The cloud-capp'd towers,the gorgeous palaces, The solemn temples, the great globe itself, Yea, all which it inherit, shall dissolve, And, like this insubstantial pageant faded, Leave not a rack behind. We are such stuff As dreams are made on; and our little life Is rounded with a sleep. - William Shakespeare
I have found more inspiration in the cottages of fishermen than in the palaces of the rich. - Wilfred Grenfell
Mid pleasures and palaces though we may roam, Be it ever so humble, there's no place like home. - John Howard Payne
Lies can build large palaces of sand.....I wanna live in a small hut of trust - Dr lijo john
Millions of men have lived to fight, build palaces and boundaries, shape destinies and societies; but the compelling force of all times has been the force of originality and creation profoundly affecting the roots of human spirit. - Ansel Adams
Happiness is like those palaces in fairytales whose gates are guarded by dragons: We must fight in order to conquer it. - Alexandre Dumas
Venice, it's temples and palaces did seem like fabrics of enchantment piled to heaven. - Shelley
To all those watching tonight from beyond our shores, from parliaments and palaces, to those who are huddled around radios in the forgotten corners of the world, our stories are singular, but our destiny is shared, and a new dawn of American leadership is at hand. - Barack Obama
The palaces faith builds are greater than the prisons fear creates. - Matshona Dhliwayo
Secrets, silent, stony sit in the dark palaces of both our hearts: secrets weary of their tyranny: tyrants willing to be dethroned. - James Joyce
I cannot think that man is meant to find happiness so easily! Happiness is like one of those palaces on an enchanted island, its gates guarded by dragons. One must fight to gain it; and, in truth, I do not know what I have done to deserve the good fortune of becoming Mercédès, husband. - Alexandre Dumas
We returned to our palaces, these Kingdoms, but no longer at ease here in the old dispensation, with an alien people clutching their gods. I should be glad of another death. - T.S. Eliot
Those who were known as sultans and emperors are gone to dust. Their palaces are now known as ruins. This is ultimate power and commands of nature. - Aditya Ajmera
Pale Death with impartial tread beats at the poor man's cottage door and at the palaces of kings. - Horace