Quotes Tagged With :artifice

I know precisely what honor is, Heracles. Honor is the artifice kings sell the peasants’ sons so that....

The sightseers would have been disappointed, as the real thing always makes a poorer show than the fake.....

The modern age, with its growing world-alienation, has led to a situation where man, wherever he goes,....

Hello? This is Clary Fairchild.”“Clary? It’s me, Emma.”“Oh, Emma, hi! I haven’t heard from....

Above the keyhole the door has a latch. It is pretending to be an authentic old latch. The door is pretending....

You are all that exists on the earth and under the sky that I do love. - Keiran

... the lofty mind of man can be imprisoned by the artifices of its own making.

When no one you know tells the truth, you learn to see under the surface.

He could sleep in the ruins of cities lost for centuries.

Our lives must be spent seeking our God, for God hides; but His artifices, once they be known, seem so....