Actions

Famous quotes containing the word actions:

“Virtue is relative to the actions and ages of each of us in all that we do.”
—Plato (c. 427–347 B.C.)

“Only the actions of the just
Smell sweet and blossom in their dust.”
—James Shirley (1596–1666)

“It has lately been drawn to your correspondent’s attention that, at social gatherings, she is not the human magnet she would be. Indeed, it turns out that as a source of entertainment, conviviality, and good fun, she ranks somewhere between a sprig of parsley and a single ice- skate. It would appear, from the actions of the assembled guests, that she is about as hot company as a night nurse.”
—Dorothy Parker (1893–1967)