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Feast Quotes

I approached the idea of college with the expectation of taking part in an intellectual feast.... In college, in some way that I devoutly believed in but could not explain, I expected to become a person Picture Quote #1

I had been invited to speak after the lunch. But I did not go to the table until the feast ended, as I never like to eat or talk before speaking Picture Quote #1

Contemporary societies have lost the sense of the feast but have kept the obscure drive for it Picture Quote #1

A wedding is a funeral which masquerades as a feast. And the greater the pageantry, the deeper the savagery Picture Quote #1

Parents do not, indeed, live by bread alone. We feast daily on banquets of our own words Picture Quote #1

Invite your friend to a feast, but leave your enemy alone; and especially invite the one who lives near you Picture Quote #1

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Ignorance and poverty are the best condiments for the great feast of the world, but the inexperienced and poor are never invited to it Picture Quote #1

The customer is the immediate jewel of our souls. Him we flatter, him we feast, compliment, vote for, and will not contradict Picture Quote #1

Once, if I remember well, my life was a feast where all hearts opened and all wines flowed Picture Quote #1

Don’t get up from the feast of life without paying for your share of it Picture Quote #1

Christmas it seems to me is a necessary festival; we require a season when we can regret all the flaws in our human relationships: it is the feast of failure, sad but consoling Picture Quote #1

God made you to love him supremely, but he lost you. He returned to get you back, but it took the cross to do it. He absorbed your darkness so that one day you can finally and dazzlingly become your true self and take your seat at his eternal feast Picture Quote #1

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Other people are joyous, like on the feast of the ox, like on the way up to the terrace in the spring. I alone am inert, giving no sign, like a newborn baby who has not learned to smile Picture Quote #1

Imagination has the right to feast in the shade of the tree that it turns into a forest Picture Quote #1

Moderation is a fatal thing. Enough is as bad as a meal. More than enough is as good as a feast Picture Quote #1

He comes as a guest to the feast of existence, and knows that what matters is not how much he inherits but how he behaves at the feast, and what people remember and love him for Picture Quote #1

A continual feast of commendation is only to be obtained by merit or by wealth: many are therefore obliged to content themselves with single morsels, and recompense the infrequency of their enjoyment by excess and riot, whenever fortune sets the banquet before them Picture Quote #1

A man who calls his kinsmen to a feast does not do so to save them from starving. They all have food in their own homes. When we gather together in the moonlit village ground it is not because of the moon. Every man can see it in his own compound. We come together because it is good for kinsmen to do so Picture Quote #1

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If a friend of mine gave a feast, and did not invite me to it, I should not mind a bit. but if a friend of mine had a sorrow and refused to allow me to share it, I should feel it most bitterly. If he shut the doors of the house of mourning against me, I would move back again and again and beg to be admitted so that I might share in what I was entitled to share. If he thought me unworthy, unfit to weep with him, I should feel it as the most poignant humiliation Picture Quote #1

Mysteries simply are a feast for an active mind. And while in my lifetime I’ve seen science make extraordinary inroads into solving the most complex questions of life, after all this time I admit that I am thrilled that there are some things that forever will remain a mystery. For example, do I wear a toupee? Picture Quote #1

If you had a table spread for a feast, and was making merry with your friends, you would think it was kind to let me come and sit down and rejoice with you, because you’d think I should to share those good things; but I should better to share in your trouble and your labour Picture Quote #1

Mon cher ami, let’s not give them any pretext, no matter how small, for judging us!!! Otherwise, we’ll be left in shreds. We are forced to take the same precautions as the animal trainer. If, before going into the cage, he has the misfortune to cut himself while shaving, what a feast for the wild animals!! Picture Quote #1

The silence of the spheres is the music of a wedding feast. The more we persist in misunderstanding the phenomena of life, the more we analyze them out into strange finalities and complex purposes of our own, the more we involve ourselves in sadness. But it does not matter much because no despair of ours can alter the reality of things, or stain the joy of the cosmic dance which is always there Picture Quote #1

Why shed tears that you must die? For if your past life has been one of enjoyment, and if all your pleasures have not passed through your mind, as through a sieve, and vanished, leaving not a rack behind, why then do you not, like a thankful guest, rise cheerfully from life’s feast, and with a quiet mind go take your rest Picture Quote #1

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Now you’re gone, and nobody says a word about your troubled and exalted life. Only my voice, like a flute, will mourn at your dumb funeral feast Picture Quote #1

Who letts his wife goe to every feast, and his horse drinke at every water, shall neither have good wife nor good horse Picture Quote #1

Swinish gluttony never looks to heaven amidst its gorgeous feast; but with besotted, base ingratitude, cravens and blasphemes his feeder Picture Quote #1

Some fiery fop, with new commission vain, who sleeps on brambles till he kills his man; some frolic drunkard, reeling from a feast, provokes a broil, and stabs you for a jest Picture Quote #1

I might have to drink the blood of animals to stay alive, but I would never feast on one of my own kind, no matter what Mr. Crepsley said, or hows much my belly growled Picture Quote #1

But I don’t think of the future, or the past, I feast on the moment. This is the secret of happiness, but only reached now in middle age Picture Quote #1

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I approached the idea of college with the expectation of taking part in an intellectual feast.... In college, in some way that I devoutly believed in but could not explain, I expected to become a person (Feast Quotes) I had been invited to speak after the lunch. But I did not go to the table until the feast ended, as I never like to eat or talk before speaking (Feast Quotes) Contemporary societies have lost the sense of the feast but have kept the obscure drive for it (Feast Quotes) A wedding is a funeral which masquerades as a feast. And the greater the pageantry, the deeper the savagery (Feast Quotes) Parents do not, indeed, live by bread alone. We feast daily on banquets of our own words (Feast Quotes) Invite your friend to a feast, but leave your enemy alone; and especially invite the one who lives near you (Feast Quotes) Ignorance and poverty are the best condiments for the great feast of the world, but the inexperienced and poor are never invited to it (Feast Quotes) The customer is the immediate jewel of our souls. Him we flatter, him we feast, compliment, vote for, and will not contradict (Feast Quotes) Once, if I remember well, my life was a feast where all hearts opened and all wines flowed (Feast Quotes) Don’t get up from the feast of life without paying for your share of it (Feast Quotes) Christmas it seems to me is a necessary festival; we require a season when we can regret all the flaws in our human relationships: it is the feast of failure, sad but consoling (Feast Quotes) God made you to love him supremely, but he lost you. He returned to get you back, but it took the cross to do it. He absorbed your darkness so that one day you can finally and dazzlingly become your true self and take your seat at his eternal feast (Feast Quotes) Other people are joyous, like on the feast of the ox, like on the way up to the terrace in the spring. I alone am inert, giving no sign, like a newborn baby who has not learned to smile (Feast Quotes) Imagination has the right to feast in the shade of the tree that it turns into a forest (Feast Quotes) Moderation is a fatal thing. Enough is as bad as a meal. More than enough is as good as a feast (Feast Quotes) He comes as a guest to the feast of existence, and knows that what matters is not how much he inherits but how he behaves at the feast, and what people remember and love him for (Feast Quotes) A continual feast of commendation is only to be obtained by merit or by wealth: many are therefore obliged to content themselves with single morsels, and recompense the infrequency of their enjoyment by excess and riot, whenever fortune sets the banquet before them (Feast Quotes) A man who calls his kinsmen to a feast does not do so to save them from starving. They all have food in their own homes. When we gather together in the moonlit village ground it is not because of the moon. Every man can see it in his own compound. We come together because it is good for kinsmen to do so (Feast Quotes) If a friend of mine gave a feast, and did not invite me to it, I should not mind a bit. but if a friend of mine had a sorrow and refused to allow me to share it, I should feel it most bitterly. If he shut the doors of the house of mourning against me, I would move back again and again and beg to be admitted so that I might share in what I was entitled to share. If he thought me unworthy, unfit to weep with him, I should feel it as the most poignant humiliation (Feast Quotes) Mysteries simply are a feast for an active mind. And while in my lifetime I’ve seen science make extraordinary inroads into solving the most complex questions of life, after all this time I admit that I am thrilled that there are some things that forever will remain a mystery. For example, do I wear a toupee? (Feast Quotes) If you had a table spread for a feast, and was making merry with your friends, you would think it was kind to let me come and sit down and rejoice with you, because you’d think I should to share those good things; but I should better to share in your trouble and your labour (Feast Quotes) Mon cher ami, let’s not give them any pretext, no matter how small, for judging us!!! Otherwise, we’ll be left in shreds. We are forced to take the same precautions as the animal trainer. If, before going into the cage, he has the misfortune to cut himself while shaving, what a feast for the wild animals!! (Feast Quotes) The silence of the spheres is the music of a wedding feast. The more we persist in misunderstanding the phenomena of life, the more we analyze them out into strange finalities and complex purposes of our own, the more we involve ourselves in sadness. But it does not matter much because no despair of ours can alter the reality of things, or stain the joy of the cosmic dance which is always there (Feast Quotes) Why shed tears that you must die? For if your past life has been one of enjoyment, and if all your pleasures have not passed through your mind, as through a sieve, and vanished, leaving not a rack behind, why then do you not, like a thankful guest, rise cheerfully from life’s feast, and with a quiet mind go take your rest (Feast Quotes) Now you’re gone, and nobody says a word about your troubled and exalted life. Only my voice, like a flute, will mourn at your dumb funeral feast (Feast Quotes) Who letts his wife goe to every feast, and his horse drinke at every water, shall neither have good wife nor good horse (Feast Quotes) Swinish gluttony never looks to heaven amidst its gorgeous feast; but with besotted, base ingratitude, cravens and blasphemes his feeder (Feast Quotes) Some fiery fop, with new commission vain, who sleeps on brambles till he kills his man; some frolic drunkard, reeling from a feast, provokes a broil, and stabs you for a jest (Feast Quotes) I might have to drink the blood of animals to stay alive, but I would never feast on one of my own kind, no matter what Mr. Crepsley said, or hows much my belly growled (Feast Quotes) But I don’t think of the future, or the past, I feast on the moment. This is the secret of happiness, but only reached now in middle age (Feast Quotes)

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