Famous quotes containing the words french, open, mixed and/or doubles:
“It was not reason that besieged Troy; it was not reason that sent forth the Saracen from the desert to conquer the world; that inspired the crusades; that instituted the monastic orders; it was not reason that produced the Jesuits; above all, it was not reason that created the French Revolution. Man is only great when he acts from the passions; never irresistible but when he appeals to the imagination.”
—Benjamin Disraeli (18041881)
“But let me open up my heart to you completely, my friends: if there were gods, how could I bear not being a god! Hence, there are no gods. I drew this conclusion, to be surebut now it draws me.”
—Friedrich Nietzsche (18441900)
“Where might is mixed with wit, there is too good an accord in a government.”
—Elizabeth I (15331603)
“For the poison of hatred seated near the heart doubles the burden for the one who suffers the disease; he is burdened with his own sorrow, and groans on seeing anothers happiness.”
—Aeschylus (525456 B.C.)