S Quotes
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“Such was the lesson that was quickly borne in upon him. It came hard, going as it did, counter to much that was strong and dominant in his own nature; and, while he disliked it in the learning of it, unknown to himself he was learning to like it. It was a placing of his destiny in another’s hands, a shifting of the responsibilities of existence. This in itself was compensation, for it is always easier to lean upon another than to stand alone.”
Source: Dutch Courage and Other Stories
“Such was the love of this grandson for his grandmother that two years after the death of his mother, when she herself fell gravely ill, he vowed to her that someday he would try to tell the world her life story. 'But why?' she asked humbly. 'I'm no one, just a girl from the coast' 'But you are everyone, Grandma,' the young Pramoedya told her. 'You are all the people who have ever had to fight to make this life their own.”
Source: The girl from the coast: a novel
“Such was the simplicity of the Wise Men who did not find it too much for their great intellects to adore a God in His littleness.”
Source: Portrait of Saint Gemma, a Stigmatic
“Such was the unhappy condition of the Roman emperors, that, whatever might be their conduct, their fate was commonly the same. A life of pleasure or virtue, of severity or mildness, of indolence or glory, alike lead to an untimely grave; and almost every reign is closed by the same disgusting repetition of treason and murder.”
Source: The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire 1: 180-395
“Such was the unhappy condition of the Roman emperors, that, whatever might be their conduct, their fate was commonly the same. A life of pleasure or virtue, of severity or mildness, of indolence or glory, alike led to an untimely grave; and almost every reign is closed by the same disgusting repetition of treason and murder.”
Source: The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire
“Such was the will of the Father that his Son, blessed and glorious, whom he gave to us, and who was born for us, should by his own blood, sacrifice, and oblation, offer himself on the altar of the cross, not for himself, by whom "all things were made," but for our sins, leaving us an example that we should follow his steps.”
Source: Writings of Saint Francis of Assisi
“Such waste could be deadly.”
Source: The Strange Land
“Such were my wild words, for madness had mastered my judgement and gained complete control.”
Source: The Aeneid
“Such were our minor preparations for the journey, but above all we laid in an ample stock of good-humour, and a genuine disposition to be pleased; determining to travel in true contrabandista style; taking things as we found them, rough or smooth, and mingling with all classes and conditions in a kind of vagabond companionship. It is the true way to travel in Spain.”
Source: Tales of the Alhambra
“Such were the cruel terms upon which their life was possible, that they might never have nor expect a single instant's respite from worry, a single instant in which they were not haunted by the thought of money.”
Source: The Jungle
“Such widely different things as war and picnics will surely show a man up.”
“Such will be a great lesson of peace: teaching men that what they cannot take by an election, neither can they take it by war.”
Source: Lincoln on War
“Such words as "society" and "community" are likely to be misleading, for they have a tendency to make us think there is a single thing corresponding to the single word.”
Source: Democracy And Education
“Such words as 'God' and 'Death' and 'Suffering' and 'Eternity' are best forgotten. We have to become as simple and as wordless as the growing corn or the falling rain. We must just be.”
Source: Etty: The Letters and Diaries of Etty Hillesum, 1941-1943
“Such words as amen, hallelujah, glory and others of like sacred association are repeated endlessly and meaninglessly in the apparent belief that they have in them some strange power for good. This can be no more than high-grade magic. It will pay us to search our own hearts thoroughly to discover just why we use these words.”
“Such wounds to the heart will probably never heal. But we cannot simply sit and stare at our wounds forever.”
Source: 1Q84
“Such young men are often awkward, ungainly, and not yet formed in their gait; they straggle with their limbs, and are shy; words do not come to them with ease, when words are required, among any but their accustomed associates. Social meetings are periods of penance to them, and any appearance in public will unnerve them. They go much about alone, and blush when women speak to them. In truth, they are not as yet men, whatever the number may be of their years; and, as they are no longer boys, the world has found for them the ungraceful name of hobbledehoy.”
Source: Anthony Trollope: The Chronicles of Barsetshire & The Palliser Novels (Unabridged): The Warden + The Barchester Towers + Doctor Thorne + Framley Parsonage + The Small House at Allington + The Last Chronicle of Barset + Can You Forgive Her? + The Prime Minister + Eustace Diamonds...
“Such, Echecrates, was the end of our comrade, who was, we may fairly say, of all those whom we knew in our time, the bravest and also the wisest and most upright man.”
“Such, indeed, is the policy of civil war: severely to remember injuries, and to forget the most important services. Revenge is profitable, gratitude is expensive.”
Source: The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire
“Such, Polly, are your sex - part truth, part fiction; - Some thought, much whim and all a contradiction.”
Source: The Poetical Works of Richard Savage: Collated with the Best Editions:
“Such, such were the joys
When we all, girls and boys,
In our youth time were seen
On the Echoing Green.”
Source: Collected Poems
“Suchness is neither that which is existence, nor that which is nonexistence, nor that which is at once existence and nonexistence, nor that which is not at once existence and nonexistence.”
“Sucht nur die Menschen zu verwirren, Sie zu befriedigen ist schwer.”
“Suck it.”
Source: The Man Within
“Suck It Up... All Extraordinary People Sacrificed Much ...And Suffered Before Developing Exceptional Strength.”
“Suck it up. This is the life you chose for yourself, so buck up and deal.”
“Suck me, Rachel. Put those sticky lips around my cock and suck it good.”
Source: Edible
“Suck monkey balls?" (87%)”
Source: Revived
“Suck my book!" -Paul Sheldon”
“Suck my book!" -Paul Sheldon, Misery”
“Suck on this, Edward.”
Source: Black Dog and Rebel Rose
“Suckas on my jock when I walk down the block,
I really don't care if you're jealous or not.”
“Sucker Punch' is a big girl power movie.”
“Suckers have no business with money anyway.”
“Suckers think that you cure greed with money, addiction with substances, expert problems with experts, banking with bankers, economics with economists, and debt crises with debt spending”
Source: The Bed of Procrustes: Philosophical and Practical Aphorisms
“Suckers try to win arguments, nonsuckers try to win.”
Source: Incerto 4-Book Bundle: Fooled by Randomness The Black Swan The Bed of Procrustes Antifragile
“Sucking at something is the first step towards being sorta good at something.”
“Sucking can be epic and important when it comes to sex, love, marriage, work, birth, death. That means that learning to accept sucking when the stakes are low will ultimately help us when we suck at the big stuff.”
Source: It's Great to Suck at Something: The Unexpected Joy of Wiping Out and What It Can Teach Us About Patience, Resilience, and the Stuff that Really Matters
“Sucking in air, Heather said, “Fluffy—Mrs. Allen’s ferocious dog—chased me all the way down Pine Street trying to tear me to shreds with his razor fangs. I barely got away.”
Scarlet scrunched her face. “Isn’t Fluffy a Chihuahua?”
Still panting, Heather said, “Yes. A demon-possessed, human-eating Chihuahua.”
Source: Anew
“Sucking the marrow out of life doesn't mean choking on the bone.”
“Sucking your thumb without a blanket is like eating a cone without ice cream!”
“Suckle was the first West Indian DJ and he had this fantastic source of music.”
“Sucks to be left out of adolescence, sort of like getting locked in the closet on Venus when the sun appears for the first time in a hundred years.”
Source: The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao
“Sucks to be you.' There's no menance in my voice. She shrugs.
'So why are you here?'
'Because it sucks to be me, too.'
Because it sucks less when we're together even though I should hate you.”
Source: Pretty Reckless
“Sucumbí / ante tu canto ultramarino. / Me entonaste / proezas oceánicas / y nos bebimos los jugos / de nuestras caracolas. / Cuando alcanzamos salado hadal, / muda quedé / como los peces.”
Source: Elixires de Exilio
“Sudah kubilang. Dendam tidak pernah padam bukan?”
Source: Alias
“sudah kuputuskan aku takkan menyerah. sekali mengambil langkah, pantang surut ke belakang”
Source: Matahari Mata Hati
“Sudah menelepon ibu hari ini?”
“Sudah pernah seorang pengarang buku di Amerika meramalkan, bahwa kalau satu negara seperti Amerika mau menguasai samudra dan dunia, dia mesti rebut Indonesia lebih dahulu buat sendi kekuasaan.”
Source: Madilog
“Sudah tentu seorang pengarang atau penulis manapun juga dan berapapun juga adalah murid dari pemikir lain dari dalam masyarakatnya sendiri atau masyarakat lain. Sedikitnya ia dipengaruhi oleh guru, kawan sepaham, bahkan oleh musuhnya sendiri.”
Source: Madilog