Grandeur Quotes

• Hay grandeza en esta visión de la vida, con sus diversos poderes, habiendo sido originalmente insuflada en unas pocas formas o en una sola; y que, mientras este planeta ha ido pedaleando de acuerdo con la ley fija de la gravedad, a partir de un principio tan simple se han desarrollado, y se están desarrollando, infinitas formas de las más bellas y maravillosas.

  Charles Darwin

  Bonito, Sencillo, Ciclismo

  Sobre el origen de las especies cap. 14 (1859)

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• A man must dream a long time in order to act with grandeur, and dreaming is nursed in darkness.

  Jean Genet

  Dream, Men, Order

  Jean Genet (1994). “Miracle of the Rose”, p.19, Grove/Atlantic, Inc.

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• Yo no era más que otro adolescente de pelo largo con visiones de grandeza, que rasgueaba una raqueta de tenis o una escoba frente al espejo de su habitación.

  Jon Bon Jovi

  Teenage, Kids, Mirrors

  "Retrato del artista: Jon Bon Jovi, músico". Entrevista con Laura Barnett, www.theguardian.com. 1 de noviembre de 2010.

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• Porque si hay un pecado contra la vida, quizá no consista tanto en desesperar de la vida como en esperar otra vida y eludir la implacable grandeza de ésta.

  Albert Camus

  Vida, Éxito, Humor

  Albert Camus (2012). "El mito de Sísifo: And Other Essays", p.153, Vintage

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• Architects of grandeur are often the master builders of disillusionment.

  Bryant H. McGill

  Literature, Architecture, Masters

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• Las formas más bellas y maravillosas han evolucionado y siguen evolucionando.

  Charles Darwin

  Hermoso, Origen De La Vida, Teoría De La Evolución

  Sobre el origen de las especies cap. 14 (1859)

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• Among these temples there is one which far surpasses all the rest, whose grandeur of architectural details no human tongue is able to describe; for within its precincts, surrounded by a lofty wall, there is room enough for a town of five hundred families.

  Hernando Cortés

  Wall, Details, Able

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• Grandeur and beauty are so very opposite, that you often diminish the one as you increase the other. Variety is most akin to the latter, simplicity to the former.

  William Shenstone

  Beauty, Opposites, Simplicity

  William Shenstone (1868). “Essays on men and manners”, p.150

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• May I say, finally, that I have no illusions of grandeur; quite to the contrary, I am very humble in my knowledge that through forty years of my life my life has been an open book of service to my fellow architects and for the public good.

  Ralph Thomas Walker

  Book, Humble, Illusions Of Grandeur

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• Alas! if the principles of contentment are not within us, the height of station and worldly grandeur will as soon add a cubit to a man's stature as to his happiness.

  Laurence Sterne

  Men, Principles, Add

  Laurence Sterne (1811). “The Beauties of Sterne: With Some Account of His Life”, p.240

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• Books are to be distinguished by the grandeur of their topics even more than by the manner in which they are treated.

  Henry David Thoreau

  Book, Topics, Distinguished

  Henry David Thoreau (2013). “Delphi Complete Works of Henry David Thoreau (Illustrated)”, p.113, Delphi Classics

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• Los delirios de grandeza me hacen sentir mucho mejor conmigo mismo.

  Jane Wagner

  Funny, Illusions Of Grandeur, Delusions Of Grandeur

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• Calvo como las cumbres de las montañas, con una calvicie llena de grandeza.

  Matthew Arnold

  Hiking, Mountain, Baldness

  Wordsworth' en 'Essays in Criticism' Second Series (1888)

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• Infeliz es aquella Grandeza que nos hace demasiado grandes para ser buenos; y aquel Ingenio que nos aleja de la verdadera Sabiduría.

  Mary Astell

  Distance, Unhappy, Wit

  Mary Astell, Patricia Springborg (1996). "Astell: Political Writings", p.34, Cambridge University Press

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• Any ideal system is its own worst enemy, and as soon as you start to implement these visions of grandeur, they just fall apart and turn into a complete tyranny.

  Ben Nicholson

  Fall, Worst Enemy, Tyrants

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• The grandeur and strength or our people and democracy are as big as a forest.

  Chen Shui-bian

  People, Democracy, Prejudice

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• I want to run for the Senate from Tennessee. Not now, but when I'm 50, when music dies down a little bit. I know lots of artists and actors have those delusions of grandeur, but ever since I was a kid, it's been of interest to me.

  Tim McGraw

  Running, Kids, Artist

  "The Clinton Of Country". Interview with Josh Tyrangiel, content.time.com. September 13, 2004.

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• The Dark Side of the Moon es un buen álbum con una riqueza textural y conceptual que no sólo invita, sino que exige implicación. Hay cierta grandeza.

  Alan Parsons

  Oscuridad, Luna, Lados

  Biografía/Citas personales, www.imdb.com.

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• In my opinion, most of the great men of the past were only there for the beer - the wealth, prestige and grandeur that went with the power.

  A. J. P. Taylor

  Beer, Men, Power

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• Sólo las grandes almas conocen la grandeza que hay en la caridad.

  Jacques-Benigne Bossuet

  Amor, Corazón, Alma

  "Quote Unquote : A Handbook of Quotations" by M. P. Singh, (p. 96), 2007.

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• The only consistent hobby I've had is studying Spanish and French because of some delusion of grandeur to work around the world. I love sports but usually I'm looking for the next job.

  William Sanderson

  Sports, Jobs, Hobbies

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• Las tragedias reales de la vida no guardan ninguna relación con las ideas preconcebidas. En realidad, uno siempre se siente desconcertado por su simplicidad, su grandeza de diseño y por ese elemento de lo extraño que parece inherente a ellas.

  Jean Cocteau

  Vida, Arte, Filosofía

  Jean Cocteau (1957). "Los santos terrores", p.170, New Directions Publishing

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• Hay acentos en los ojos que no están en la lengua, y de los labios pálidos salen más cuentos de los que pueden entrar en un oído. Es tanto la grandeza como el dolor de los estados de ánimo más remotos que evitan el camino del sonido.

  Thomas Hardy

  Pain, Eye, Lips

  Thomas Hardy (2013). “Delphi Complete Works of Thomas Hardy (Illustrated)”, p.1070, Delphi Classics

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• The world is charged with the grandeur of God. It will flame out like shining from shook foil? Generations have trod, have trod, have trod; And all is seared with trade; bleared, smeared with toil; And wearsman'ssmudgeand sharesman'ssmell: thesoil Is bare now, nor can foot feel, being shod.

  Gerard Manley Hopkins

  Flames, Feet, Shining

  'God's Grandeur' (written 1877)

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• Continuous eloquence wearies. Grandeur must be abandoned to be appreciated. Continuity in everything is unpleasant. Cold is agreeable, that we may get warm.

  Blaise Pascal

  May, Cold, Appreciated

  Blaise Pascal, W. F. Trotter, T. S. Eliot (2003). “Pensees”, p.98, Courier Corporation

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