Accidents Quote by Pietro Metastasio Download Open image “High birth is an accident, not a virtue.” — Pietro Metastasio ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 4.1 out of 5 (4 ratings) Copy quoteShare Accidents Ancestor Ancestry Birth Character Inspirational Virtue
High birth is a gift of fortune which should never challenge esteem towards those who receive it, since it costs them neither study nor… — Jean de la Bruyere Copy Share Image
High birth is a thing which I never knew any one to disparage except those who had it not; and I never knew any… — William Warburton Copy Share Image
It is fortunate to be of high birth, but it is no less so to be of such character that people do not care… — Jean de la Bruyere Copy Share Image
I see now that the Circumstances of one's birth are irrelevant. It is what you do with the gift of life that determines who… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
No birth is an accident, No experience is without meaning, and no life is without value. — Gary Zukav Copy Share Image
I see now that the circumstances of ones birth is irrelevant, it is what you do with the gift of life that determines who… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“Birth is completely unimportant. It is just a means of entry into this world of action, into this karmabhoomi. Karma is all that matters.… — Amish Tripathi Copy Share Image
I see now that the circumstances of ones birth are irrelevent. it is what you do with the gift of life that determines who… — Suzanne Collins Copy Share Image
The pilot who is always dreading a rock or a tempest must not complain if he remain a poor fisherman. We must at times… — Pietro Metastasio Copy Share Image
If our inward griefs were written on our brows, how many who are envied now would be pitied. It would seem that they had… — Pietro Metastasio Copy Share Image
The canker which the trunk conceals is revealed by the leaves, the fruit, or the flower. — Pietro Metastasio Copy Share Image
The aged oak upon the steep stands more firm and secure if assailed by angry winds; for if the winter bares its head, the… — Pietro Metastasio Copy Share Image
The eye that gazes upon the sun sees not the orb it looks upon, confounded by the excess of its brightness. — Pietro Metastasio Copy Share Image
We are like vessels tossed on the bosom of the deep; our passions are the winds that sweep us impetuously forward; each pleasure is… — Pietro Metastasio Copy Share Image
It is the just decree of Heaven that a traitor never sees his danger till his ruin is at hand. — Pietro Metastasio Copy Share Image
If the internal griefs of every man could be read, written on his forehead, how many who now excite envy would appear to be… — Pietro Metastasio Copy Share Image
It is by no means a fact that death is the worst of all evils; when it comes it is an alleviation to mortals… — Pietro Metastasio Copy Share Image
It was no accident, no coincidence, that the seasons came round and round year after year. It was the Lord speaking to us all… — Francine Rivers Copy Share Image
No, I think most astronauts recognize that the space shuttle program is very high-risk, and are prepared for accidents. — Sally Ride Copy Share Image
In presenting a mathematical argument the great thing is to give the educated reader the chance to catch on at once to the momentary… — John Edensor Littlewood Copy Share Image
The only way to have a funeral is to invite everyone who ever knew the person and just wait for the accident to happen-somebody… — Philip Roth Copy Share Image
Good films are not made by accident, nor is good photography. You can have good things happen, on occasion, by accident that can be… — Gordon Willis Copy Share Image
By education I am an Englishman, by views an internationalist, by culture a Muslim and a Hindu only by accident of birth. — Jawaharlal Nehru Copy Share Image
I made out with a homeless guy by accident. I had no idea -- he was really tan, he had no shoes on. I… — Amy Schumer Copy Share Image
Naturally I feel no shame in writing these things because of the time which separates the moment when they are written--when only I can… — Annie Ernaux Copy Share Image
In a city where you walk around, it's impossible to plan your day and your life as accidents will happen, you'll overhear things, bump… — Jason Schwartzman Copy Share Image
I don't think it's by accident that I was first attracted to translating two French women poets. — Marilyn Hacker Copy Share Image
Despite my mentors advice that I would never go to heaven fishing with a weighted nymph and a float, I took it up. (As… — Tony Bishop Copy Share Image
