Quotes by Spring She is Melusina, the water goddess, and she is found in hidden springs and waterfalls in any forest in Christendom, even in those as far away as Greece. (...) A man may love her if he keeps her secret and lets her alone when she wants to bathe, and she may love him in return until he breaks his word, as men always do, and she sweeps him into the depths with her fishy tail, and turns his faithless blood to water. The tragedy of Melusina, whatever language tells it, whatever tune it sings, is that a man will always promise more than he can do to a woman he cannot understand. Philippa Gregory springmenblood When it shall please God to bring thee to man's estate, use great providence and circumspection in choosing thy wife. For from thence will spring all thy future good or evil; and it is an action of life, like unto a stratagem of war; wherein a man can err but once! Philip Sidney springmenwar Drive away what springs from nature; it returns at a gallop. Philippe Nericault Destouches returnnaturespring A brave captain is as a root, out of which, as branches, the courage of his soldiers doth spring. Philip Sidney veterans-dayleadershipspring Respect your body: you can only climb a mountain if you give your body the attention it deserves. You have all the time that life grants you, as long as you walk without demanding what can't be granted. If you go too fast you will grow tired and give up half way there. If you go too slow, night will fall and you will be lost. Enjoy the scenery, take delight in the cool spring water and the fruit that nature generously offers you, but keep on walking. Paulo Coelho giving-upspringlife Anyone who tries to imprison love will cut off the spring that feeds it, and the trapped water will grow stagnant and rank. Paulo Coelho cuttingspringlove In spring when maple buds are red, Phyllis McGinley autumnspringmean I wonder how often not the intention but the desire springs up in a doctor's mind: 'Can I let this human being out of the trap of Life? Phyllis Bottome doctorsmindspring Right from the start my parents had left me to fend for myself. Apparently unaware that I was a kid, they invariably treated me like an adult, perhaps because they themselves were no spring chickens. Phyllis Diller parentspringkids Let us love winter, for it is the spring of genius. Pietro Aretino jugswinterspring And there is quite a different sort of conversation around a fire than there is in the shadow of a beech tree.... Four dry logs have in them all the circumstance necessary to a conversation of four or five hours, with chestnuts on the plate and a jug of wine between the legs. Yes, let us love winter, for it is the spring of genius. Pietro Aretino winewinterspring Over every living thing which is to spring up, to grow, to flower, to ripen during this day say again the words: This is my Body. And over every death-force which waits in readiness to corrode, to wither, to cut down, speak again your commanding words which express the supreme mystery of faith: This is my Blood. Pierre Teilhard de Chardin cuttingflowerspring A breeze passes in the night. When did it spring up? Whence does it come? Whither is it going? No man knows. Pierre Teilhard de Chardin springmennight Only in Heaven will everything be as beautiful as spring, as pleasant as autumn, and as full of love as summer. Pio of Pietrelcina summerspringbeautiful From the end spring new beginnings. Pliny the Elder new-beginningsendsspring Happiness springs from doing good and helping others. Plato helping-othersspringhelping Besides that, when elsewhere the harvest of wheat is most abundant, there it comes up less by one-fourth than what you have sowed. There, methinks, it were a proper place for men to sow their wild oats, where they would not spring up. Plautus oatsspringmen The people always have some champion whom they set over them and nurse into greatness. ... This and no other is the root from which a tyrant springs; when he first appears he is a protector. Plato platoherospring Our love for our children springs from the soul's greatest yearning for immortality. Plato platospringchildren David's Lord was made David's Son, and from the fruit of the promised branch sprang One without fault, the two-fold nature coming together in one Person, that by one and the same conception and birth might spring our Lord Jesus Christ, in Whom was present both true Godhead for the performance of mighty works and true Manhood for the endurance of sufferings. Pope Leo I christianspringjesus«100101102103104105106107108109110»
