"The pyramid once passed there was still a……" — Pierre Loti
"The pyramid once passed there was still a short way to go before we confronted the Sphinx, in the middle of what our contemporaries have left him of his desert."
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26 Quotes by Pierre Loti
Pierre Loti has 26 quotes on this site.
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It is with the approach of winter that cats...wear their richest fur and assume an air of sumptuous and delightful…
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If by chance I seated myself to write, she very slyly, very tenderly, seeking protection and caresses, would softly take…
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The moon of a bright silver, which dazzles by its shining, illumines a world which surely is no longer ours;…
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My sister and my brother, of whom I have not spoken before, were considerably older than I; it seemed almost…
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My emotions lose their force when I endeavor to interpret them, and my words seem very inept.
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I am surprised that I cannot recall whether my desire to become a minister transformed itself into a wish to…
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Holy Istanbul! Your name is the most enchanting one of all names which enchants me.
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I still held fast to my determination to become a minister; it still seemed to me that that was my…
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I still went to church regularly every Sunday; that is we all went there together. I reverenced the family pew…
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Egypt, the Egypt of antiquity, at a later time, exercised a mysterious fascination over me. I recognized a picture of…
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It is said that many children who live in the central provinces, away from the ocean, have a great longing…
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I still have in my memory, almost agonizing impressions of a serious illness which I had when I was about…
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More Confronted Quotes
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Confronted with the choice, the American people would choose the policeman's truncheon over the anarchist's bomb.
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Let me completely condemn these sickening scenes; scenes of looting, scenes of vandalism, scenes of thieving, scenes of people attacking…
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When I was in the White House, I was confronted with the challenge of the Cold War. Both the Soviet…
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There comes a time when deceit and defiance must be seen for what they are. At that point, a gathering…
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When confronted with a challenge, the committed heart will search for a solution. The undecided heart searches for an escape.
— Andy Andrews
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If we rail and kick against it and grow bitter, we won't change the inevitable; but we will change ourselves.…
— Dale Carnegie
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For the sake of historical truth I must verify that only the Greeks, of all the adversaries who confronted us,…
— Adolf Hitler
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Confronted with the vision of a beautiful garden, we see something beautiful about ourselves.
— Jeff Cox
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Now in war we are confronted with conditions which are strange If we accept them we will never win. Since…
— George S. Patton
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I've been hated by many, wanted by plenty, disliked by some, but confronted by none.
— Drake
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I believe that with the advent of acid, we discovered a new way to think, and it has to do…
— Ken Kesey
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A just cause should need no interpretation yet flounders when confronted by self- interest and corruption.
— Peter Dunne
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