By the time of the arrival of Islam in the early seventeenth century CE, what we now call the Middle East was divided between the Persian and Byzantine empires. But with the spread of this new religion from Arabia, a powerful empire emerged, and with...
It argued a special genius; he was clearly a case of that. The spark of fire, the point of light, sat somewhere in his inward vagueness as a lamp before a shrine twinkles in the dark perspective of a church; and while youth and early middle-age, whil...
I find prostitutes vastly important.
Of all fragrances, the sweetest is that of virtue.
Holy crap. Is that an elephant penis?
Don't put golden buttons on a torn coat.
The devil catches most souls in a golden net.
A golden key will open every lock.
Golden dishes will never turn black.
Those ancients who in poetry presented the golden age, who sang its happy state, perhaps, in their Parnassus, dreamt this place. Here, mankind's root was innocent; and here were every fruit and never-ending spring; these streams--the nectar of which ...
You speak of destiny as if it was fixed.
You could have heard a bee fluff
Golden rule of life: never underestimate your rivals.
Better an iron dictatorship than a golden anarchy.
A wooden bed is better than a golden coffin.
Bury truth in a golden coffin, it will break it open.
What good is a golden gallows if they are going to hang you.
Welcome to the Information Jungle.
Time is what keeps everything from happening at once.
You cannot change what you are, only what you do.
All good things pass away.
