“Noble acts and momentous events happen in the same way and produce the same impression as the ordinary facts.” WayFactsHappensEventsProduceOrdinaryNobleImpression Author:Roberto Rossellini
“Always underdress. The goal is not to look as if you made an effort for the particular event. If you can dress for a different party (i.e., wear black tie to a cocktail party, or tennis clothes for lunch), so much the better. You give the impression of being much in demand.” IfsGivingLooksMadeDifferentGoalBlackPartyEffortEventsParticularDemandClothesDressesImpressionTiesTennisLunchCocktailsCocktail PartiesBlack Tie Author:Lisa Birnbach
“[The] events by which the fate of nations is not materially changed, leave a faint impression on the page of history, and the patience of the reader would be exhausted by the repetition of the same hostilities [between Rome and Persia], undertaken without cause, prosecuted without glory, and terminated without effect.” Would BeNationsCausesFateEffectsEventsChangedReaderPagesGloryImpressionRomeExhaustedRepetitionHostilityPersia Book:The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire (Edited and Abridged): Abridged Edition Source: The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire (Edited and Abridged): Abridged Edition
“In the beginning, passion and pain were not created together with the body; nor forgetfulness and ignorance together with the soul; nor the ever-changing impressions in the shape of events with the mind. All these things were brought about in man by his disobedience.” MenMindSoulGodBodyTruthPainTogetherPassionEventsIgnoranceShapesImpressionDisobedienceForgetfulness Author:Maximus the Confessor