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The more beautiful the flower is, the more does one offend God in despising it, The tulip is the most beautiful of all flowers, Therefore, he who despises the tulip offends God beyond measure". (p. 46, The Black Tulip) The city of Haarlem has offered a prize of 100,000 francs to whoever can grow a black tulip. At stake was not only the prize ...
"for the prettiest one", "to the most beautiful" From the myth of the Golden Apple of Discord. Diagoras of Rhodes carried in the stadium by his two sons Κάτθανε, Διαγόρα, οὐ καὶ ἐς Ὄλυμπον ἀναβήσῃ Kátthane, Diagóra, ou kaì es Ólumpon anabḗsēi. "Die, Diagoras — you will certainly not ascend Olympus."
Books say: she did this because. Life says: she did this. Books are where things are explained to you; life is where things aren’t. I’m not surprised some people prefer books. Books make sense of life. The only problem is that the lives they make sense of are other people’s lives, never your own. ”
If you need a reminder of how stunning you really are, these beauty quotes will do the trick. The post 40 Beauty Quotes That Celebrate the Truly Beautiful appeared first on Reader's Digest.
1 Corinthians 13:4-6 "Love is patient and kind; love does not envy or boast; it is not arrogant or rude. It does not insist on its own way; it is not irritable or resentful; it does not rejoice at ...
Sappho 16 is a fragment of a poem by the archaic Greek lyric poet Sappho. [a] It is from Book I of the Alexandrian edition of Sappho's poetry, and is known from a second-century papyrus discovered at Oxyrhynchus in Egypt at the beginning of the twentieth century.
These life quotes from the past 100 years continue to endure. The post 111 of the Most Powerful Quotes About Life appeared first on Reader's Digest.
The resulting list of "100 novels that shaped our world", [1] called the "100 Most Inspiring Novels" by BBC News, [2] was published by the BBC to kick off a year of celebrating literature. [2] [3] The list triggered comments from critics and other news agencies.