Famous quotes containing the words roman, friend, give and/or reason:
“Plato is philosophy, and philosophy, Plato,at once the glory and the shame of mankind, since neither Saxon nor Roman have availed to add any idea to his categories.”
—Ralph Waldo Emerson (18031882)
“We never exchange more than three words with a Friend in our lives on that level to which our thoughts and feelings almost habitually rise.”
—Henry David Thoreau (18171862)
“I tell you, on the day of judgment you will have to give an account for every careless word you utter; for by your words you will be justified, and by your words you will be condemned.”
—Bible: New Testament, Matthew 12:36,37.
“The hour when you say, What does my reason matter? Does it crave knowledge as a lion craves its food? It is poverty and filth, and a wretched complacency!”
—Friedrich Nietzsche (18441900)