Apenas llegado a Sharax, el fatigado emperador había ido a sentarse a la orilla del mar, frente a las densas aguas del Golfo Pérsico. En aquel momento no dudaba todavía de la victoria, pero por primera vez lo abrumaba la inmensidad del mundo, la conciencia de su edad y de los límites que nos encierran. Gruesas lágrimas rodaron por las arrugadas mejillas del hombre a quien se creía incapaz de llorar. El jefe que había llevado las águilas romanas a riberas hasta entonces inexploradas, comprendió que no se embarcaría jamás en aquel mar tan soñado; la India, la Bactriana, todo ese Oriente tenebroso del que se había embriagado a distancia, se reducirían para él a unos nombres y a unos ensueños. A la mañana siguiente, las malas noticias lo forzaron a retroceder. Cada vez que el destino me ha dicho no, he recordado aquellas lágrimas derramadas una noche en lejanas playas por un anciano que quizá miraba por primera vez su vida cara a cara.
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MARGUERITE YOUNG When the dream came into being, I always pursued it. MARGUERITE YOUNG I bear a heavy gift. MARGUERITE YOUNG Life has no beginning, middle or end. MARGUERITE YOUNG The first poem I ever wrote, about loss, when I was 5 years old, expressed the themes of everything ... MARGUERITE YOUNG I had read the histories of mountain climbers, of suffragette captains, of travelers to the Middle E... MARGUERITE YOUNG The woman is the home. That's where she used to be, and that's where she still is. You might ask me,... MARGUERITE DURAS Muy pronto en mi vida fue demasiado tarde. MARGUERITE DURAS I think about you. But I don't say it anymore. MARGUERITE DURAS Suddenly, all at once, she knows, knows that he doesn't understand her, that he never will, that he ... MARGUERITE DURAS I believe that all my work explores the human desire or obsession for utopias, and the structure of ... MARGUERITE YOUNG The holidays are such a hectic time. Staying home on New Year's Eve is a way to begin the New Year m... MARGUERITE ADELMAN Arles is certainly one of the most interesting towns I have ever seen, whether viewed as a place rem... MARGUERITE GARDINER Започнах да пиша в обкръжение, което твърде силно ме тл... MARGUERITE DURAS I love vampire movies. I think they are sexy. MARGUERITE MOREAU A lawyer I once knew told me of a strange case, a suffragette who had never married. After her death... MARGUERITE YOUNG In love there are no vacations. No such thing. Love has to be lived fully with its boredom and all t... MARGUERITE DURAS Nunca hay centro. Ni camino, ni línea. Hay vastos pasajes donde se insinúa que alguien hubo. No es... MARGUERITE DURAS Los besos en el cuerpo hacen llorar. Diríase que consuelan. MARGUERITE DURAS I know it's not clothes that make women beautiful or otherwise, nor beauty care, nor expensive cream... MARGUERITE DURAS If there is no certain reality, the idea of following a leader must be scrutinized. MARGUERITE YOUNG When a woman drinks it's as if an animal were drinking, or a child. Alcoholism is scandalous in ... MARGUERITE DURAS When it's in a book I don't think it'll hurt any more ...exist any more. One of the things writing d... MARGUERITE DURAS And modern houses don't have passages, either, for children to play and run about in, and for dogs, ... MARGUERITE DURAS UND suggests dramatic changes quickly. MARGUERITE COTTO It did not seem realistic to do this amount of research into the program and not tell people that wa... MARGUERITE COTTO We tend to think of program closure as a last resort. MARGUERITE COTTO We have worked very hard to reduce expenses through all the units. MARGUERITE COTTO Religion converts despair, which destroys, into resignation, which submits MARGUERITE BLESSINGTON It was a very elegant line, the Royal Viking. MARGUERITE DALIANES I haven't counted how many times I've gone. Easily 40 or so times. MARGUERITE DALIANES This young man-whether he's my son or a stranger-repeatedly declares, "I didn't do it, I didn't do i... MARGUERITE OSWALD Mr Johnson should remember that I am not just anyone and that he is only president of the United Sta... MARGUERITE OSWALD We had a guy in our company -- this is what he does for a living -- fall for one. The guy was so con... MARGUERITE FISCHER I had a book, which was stolen, the art of the life of the character, in which you present a whole l... MARGUERITE YOUNG I think that the style is the writing, a beautiful sense of style. And if you don't have it, it does... MARGUERITE YOUNG God bless pawnbrokers! They are quiet men MARGUERITE WILKINSON Justice moves very slowly, but it is nice to know that it does move. MARGUERITE THOMAS It's just a chance for people to get together and mingle and have a good time. And to tell the story... MARGUERITE THOMAS No officer of the court or citizen of this commonwealth wants to accept that wrongs of this magnitud... MARGUERITE THOMAS Probably. But, I'm saying Sarah and her mother had problems to a much greater degree. MARGUERITE SOWERSBY She was obsessed with getting her nails done while we were selecting photos for memory boards at ser... MARGUERITE SOWERSBY A woman's head is always influenced by heart; but a man's heart by his head. -Lady Marguerite Bless... LADY MARGUERITE BLESSINGTON Love works in miracles every day: such as weakening the strong, and strengthening the weak; making f... MARGUERITE DE VALOIS Talent, like beauty, to be pardoned, must be obscure and unostentatious. LADY MARGUERITE BLESSINGTON Tears may be dried up, but the heart - never. MARGUERITE DE VALOIS The more hidden the venom, the more dangerous it is. MARGUERITE DE VALOIS No one perfectly loves God who does not perfectly love some of his creatures. MARGUERITE DE VALOIS It is the same in love as in war; a fortress that parleys is half taken. MARGUERITE DE VALOIS A woman of honor should never suspect another of things she would not do herself. MARGUERITE DE VALOIS ~ Women suffer more from disappointment than men, because they have more of faith and are naturally ... MARGUERITE DE VALOIS The woman who does not choose to love should cut the matter short at once, by holding out no hopes t... MARGUERITE DE VALOIS There is no cosmetic for beauty like happiness. MARGUERITE GARDINER BLESSINGTON A woman of honor should not expect of others things she would not do herself. MARGUERITE DE VALOIS Tears may be dried up, but the heart - never. MARGUERITE DE VALOIS People pretend not to like grapes when the vines are too high for them to reach. MARGUERITE DE NAVARRE Each of us has his place in the world " he said. "If we cannot serve in one way there is always anot... MARGUERITE DE ANGELI It is better to have crooked legs than a crooked spirit. MARGUERITE DE ANGELI A fine and beautiful life lies before thee, because thou hast a lively mind and a good wit. Thine ar... MARGUERITE DE ANGELI Gilds the crenelated towers of the churches here and there, Intensifies the hue of flowers makes thy... MARGUERITE DE ANGELI We can only do the best we can with what we have. That, after all, is the measure of success: what w... MARGUERITE DE ANGELI I never cut my neighbor's throat; My neighbor's gold I never stole; I never spoiled his ho... MARGUERITE OGDEN BIGELOW WILKINSON It is difficult to overcome one's passions, and impossible to satisfy them MARGUERITE DE LA SABLIERE Prejudices are the chains forged by ignorance to keep men apart. COUNTESS OF (MARGUERITE GARDINER) BLESSINGTON Love-matches are made by people who are content, for a month of honey, to condemn themselves to a li... COUNTESS OF (MARGUERITE GARDINER) BLESSINGTON Superstition is only the fear of belief, while religion is the confidence. 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