"Prometheus heretofore went up to Heaven, and stole……" — Cyrano de Bergerac
"Prometheus heretofore went up to Heaven, and stole fire from thence. Have not I as much Boldness as he?"
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18 Quotes by Cyrano de Bergerac
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I may climb perhaps to no great heights, but I will climb alone.
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A kiss is a rosy dot over the 'i' of loving.
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A large nose is the mark of a witty, courteous, affable, generous and liberal man.
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The insufferable arrogance of human beings to think that Nature was made solely for their benefit, as if it was…
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We must believe then, that as from hence we see Saturn and Jupiter; if we were in either of the…
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'And for my part, Gentlemen,' said I, 'that I may put in for a share, and guess with the rest;…
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For an Apple is in it self a little Universe; the Seed, hotter than the other parts thereof, is its…
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I planted my self in the middle of a great many Glasses full of Dew, tied fast about me, upon…
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This veridic nose arrives everywhere a quarter of an hour before its master. Ten shoemakers, good round fat ones too,…
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In it he proves that all things are true and states how the truths of all contradictions may be reconciled…
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My life's work has been to prompt others and be forgotten. Remember that night when Christian came to your balcony?…
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A man contains all that is needed to make up a tree; likewise, a tree contains all that is needed…
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Laugh at yourself, but don't ever aim your doubt at yourself. Be bold. When you embark for strange places, don't…
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Are you in earnest? Seize this very minute! Boldness has genius, power, and magic in it. Only engage, and then…
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Question with boldness even the existence of a God; because, if there be one, he must more approve the homage…
— Thomas Jefferson
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The breeze of grace is always blowing; set your sail to catch that breeze.
— Ramakrishna
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Whatever you can do, or dream you can, begin it. Boldness has genius, power and magic in it. -Johann Wolfgang…
— Frank Sinatra
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A garden was the primitive prison, till man with Promethean felicity and boldness, luckily sinned himself out of it.
— Charles Lamb
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I am prejudiced in favor of him who, without impudence, can ask boldly. He has faith in humanity, and faith…
— Johann Kaspar Lavater
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Profoundness, genius, spontaneity, merit, nobility, ingenuity, voice propriety, feeling, discernment, sensibility, good taste, great tone, rightness, courtliness, vivacity, boldness, style,…
— Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
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O God, make us desperate, and grant us faith and boldness to approach Your throne and make our petitions known,…
— Nancy Leigh DeMoss
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If heaven were by merit, it would never be heaven to me, for if I were in it I should…
— Charles Spurgeon
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Luke associates John with Peter in Acts, when, after the Resurrection, that strange boldness had come upon the disciples.
— Alfred Noyes
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Selfishness, not love, is the actuating motive of the gallant.
— Madame Roland
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