Proverbs, aphorisms, quotations (English) | by Linux fortune |
I remember once being on a station platform in Cleveland at four in the morning. A black porter was carrying my bags, and as we were waiting for the train to come in, he said to me: "Excuse me, Mr. Cooke, I don't want to invade your privacy, but I have a bet with a friend of mine. Who composed the opening theme music of 'Omnibus'? My friend said Virgil Thomson." I asked him, "What do you say?" He replied, "I say Aaron Copeland." I said, "You're right." The porter said, "I knew Thomson doesn't write counterpoint that way." I told that to a network president, and he was deeply unimpressed. -- Alistair Cooke | |
A snake lurks in the grass. -- Publius Vergilius Maro (Virgil) | |
If I cannot bend Heaven, I shall move Hell. -- Publius Vergilius Maro (Virgil) | |
Whatever it is, I fear Greeks even when they bring gifts. -- Publius Vergilius Maro (Virgil) | |
Each of us bears his own Hell. -- Publius Vergilius Maro (Virgil) | |
To have died once is enough. -- Publius Vergilius Maro (Virgil) | |
Perhaps the remembrance of these things will prove a source of future pleasure. -- Virgil | |
Love conquers all things; let us too surrender to love. -- Publius Vergilius Maro (Virgil) |