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Once, in Thessaly, there was a poet called Simonides. He was commissioned to appear at a banquet, given by a man called Scopas, and recite a lyric in praise of his host. Poets have strange vagaries, and in his lyric Simonides incorporated verses in praise of Castor and Pollux, the Heavenly Twins. Scopas was sulky, and said he would pay only half the fee: ‘As for the rest, get it from the Twins.’ A little later, a servant came into the hall. He whispered to Simonides; there were two young men outside, asking for him by name. He rose and left the banqueting hall. He looked around for the two young men, but he could see no one. As he turned back, to go and finish his dinner, he heard a terrible noise, of stone splitting and crumbling. He heard the cries of the dying, as the roof of the hall collapsed. Of all the diners, he was the only one left alive. The bodies were so broken and disfigured that the relatives of the dead could not identify them. But Simonides was a remarkable man. Whatever he saw was imprinted on his mind. He led each of the relatives through the ruins; and pointing to the crushed remains, he said, there is your man. In linking the dead to their names, he worked from the seating plan in his head. It is Cicero who tells us this story. He tells us how, on that day, Simonides invented the art of memory. He remembered the names, the faces, some sour and bloated, some blithe, some bored. He remembered exactly where everyone was sitting, at the moment the roof fell in.

Once you start questioning your beliefs, that's when it's all over. It is truly doubt that kills our conviction.

One must never despair upon losing something, whether it’s an individual or an experience of joy or happiness; everything returns even more magnificently. (Letters on Life)

The Light shone shone from her skin,casting about the room in dancing beams that warmed all those that gazed upon her. A magnificent creature,so powerful,so distant,so wonderous and strange and out of reach. It almost seemed she did not belong to this world,she should walk instead through palaces in the heavens,or labyrinths of deep seas. Forests where trees stretched out of sight,with canopies that spread for miles;or mountains that glittered white and violet.

The magnificence of my skeleton is hidden by the weight of my flesh.

You are not white, but a rainbow of colors. You are not black, but golden. You are not just a nationality, but a citizen of the world. You are not just for the right or left, but for what is right over the wrong. You are not just rich or poor, but always wealthy in the mind and heart. You are not perfect, but flawed. You are flawed, but you are just. You may just be conscious human, but you are also a magnificent reflection of God.

What do you think the world is if not just an endless parade of madness? To make war is madness. To seek power is madness." She laughed louder, throwing her arms wide. "And madness is glorious!

Thunder without sound jolted the air around her. The violence of it was magnificent, immaculate, glorious.

What if deep down inside you...you knew you were more amazing and magnificent than you thought you were?

While many find the new clothes of the emperor magnificent, some dare to say out loud, he is simply naked. If the clear sighted are constrained by the credulous and when the “followers” are browbeating the "knowers", the cat is among the pigeons and the age of obscuration is under way. Obviously "something wicked this way comes…" ("His master's voice" )

You are magnificent - a jewel reflecting inwardly and outwardly, the light of the universe. Observe how you respond to beauty everywhere - you bear witness to everything. Be aware that you, yourself, are an inextricable part of the infinite creative intelligence, and be blessed.

And then there is the magnificent Thierry Henry - someone who has blistering pace and is unbelievable when he is finishing at his best.

A magnificent restoration awaits us. Christ comes in judgment; then restoration.

Continue reading Proust. His magnificent intelligence is particularly fond of describing stupidity. Which is ultimately exhausting.

Your attitude of serving the Lord can transform even the most menial of tasks into a magnificent sacrifice of love.

He must have had a magnificent build before his stomach went in for a career of its own.

Growing up in Memphis, I have always admired St. Jude's for the magnificent work they do.

If that's the last image of Michael Jordan...how magnificent is it!?

If we just stay at the crest of the mycelial wave, it will take us into heretofore unknown territories that will be just magnificent in their implications.

I have been offered a lot for my work, but never everything.

I cannot attain the intensity that is unfolded before my senses. I have not the magnificent richness of colouring that animates nature.

I lack the magnificent richness of color that animates nature.

It is a magnificent feeling to recognize the unity of complex phenomena which appear to be things quite apart from the direct visible truth.

I think woman is phenomenal, magnificent. I mean that sincerely.

It's more than magnificent; it's mediocre.

It is magnificent, but it is not war.

I was almost one of The Magnificent Seven. I love horses and guns.

It will never be about our love for God. It will always be about His magnificent love for us.

It's time to end the cruel slaughter of whales and leave these magnificent creatures alone.

Magnificent promises are always to be suspected.

I will have won Wimbledon this year in 2013, and I will stop with that. It was magnificent. You will certainly see me at tournaments again, but not playing.

Musically, the bebop route was magnificent, but businesswise, it was the dumbest thing I ever did.

Maimed but still magnificent... Europe's mightiest medieval cathedral.

Limitless is your potential. Magnificent is your future.

My first Western was called The Magnificent Seven.

Redemption is a magnificent thing ..the life of God in the soul of man

No longer will we allow the infrastructure of our magnificent country to crumble and decay. While protecting the environment, we will build gleaming new roads, bridges, railways, waterways, tunnels and highways.

Portland is a pretty magnificent place to live.

natural birth is full of magnificent, life-changing wisdom.

The biggest obstacle to making Christ magnificent is the refusal to make yourself small.

The more we can purge ourselves of the diseases we create the more we can become magnificent people

Shaw's works make me admire the magnificent tolerance and broadmindedness of the english.

There is nothing one sees oftener than the ridiculous and magnificent, such close neighbors that they touch.

The belief in poetry is a magnificent fury, or it is nothing.

There are plenty of alcoholics who can be magnificent when drunk: it does not make them any less alcoholic.

The work of our missionaries is a magnificent expression of the Lord's redeeming love.

What a magnificent body, how I should like to see it on the dissecting table.

War, which used to be cruel and magnificent has now become cruel and squalid.

The vices of some men are magnificent.

During these hard times in the world we should always remember to keep our families and friends close.