Shines Quotes
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In the history of the world there have been thousands of kings and emperors who called themselves "their highnesses," "their majesties," and "their exalted majesties" and so on. They shone for a brief moment , and as quickly disappeared. But Ashoka shines and shines brightly like a bright star , even unto this day.
— H. G. Wells, as quoted in Zentrepreneurism (2006) by Allan Holender, p. 139
Cute is when a person's personality shines through their looks. Like in the way they walk, every time you see them you just want to run up and hug them.
natalie portman
If men could learn from history, what lessons it might teach us! But passion and party blind our eyes, and the light which experience gives is a lantern on the stern, which shines only on the waves behind us!
Samuel Taylor Coleridge— 1831Table Talk (published1835), entry for18 Dec.
Very luckily for you and me,the uncivilized sun mysteriously shines on "good" and "bad" alike. He is an artist.
e. e. cummings— "Foreword to an Exhibit: I" (1944)
A god is not so glorious as a king. I think the pleasure they enjoy in Heaven, Cannot compare with kingly joys in earth. To wear a crown enchased with pearl and gold, Whose virtues carry with it life and death; To ask and have, command and be obeyed; When looks breed love, with looks to gain the prize, Such power attractive shines in princes'eyes!
Christopher Marlowe— 1587 Tamburlaine the Great (published1590), pt.1, act 2, sc.5.
The One remains, the many change and pass; Heaven's light forever shines, Earth's shadows fly: Life, like a dome of many-coloured glass, Stains the white radiance of Eternity, Until Death tramples it to fragments.
Percy Bysshe Shelley— 1821Adonais, stanza 52.
Light breaks where no sun shines; Where no sea runs, the waters of the heart Push in their tides.
— 1934 'Light BreaksWhere No Sun Shines'.
I tell thee Love is Nature's second sun,Causing a spring of virtues where he shines.
George Chapman— Act i, scene 1.
Brass shines as fair to the ignorant as gold to the goldsmiths.
— Letter (1581)
Heart-hidden from the outer things I rose;The spirit woke anew in nightly birthUnto the vastness where forever glowsThe star-soul of the earth.There all alone in primal ecstasy,Within her depths where revels never tire,The Olden Beauty shines: each thought of meIs veined through with its fire.
george william russell— "Night".
"It's true," Carl said, "with a kind of merde -y inner truth which shines forth as the objective correlative of what actually did happen, back home."
Donald Barthelme— "Margins" (Come Back, Dr. Caligari (1964))
Loss and Possession, Death and Life are one. There falls no shadow where there shines no sun.
hilaire belloc— "On the Same" (On a Sundial III)Quoted by Kevin Smith's character in the film Catch and Release (2006)
Cold Mountain cold Ice freezes rock Mountains are green Snow is white Sun shines bright Every thing melt Every thing warm Warms old man
han shan— Cold Mountain Transcendental Poetry by the t'ang zen poet han-shan (2005, 2011), tr. Wandering Poet, ISBN 978-0-6151-6006-1 ISBN 0615160069 LOC Number 2007937840
The higher the trail the steeper it grows Ten thousand tiers of dangerous cliffs The stone bridge is slippery with green moss Cloud after cloud keeps flying by Waterfalls hang like ribbons of silk The moon shines down on the bright pool I climb the highest peak once more To wait where the lone crane flies
han shan— Cold Mountain Transcendental Poetry by the t'ang zen poet han-shan (2005, 2011), tr. Wandering Poet, ISBN 978-0-6151-6006-1 ISBN 0615160069 LOC Number 2007937840
There still shines the most important nuance by virtue of which the noble felt themselves to be men of a higher rank. They designate themselves simply by their superiority in power (as "the powerful," "the masters," "the commanders") or by the most clearly visible signs of this superiority, for example, as "the rich," "the possessors" (this is the meaning of 'Arya,' and of corresponding words in Iranian and Slavic).
friedrich nietzsche— Essay 1, Section 5.
Many a crown shines spotless now That yet was deeply sullied in the winning.
friedrich von schiller— Act II, sc. ii.
How wonderful is Cold Mountain Climbers are all afraid The moon shines on clear water twinkle twinkle Wind rustles the tall grass Plum trees flower in the snow Bare twisted trees have clouds for foliage A touch of rain brings it all alive Unless you see clearly do not approach
— Cold Mountain Transcendental Poetry by the t'ang zen poet han-shan (2005, 2011), tr. Wandering Poet
Tiers of mountains Cold wind feet Not need fan Ice cold through Moon shines bright Mist covers everything Sit all alone One old man
— Cold Mountain Transcendental Poetry by the t'ang zen poet han-shan (2005, 2011), tr. Wandering Poet, ISBN 978-0-6151-6006-1 ISBN 0615160069 LOC Number 2007937840
Cold Mountain cold Ice freezes rock Mountains are green Snow is white Sun shines bright Every thing melt Every thing warm Warms old man
— Cold Mountain Transcendental Poetry by the t'ang zen poet han-shan (2005, 2011), tr. Wandering Poet, ISBN 978-0-6151-6006-1 ISBN 0615160069 LOC Number 2007937840
To a child's eye a lightning-bug outshines the brightest fixed star. There is no little childishness in every generation of grown-up people. The Lightning-bug never sees a second summer, the star shines on forever.
— Oscar Penn Fitzgerald, Judge Longstreet: A Life-Sketch (1891), p. 13.
Thee will I sing in comely wainscot bound And golden verge enclosing thee around; The faithful horn before, from age to age Preserving thy invulnerable page. Behind thy patron saint in armor shines With sword and lance to guard the sacred lines; Th' instructive handle's at the bottom fixed Lest wrangling critics should pervert the text.
thomas tickell— Thomas Tickell, The Hornbook.
We may read many truths in the Bible, but we cannot know them savingly, till God by his Spirit shines upon our soul.
— from The Lord's Prayer
'Cause now again I've found myself So far down, away from the sun That shines into the darkest place
— 3 Doors Down, "Away From The Sun", Away From The Sun (2002)
How far that little candle throws his beams! So shines a good deed in a naughty world.
— Portia, scene i
There's a rainbow round my shoulder And a sky of blue above, Oh the sun shines bright, the world's all right `Cause I'm in love.
— Dave Dreyer, in There's a Rainbow Round My Shoulder
The light upon her face shines from the windows of another world. Saints only have such faces.
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow— Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, Michael Angelo, Part II. 6.
