V Quotes
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“Verily I say unto you, he that heareth my word and believeth on Him that sent me, hath everlasting life, and shall not come into condemnation, but is passed from death unto life." My friend, that is worth more than all the feeling you can have in a life-time.”
Source: God's Good News
“Verily, I swear, 'tis better to be lowly born, and range with humble livers in content, than to be perk'd up in a glistering grief, and wear a golden sorrow.”
Source: Henry viii
“Verily if with mine own eyes I had seen a priest of God, or any of those who wear the monastic garb, sinning, I would spread my cloak and hide him, that he might not be seen of any.”
Source: The statesman's book of John of Salisbury: being the fourth, fifth, and sixth books, and selections from the seventh and eighth books, of the Policraticus
“Verily, knowledge is a lock and its key is the question.”
“Verily the kindness that gazes upon itself in a mirror turns to stone, and a good deed that calls itself by tender names becomes the parent to a curse.”
Source: Kahlil Gibran: Masterpieces
“Verily the lust for comfort murders the passion of the soul, and then walks grinning in the funeral.”
Source: The Prophet - Der Prophet
“Verily, the vilest creatures in the sight of God are those who are bent on denying the truth and therefore do not believe.”
“Verily, there is no dishonor in death at the hands of a far superior enemy.”
Source: Veterans of the Psychic Wars
“Verily we are from God, and to Him shall we return!”
“Verily, when one strikes and another strikes back, it is not violence, but the universe’s clumsy attempt at creating a matching set. For the Beloved delights in symmetry, and if your neighbor throws a particularly pungent fish at your head, the only true path to union is to find a slightly larger, more fragrant fish, and return the cosmic blessing. Only then, my friend, is the ledger balanced, and the true dance of the carp begins.”
“Verily, when one strikes and another strikes back, it is not violence, but the universe’s clumsy attempt at creating a matching set. For the God delights in symmetry, and if your neighbor throws a particularly pungent fish at your head, the only true path to union is to find a slightly larger, more fragrant fish, and return the cosmic blessing. Only then, my friend, is the ledger balanced, and the true dance of the carp begins.”
“Verily you are suspended like scales between your sorrow and your joy. Only when you are empty are you at standstill and balanced.”
Source: The Prophet
“Verily, a man should not cling to those who have passed, for he will likely neglect service to the living.”
“Verily, a man without fear is either dead or happy to die.”
“Verily, a polluted stream is man. One must actually be a sea to take in a polluted stream without becoming impure. Behold, I teach you the superman: he is the this sea, in him can your great contempt go under.”
“Verily, affluence brings anxiety!”
Source: Plain Anne Ellis: More about the Life of an Ordinary Woman
“Verily, God hath eighteen thousand worlds; and verily, your world is one of them, and this its bright axle-tree.”
Source: The Ringed Castle
“Verily, God is Compassionate and is fond of compassion, and He gives to the compassionate what He does not give to the harsh.”
“Verily, great grace may go with a little gift; and precious are all things that come from friends.”
Source: A Translation of the Idylls of Theocritus
“Verily, I constantly renew my Islam until this very day, as up to now, I do not consider myself to have ever been a good Muslim.”
“Verily, I do not like them, the merciful who feel blessed in their pity: they are lacking too much in shame. If I must pity, at least I do not want it known; and if I do pity, it is preferably from a distance.”
Source: The Portable Nietzsche
“Verily, I do not want to be like the ropemakers: They drag out their threads and always walk backwards.”
Source: The Portable Nietzsche
“Verily, I say unto you, that the wisdom of man, in his fallen state, knoweth not the purposes and the privileges of my hold priesthood, but ye shall know when ye receive a fullness by reason of the anointing: For it is my will, that in time, ye should take unto you wives of the Lamanites and Nephites, that their posterity may become white, delightsome and just, for even now their females are more virtuous then the gentiles.”
“Verily, I swear, it is better to be lowly born, and range with humble livers in content, than to be perked up in a glistering grief, and wear a golden sorrow.”
Source: King Henry VIII: Third Series
“Verily, men do foolish things thoughtlessly, knowing not why; but no woman doeth aught without a reason.”
“Verily, the index finger that testifies to the oneness of Allah Azzawajal in prayer, utterly rejects to write even an alphabet, endorsing the rule of the tyrant”
“Verily, the word of Allah teaches us, and we implicitly believe it, that for a Muslim to kill a Jew, or for him to be killed by a Jew, ensures him immediate entry into Heaven and into the august presence of Allah.”
“Verily, there is nothing, right or wrong, which belief, plus burning desire, cannot make real.”
“Verily, verily, I say unto you, The servant is not greater than his lord; neither he that is sent greater than he that sent him.”
“Verily, we know not what an evil it is to indulge ourselves, and to make an idol of our will.”
Source: Religious Letters
“Veris gave a low chuckle as they stepped into the building. He took off his glasses and put them in his breast pocket. "I've always said women were stronger, when it came to pure courage, haven't I?" he said to Brody.
Brody stabbed at the top elevator button. "There's a reason we have a queen and not a king.”
Source: Kiss Across Time
“VERISIMILITUDE (the appearance or semblance of truth)”
“Veritas est pons, pons est veritas.”
Source: Kral Fakir: When Calls The Kainat
“Verkligheten är bara en återspegling av våra egna avsikter, fördomar, förmåga och önskningar.”
Source: Mission Reality
“Verla says that no one thinks of himself as a villain. Even the nastiest person thinks that he is in the right.”
“Verla says that nobody thinks of himself as a villain. Even the nastiest person thinks that he is in the right.”
Source: The Wild Girls
“Verlaine – “You sound like you’re certain he’s human.”
Dazai – “I am. There’s no way I could hate a man-made character string this much.”
Source: 文豪ストレイドッグス ＳＴＯＲＭ ＢＲＩＮＧＥＲ [Bungō Stray Dogs: Storm Bringer]
“Verliebtheiten werden maßlos überschätzt. Verliebtheiten bestehen zu fünfundvierzig Prozent aus der Furcht davor, nicht akzeptiert zu werden, zu fünfundvierzig Prozent aus der manischen Hoffnung, dass diese Furcht ausgerechnet diesmal beschämt wird, und zu bescheidenen zehn Prozent aus dem zerbrechlichen Gefühl für die Möglichkeit der Liebe.”
Source: Smilla's Sense of Snow
“Verliefd zijn is altijd al de mooiste ziekte ter wereld geweest.”
“Verliefdheid rust op het roekeloze besluit om verliefd te worden. Met zijn besluit had Simon de kwelling over zichzelf afgeroepen. De kwelling was masochistisch en theatraal. Het was gezocht ongeluk, zelfgeschapen wanhoop, ijdele parodie. Allemaal waar. Maar wat het ook mocht zijn, de kwelling werd er niet minder om.”
Source: Vals licht
“Verliefdheid rust op het roekeloze besluit verliefd te worden. Met zijn besluit had Simon de kwelling over zichzelf afgeroepen. De kwelling was masochistisch en theatraal. Het was gezocht ongeluk, zelfgeschapen wanhoop, ijdele parodie. Allemaal waar. Maar wat het ook mocht zijn, de kwelling werd er niet minder om.”
Source: Vals licht
“Verliefdheid rust op het roekeloze besluit verliefd te worden. Met zijn besluit had Simon de kwelling over zichzelf afgeroepen. De welling was masochistisch en theatraal. Het was gezocht ongeluk, zelfgeschapen wanhoop, ijdele parodie. Allemaal waar. Maar wat het ook mocht zijn, de kwelling werd er niet minder op.”
Source: Vals licht
“verligen-Szene
Êrec was biderbe unde guot,
ritterlîche stuont sîn muot
ê er wîp genaeme
und hin heim kaeme:
nû sô er heim komen ist,
dô kêrte er allen sînen list
an vrouwen Ênîten minne.
sich vlizzen sîne sinne
wie er alle sîne sache
wante zuo gemache.
sîn site er wandeln began.
als er nie würde der man,
alsô vertreip er den tac.
des morgens er nider lac,
daz er sîn wîp trûte
unz daz man messe lûte.
sô stuonden si ûf gelîche
vil unmüezeclîche.
ze handen si sich viengen,
zer kappeln si giengen:
dâ was ir tweln alsô lanc
unz daz man messe gesanc.
diz was sîn meistiu arbeit:
sô was der imbîz bereit.
swie schiere man die tische ûf zôch,
mit sînem wîbe er dô vlôch
ze bette von den liuten.
dâ huop sich aber triuten.
von danne enkam er aber nie
unz er ze naht ze tische gie.
(Erec war rechtschaffen und gut, sein Geist war ritterlich gewesen, bevor er eine Frau genommen hatte und nach Hause zurückgekehrt war. Nachdem er jetzt zu Hause ist, wendete er alle seine Gedanken an die Liebe Enites. Sein Verstand richtete sich nur darauf, wie er alles zu seiner Bequemlichkeit einrichten könne. Er änderte seine Gewohnheiten. Als sei er nie ein Mann geworden, so vertrieb er den Tag. Morgens legte er sich nieder, um seine Frau zu lieben, bis man zur Messe läutete. Dann standen sie beide eilig auf. Sie nahmen sich bei der Hand und gingen zur Kapelle; dort blieben sie gerade so lange wie man die Messe sang. Das war seine größte Mühe; dann war schon das Essen fertig. Sobald man die Tische hochgezogen hatte, eilte er mit seiner Frau von den Leuten weg ins Bett. Da ging die Liebe von neuem an. Von dort kam er nicht mehr weg, bis er zum Abendessen ging.)”
Source: Erec
“Verlo en el reflejo le causó cierto escalofrío, su rostro le recordaba a alguien del pasado que había querido olvidar todo este tiempo.”
Source: Así Habló la Culpa
“Vermeer's woman reading a letter is as full of latent or subliminal kitsch as Tolstoy's War and Peace.”
“Vermeulen schraapt de laatste kapucijners van zijn bord en merkt ineens dat er aan de andere kant van het eethuis, achter een tafel naast de ingang, onafgebroken een jongen naar hem zit te staren. Een bekend gezicht heeft die knaap. Blootshoofd, met zijn handen naast zijn bord kijkt hij maar en kijkt, zonder zijn ogen af te wenden. Erg jong is hij nog, een jaar of zestien, zeventien - een schooljongen, als hij tenminste op school zit. Aan zijn kleding te zien heeft hij het thuis niet breed. Het is het soort jongen dat je in de stad bestellingen rond ziet brengen of als hulpje met een timmerman of schoorsteenveger mee ziet lopen. Al heeft hij geen dom of volks gezicht, eerder kwetsbaar en gevoelig. En prachtige, donkere schroei-ogen.
Waar ken ik die jongen toch van? denkt hij. In de Universiteitsbibliotheek zal ik hem niet tegengekomen zijn. Misschien kwam hij ook vaak muziek luisteren achter de hagen rond de Concertgebouwtuin. Ja, dat is het. Die jongen is een 'hek-abonnee', net als ikzelf vóór ik aan 'De Tijd' kwam.”
Source: Het grote zwijgen
“Vermilion alone could render the brilliant red of the tiles on the opposite slope. The orange of the soil, the harsh crude colors of the walls and greenery, the ultramarine and cobalt of the sky achieved an extreme harmony that was sensually and musically ordered.”
“Vermogend of arm, hartelijkheid kost geen cent.”
Source: Halt Brasil Zusterlief: De dromen van een gringo
“Vermont breweries are symbols of everything that’s right and good about a free local economy, where neighbors make things for neighbors - and so they actually bother to give them some taste, body, and character.”
Source: Radio Free Vermont: A Fable of Resistance
“Vermont is a country unto itself.”