Chestnuts Quotes - Page 3

• ¿Crees que un pequeño estruendo puede amedrentar mis oídos? ¿No he oído rugir a los leones? ¿No he oído al mar, hinchado por los vientos, enfurecerse como un jabalí enfurecido por el sudor? ¿No he oído en el campo grandes ordenanzas, y en los cielos tronar la artillería del cielo? ¿No he oído, en una batalla campal, estruendosos 'larums, relinchos de corceles y tañidos de trompetas? ¿Y me hablas de la lengua de una mujer, que no da ni la mitad de un gran golpe al oírla que una castaña en el fuego de un granjero? Tush! Tush! Teme a los chicos con bichos. Grumio: Porque el no teme a ninguno.

  William Shakespeare

  Thinking, Blow, Boys

  William Shakespeare (2016). “The Taming of the Shrew”, p.33, Penguin

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• Where is he? Bridgerton!" he bellowed. Three chestnut heads swiveled in his direction. Simon stomped across the grass, murder in his eyes. "I meant the idiot Bridgerton." "That, I believe," Anthony said mildly, tilting his chin toward Colin, "would refer to you.

  Julia Quinn

  Believe, Eye, Three

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• The Jews believed Jerusalem to be the centre. I have seen a kratometric chart designed to show that the city of Philadelphia was in the same thermic belt, and, by inference, in the same belt of empire, as the cities of Athens, Rome, and London. It was drawn by a patriotic Philadelphian, and was examined with pleasure, under his showing, by the inhabitants of Chestnut Street. But, when carried to Charleston, to New Orleans, and to Boston, it somehow failed to convince the ingenious scholars of all those capitals.

  Ralph Waldo Emerson

  Patriotic, Boston, Cities

  Ralph Waldo Emerson (2000). “Selected Writings of Ralph Waldo Emerson: (A Modern Library E-Book)”, p.599, Modern Library

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• There's an old chestnut that asks whether an entrepreneur is born or made and I think it's a combination of both. You need the talent; without the talent you can't do it.

  Theo Paphitis

  Thinking, Entrepreneur, Needs

  Source: katerussell.co.uk

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• Piensa en las islas que llevan los nombres de todos los santos, erizadas de fortalezas como castaños o Equinidæ, y sin embargo la policía no permite que un par de irlandeses tengan una pelea privada de sparring en una de ellas, ya que es un monopolio del gobierno; todos los grandes puertos marítimos están en actitud de boxeo, y debes navegar prudentemente entre dos hileras de nudillos de piedra antes de llegar a sentir el calor de sus pechos.

  Henry David Thoreau

  Couple, Attitude, Sea

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• I once painted a concert singer and on the chestnut frame I carved the opening bars of Mendelssohn's Rest in the Lord. It was ornamental unobtrusive and to musicians I think it emphasized the expression of the face and pose of the figure.

  Thomas Eakins

  Thinking, Expression, Musician

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• Under the spreading chestnut tree The village smithy stands; The smith, a mighty man is he, With large and sinewy hands; And the muscles of his brawny arms Are strong as iron bands. . . . He earns whate'er he can, And looks the whole world in the face, For he owes not any man. . . . Toiling,-rejoicing,-sorrowing, Onward through life he goes; Each morning sees some task begin, Each evening sees it close; Something attempted, something done, Has earned a night's repose.

  Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

  Life, Strong, Morning

  "El herrero del pueblo" nº 7 (1839)

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• On my cornice linger the ripe black grapes ungathered;
  Children fill the groves with the echoes of their glee,
  Gathering tawny chestnuts, and shouting when beside them
  Drops the heavy fruit of the tall black-walnut tree.

  William C. Bryant

  Children, Echoes, Tree

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• No pude evitar pensar que la bala que había alcanzado al alazán [caballo] había pasado sin duda a menos de 30 centímetros de mi cabeza. En cualquier caso, había estado "bajo fuego". Ya era algo.

  Winston Churchill

  Horse, Adversity, Fire

  Winston Churchill (2010). “My Early Life: 1874-1904”, p.96, Simon and Schuster

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• When the boys come into my yard for leave to gather horse-chestnuts, I own I enter into nature's game, and affect to grant the permission reluctantly, fearing that any moment they will find out the imposture of that showy chaff. But this tenderness is quite unnecessary; the enchantments are laid on very thick. Their young life is thatched with them. Bare and grim to tears is the lot of the children in the hovel I saw yesterday; yet not the less they hang it round with frippery romance, like the children of the happiest fortune.

  Ralph Waldo Emerson

  Horse, Children, Boys

  Ralph Waldo Emerson (2013). “Delphi Complete Works of Ralph Waldo Emerson (Illustrated)”, p.2389, Delphi Classics

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