“You are very amiable, no doubt, but you would be charming if you would only depart.”
― The Three Musketeers
― The Three Musketeers
“Receive what this great cornucopia has offered,
Behold a useful and profitable book. If you think otherwise,
Do not lay the blame on the book, but on yourself.”
― Hypnerotomachia Poliphili: The Strife of Love in a Dream
Behold a useful and profitable book. If you think otherwise,
Do not lay the blame on the book, but on yourself.”
― Hypnerotomachia Poliphili: The Strife of Love in a Dream
“The good thing about the studium is the that you learn from your teachers, true, but even more from your fellows, especially those older than you, when they tell you what they have read, and you discover that the world must be full of wondrous things and to know them all - since a lifetime will not be a enough for you to travel through the whole world - you can only read all the books.”
― Baudolino
― Baudolino
“What do you mean by tetragones?” asked d’Artagnan, uneasily.
“I mean spinach,” replied Aramis; “but on your account I will add some eggs, and that is a serious infraction of the rule-for eggs are meat, since they engender chickens.”
“This feast is not very succulent; but never mind, I will put up with it for the sake of remaining with you.”
“I am grateful to you for the sacrifice,” said Aramis; “but if your body be not greatly benefited by it, be assured your soul will.”
― The Three Musketeers by Alexandre Dumas
“I mean spinach,” replied Aramis; “but on your account I will add some eggs, and that is a serious infraction of the rule-for eggs are meat, since they engender chickens.”
“This feast is not very succulent; but never mind, I will put up with it for the sake of remaining with you.”
“I am grateful to you for the sacrifice,” said Aramis; “but if your body be not greatly benefited by it, be assured your soul will.”
― The Three Musketeers by Alexandre Dumas
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