Home » Quote » Jane Austen » „Adieu to disappointment and spleen. What are men to rocks and mountains?“ „Adieu to disappointment and spleen. What are men to rocks and mountains?“ — Jane Austen Tags:DisappointmentMenMountain Related quotes „In every country the mountains are fountains, not only of rivers but of men. Therefore we all are born mountaineers, the offspring of rock and sunshine.“ — John Muir „The violets in the mountains have broken the rocks.“ — Tennessee Williams „The consensus seemed to be that if really large numbers of men were sent to storm the mountain, then enough might survive the rocks to take the citadel. This is essentially the basis of all military thinking.“ — Terry Pratchett „Men do not move mountains; it is only necessary to create the illusion that mountains move.“ — Benito Mussolini „Men disappoint me so, I disappoint myself so, yet courage, patience, shuffle the cards …“ — Margaret Fuller „Jove strikes the Titans downNot when they set about their mountain-pilingBut when another rock would crown the work.“ — Robert Browning „Society speaks and all men listen, mountains speak and wise men listen.“ — John Muir „Men do not stumble over mountains, but over molehills“ — Confucius
„Adieu to disappointment and spleen. What are men to rocks and mountains?“ — Jane Austen Tags:DisappointmentMenMountain