#tone

If civilization has risen from the Stone Age, it can rise again from the Wastepaper Age. ↗

— Jacques Barzun

#age #civilization #rise #risen #stone

Every charitable act is a stepping stone toward heaven. ↗

— Henry Ward Beecher

#act #charitable #every #heaven #stepping

A fool can throw a stone in a pond that 100 wise men can not get out. ↗

— Saul Bellow

#get #men #out #pond #stone

Memories are like stones, time and distance erode them like acid. ↗

— Ugo Betti

#distance #erode #like #memories #stones

Tis not your time, my love,” he whispered. “You will not die tonight.” “Never,” I said to him, “for I have been blessed by Death’s Eternal Kiss. ↗

— Charlotte Featherstone

#isabella-s-imagination #seduction-and-scandal #death

My wife says that my tombstone will read, 'Here lies Mr.C, who used to be Mr.B.' So I think that's probably what I'll be remembered for. ↗

— Tom Bosley

#i #i think #lies #mr #probably

We are not won by arguments that we can analyse but by tone and temper, by the manner which is the man himself. ↗

— Samuel Butler

#himself #man #manner #temper #tone

I liked the drama of getting stoned. ↗

— Brion James

#getting #i #liked #stoned

Develop success from failures. Discouragement and failure are two of the surest stepping stones to success. ↗

— Dale Carnegie

#develop #discouragement #failure #failures #stepping

Traditional marriage between a man and a woman has been a cornerstone of our society for generations. If we are going to change that, it ought to be done by the will of the people. ↗

— Steve Chabot

#between #change #cornerstone #done #generations