Inspirational Quote by Lawrence Durrell Download Open image “The memory of man is as old as misfortune” — Lawrence Durrell ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 2.7 out of 5 (8 ratings) Copy quoteShare Inspirational Memories Memory Men Misfortunes
The memories of a man in his old age are the deeds of a man in his prime. — Pink Floyd Copy Share Image
Misfortune comes to people who live only on the memory of their past grandeur. — Louise Colet Copy Share Image
A man's memory may almost become the art of continually varying and misrepresenting his past, according to his interest in the present. — George Santayana Copy Share Image
“The terror of being judged sharpens the memory: it sends an inevitable glare over that long-unvisited past which has been habitually recalled only in… — George Eliot Copy Share Image
“There is nothing higher and stronger and more wholesome and useful for later years than some good memory, especially a menory connected with childhood,… — Fyodor Dostoevsky Copy Share Image
Let the past be content with itself, for man needs forgetfulness as well as memory — James Stephens Copy Share Image
“A man is made of memories. It is all we are. Captured moments, the smell of a place, scenes played out time and again… — Mark Lawrence Copy Share Image
“Memory is a great deceiver, grief and longing cloud the past, and recollections, even vivid ones, fade.” — Daniel Alarcón Copy Share Image
Memory performs the impossible for man; holds together past and present, gives continuity and dignity to human life. — Mark Van Doren Copy Share Image
How little remains of the man I once was, save the memory of him! But remembering is only a new form of suffering. — Charles Baudelaire Copy Share Image
Memory performs the impossible for man by the strength of his divine arms; holds together past and present, beholding both, existing in both, abides… — Mark Van Doren Copy Share Image
Life is more complicated than we think, yet far simpler than anyone dares to imagine — Lawrence Durrell Copy Share Image
“Suddenly at the end of the great couloir my vision is sharpened by a pale disjunctive shudder as a bar of buttercup-yellow thickening gradually… — Lawrence Durrell Copy Share Image
To be the equal of reality you must learn how to ignore it without danger. — Lawrence Durrell Copy Share Image
The cocktail party - as the name itself indicates - was originally invented by dogs. They are simply bottom-sniffings raised to the rank of… — Lawrence Durrell Copy Share Image
It only takes one match to ignite a haystack, or one remark to fire a mind. — Lawrence Durrell Copy Share Image
“He felt that his mind had become a battle-ground for the forces of good and evil and that his task was to strain every… — Lawrence Durrell Copy Share Image
Science is the poetry of the intellect and poetry the science of the heart's affections. — Lawrence Durrell Copy Share Image
We live" writes Pursewarden somewhere, "lives based upon selected fictions. Our view of reality is conditioned by our position in space and time -… — Lawrence Durrell Copy Share Image
It's unthinkable not to love -you'd have a severe nervous breakdown. Or you'd have to be Philip Larkin. — Lawrence Durrell Copy Share Image
“God did not create us, nor did He wish us to be created. We are the work of a lesser deity, a demiurge, who… — Lawrence Durrell Copy Share Image
We talk to God--that is prayer; God talks to us--that is inspiration. — H. Emilie Cady Copy Share Image
You'll seldom experience regret for anything that you've done. It is what you haven't done that will torment you. The message, therefore, is clear.… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Just understand that the good that you want is already here. All you have to do is get in harmony with it. And you… — Bob Proctor Copy Share Image
“If you want to build a ship, don’t drum up the men to gather wood, divide the work, and give orders. Instead, teach them… — Antoine de Saint-Exupéry Copy Share Image
It's a hard thing to describe. It's just this sense that you got something to say. — Jonah Lehrer Copy Share Image
