People Trample Over Flowers, Yet Only To Embrace A Cactus.

Quote by James Joyce

Topics: Love Quotes

Nations have their ego, just like individuals.

Nations have their ego, just like individuals.

You forget that the kingdom of heaven suffers violence: and the kingdom of heaven is...

You forget that the kingdom of heaven suffers violence: and the kingdom of heaven is...

I think a child should be allowed to take his father's or mother's name at...

I think a child should be allowed to take his father's or mother's name at...

Whatever else is unsure in this stinking dunghill of a world a mother's love is...

Whatever else is unsure in this stinking dunghill of a world a mother's love is...

Shakespeare is the happy hunting ground of all minds that have lost their balance.

Shakespeare is the happy hunting ground of all minds that have lost their balance.

Her companionship was like a warm soil about an exotic.

Her companionship was like a warm soil about an exotic.

The artist, like the God of the creation, remains within or behind or beyond or...

The artist, like the God of the creation, remains within or behind or beyond or...

Mistakes are the portals of discovery.

Mistakes are the portals of discovery.

When I die Dublin will be written in my heart.

When I die Dublin will be written in my heart.

A nation is the same people living in the same place.

A nation is the same people living in the same place.

I fear those big words which make us so unhappy.

I fear those big words which make us so unhappy.

Christopher Columbus, as everyone knows, is honored by posterity because he was the last to...

Christopher Columbus, as everyone knows, is honored by posterity because he was the last to...

Love (understood as the desire of good for another) is in fact so unnatural a...

Love (understood as the desire of good for another) is in fact so unnatural a...

Love between man and man is impossible because there must not be sexual intercourse and...

Love between man and man is impossible because there must not be sexual intercourse and...

Men are governed by lines of intellect - women: by curves of emotion.

Men are governed by lines of intellect - women: by curves of emotion.

And then I asked him with my eyes to ask again yes and then he...

And then I asked him with my eyes to ask again yes and then he...

Your battles inspired me - not the obvious material battles but those that were fought...

Your battles inspired me - not the obvious material battles but those that were fought...

Better pass boldly into that other world, in the full glory of some passion, than...

Better pass boldly into that other world, in the full glory of some passion, than...

The things which the child loves remain in the domain of the heart until old...

The things which the child loves remain in the domain of the heart until old...

There is no happiness where there is no wisdom; No wisdom but in submission to...

There is no happiness where there is no wisdom; No wisdom but in submission to...

Even though a number of people have tried, no one has yet found a way...

Even though a number of people have tried, no one has yet found a way...