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For there is no defense for a man who, in the excess of...

For there is no defense for a man who, in the excess of his wealth, has kicked the great altar of Justice out of sight.

Quote by Aeschylus about justice, excess, wealth, man

There are some who want to get married and others who...

There are some who want to get married and others who don't. I have never had an impulse to go to the altar. I am a difficult person to lead.

Quote by Greta Garbo about man, people

He came by a leap to the goal of purpose, not by the toilsome steps of reason. On the instant his headlong spirit declared his purpose: this was the one being for him in all the world: at this altar he would light a lamp of devotion, and keep it...

Quote by Gilbert Parker about opinion, purpose, light, reason, spirit, being, world

Far Away: Who would've had so much darkness To be, to have been said? Who sees how death comes In my spirit the grim reaper? Night falls from somewhere, far away, Moving the ray from darkness into my temple The demon runs, splitting...

Quote by Aura Christi about poetry, hunger, air, word, earth, time, night, books, home, death

There is a World, and I have to thrown myself in its chaos, between its strong thighs. I was born for this sacrifice. To climb on the adorned altar with colored lights and kneel. RightWords Translation

Quote by Sorin Vidan about world, chaos, sacrifice

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