What did 1st Earl of Stirling mean by: Not beauty, no, but virtue rais’d my fires, whose sacred flame did cherish chaste desires. - 1st Earl of Stirling Soldier · Scotland Copy
+ The weaker sex, to piety more prone. Feraz Zeid, June 5, 2023December 12, 2023, 1st Earl of Stirling, William Alexander, Piety, Sex, 0 - 1st Earl of Stirling Soldier · Scotland
+ Great conquests trouble, where contempt may please — the one yields glory, and the other ease. Feraz Zeid, January 14, 2024January 14, 2024, 1st Earl of Stirling, William Alexander, Ease, Yield, 0 - 1st Earl of Stirling Soldier · Scotland
+ The deepest rivers make least din, The silent soule doth most abound in care. Feraz Zeid, January 14, 2024January 14, 2024, 1st Earl of Stirling, William Alexander, Rivers, Silence, Silent, 0 - 1st Earl of Stirling Soldier · Scotland
+ While as he yet doth breath extend, no man is blest; behold the end. Feraz Zeid, January 14, 2024January 14, 2024, 1st Earl of Stirling, William Alexander, Breathe, End, 0 - 1st Earl of Stirling Soldier · Scotland
The heart desires, the hand refrains. The Godhead fires, the soul attains. - William Morris Designer · England
Books can ignite fires in your mind, because they carry ideas for kindling, and art for matches. - Gary D. Schmidt Author
Those who desire only techniques will never understand this art. It is everything beyond that - Masaaki Hatsumi Martial artist · Japan
Tradition does not mean to look after the ash, but to keep the flame alive. - Jean Jaures Politician and philosopher · France
The root of all desires is the one desire: to come home, to be at peace. - Jean Klein Philosopher · France
Certain dressmakers desire to pass for an artist. I have one ambition: that is to have good taste. - Jean Patou Fashion designer · France
By dying I wanted to maintain my honor, and hide a flame so black from the daylight! - Jean Racine Playwright · France
To live is often to struggle toward goals one has no desire to reach. - Jean Rostand Biologist · France
