping and I will lose myself in palaces of sand, and all the fantasies that I've been keeping will make the… — Billy Joel
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
The skyline of New York is a monument of a splendour that no pyramids or palaces will ever equal or approach. — Ayn Rand
Let us remember that within us there is a palace of immense magnificence. — Teresa of Avila
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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