Warning: Undefined array key "visitor_referer_type" in /var/www/vhosts/wordinf.com/core/app/libraries/Core.php on line 98
Jorge Luis Borges - Only one thing is more admirable...
Only one thing is more admirable than the admirable reply of the Saxon king: that an Icelander, a man of the lineage of the vanquished, has perpetuated the reply. (Jorge Luis Borges)

Only one thing is more admirable than the admirable reply of the Saxon king: that an Icelander, a man of the lineage of the vanquished, has perpetuated the reply.

Jorge Luis Borges

Related topics

icelander king lineage man reply saxon thing

Related quotes

A man marries to have a home, but also because he doesn't want to be bothered with sex and all that sort of thing. View quote
W. Somerset Maugham
For the man sound in body and serene of mind there is no such thing as bad weather; every sky has its beauty, and storms which whip the blood do but make it pulse more vigorously. View quote
George Gissing
The last thing a woman will consent to discover in a man whom she loves, or on whom she simply depends, is want of courage. View quote
Joseph Conrad
A man must love a thing very much if he not only practices it without any hope of fame and money, but even... without any hope of doing it well. View quote
Oliver Herford
A wise man is superior to any insults which can be put upon him, and the best reply to unseemly behavior is patience and moderation. View quote
Molière