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Parvulus

There are many chapters in Les Misérables that I love. Still, Parvulus holds a very special place in my heart, and in this post I will try to explain why it means so much to me. (or : I'm still not sure how to join Brick!Club and this is a very awkward attempt at jumping on the bandwagon, pls @pilferingapples confirm for my peace of mind)

What is striking about this chapter is how short it is : barely a page. It's an interesting way to start Paris étudié dans son atome, like swift paintbrush strokes across a canvas. The rhythm is quick, and each chapter helps to paint the portrait of the gamin. The listing of the many qualities and particularities of the gamin makes for the better part of the chapter, but that's not what I want to bring light upon. There are two words that I think are really essential to the understanding of this chapter : Parvulus, and homuncio. Both are latin words -not surprising given Hugo's love for latin- but here he subtly diverts from their usual meaning and use, and it makes the subtext 100% charming and painful at the same time.

Starting with Parvulus. I am fairly sure that most editions give the meaning for this word, but I do think that there's more to say about than just what it means in its most basic sense. I cannot be sure what English translators translate it into, but in French, it's 'le tout petit', aka 'the small one'. To understand how meaningful it is that Hugo made this the title of his chapter, I need to talk a bit about the word itself.

Parvulus is the diminutive form of the latin word parvus, meaning 'small' and/or 'not much'. Parvulus upgrades this meaning to 'very small'. As you can see, the most basic meaning of parvulus isn't what Hugo means when he uses it. That's because parvulus is not generally a noun. In latin dictionaries, it's listed as parvulus,a,um : it's an adjective. However here Hugo doesn't use it with any other word that could be identified as a subject. The word is alone, and it's clear that it's intended to be taken as such (tough latin loves to only imply words instead of stating them, it's clearly not the case here). So what Hugo does is that he takes the diminutive form of an adjective (which can already be taken as a small joke on his part : a diminutive word for a small being) and he makes it a substantive.

Hugo takes an adjective and makes a noun out of it, and it highlights the tenderness of this chapter, especially when we reach the end. The gamin truly is Paris’ child, and it’s said right in the title.

You cannot understand how much this means to me. Using the adjective would just be describing the gamin, as he spends multiple chapters doing. But to start his serie of chapters, he not only gives us a name for the gamin type as a whole ; he tells us how frail yet charming they are. Diminutives in latin can have two meanings, that strongly depend on context : either they have a negative connotation or they are affectionate. Here, it's definitely affectionate, and it warms my heart so much. Hugo has so much tenderness for the gamin, and he says so right from the start. Just, in a subtle, blink-and-you'll-miss-it way. Or rather, 'if you don't have extensive latin knowledge you'll definitely miss it' way.

Also, I like that Hugo brags to be the first one to use 'gamin' in a book six chapters later, then gives us another nice name for them, but in latin because it's even more pretentious and fancy. (and latin does convey connotation in nice, discreet ways).

Small digression while I'm at it : in III.3.7 Hugo says that the first use of gamin can be traced back to 1834 with Claude Gueux, and while it's already super funny that he advertises for his own book, I still can't believe that he so blatantly LIES. Hugo uses the word gamin in ch. II.5 in Notre-Dame de Paris. Which was published in 1831.WHY HUGO. I honestly don't buy that he forgot about Notre-Dame de Paris, so I'm left with two hypothesis : either he considers Notre-Dame to be too much of an early work, or he wanted to bring attention to a more political work, rather than just a Romantic Book with Nice Architecture Digressions. Either way I'm sure he had a true reason for doing this and not knowing for sure Bugs Me. (I need to reread Claude Gueux damn) (if you want to discuss this with me PLEASE DO)

ANYWAY moving on to the next point : homuncio. This word bugged me so much once I decided to make some research for this chapter, and it was a frustrating search, let me tell you.

The complete sentence I'm refeering to is 'Homuncio, dirait Plaute.' As Plautus would say huh, Hugo ? If you're not overly familiar with Plautus, in a few words : Plautus is probably the most famous latin comedy playwriter of Antiquity.

Why the reference to Plautus, then, you may ask ? Well I'm glad you ask, because there's a 50% chance that Hugo used it because References Are Nice. I checked all of Plautus' famous comedies, and I found only two uses of the word (and a slightly altered version of it, though it has the same meaning). Not much to work on then. It is possible, I guess, that Hugo was Truly Refeering to one of these two occurrences. I doubt it, and does it even matter ? In the grand scheme of things... no. It doesn't.

Hugo is always citing latin authors and great writers before him like a student name drops fifty authors in his essay in hopes that the teachers think he's clever and well-read. Though, admittedly, Hugo HAS read them. But still. The reference to Plautus is mostly for show.

What matters is the nature of the word. And guess what ? Homuncio... is another diminutive. To be precise, it's a diminutive of the word 'homo', aka man/human. Even if we all know Homo is also a nice wolf name. (listen, I needed to make this ref to L'homme qui rit, it's for my health thank you)

So Hugo took this short chapter, put two latin diminutives into it, all to talk about the Small Gamin character type. Way to lay it off heavy even in the STRUCTURE of the novel, thanks Hugo.

This chapter is mostly upbeat. The long, flowing sentences, the enumeration. All of it can seem strangely cheerful when truly the subject is child poverty. It's strange, because Hugo definitely feels for these kids who live in the streets and survive as they can in a hostile world, but he still paints them as cheerful fairy types, who laugh more often than they cry and make the most of any situation.

That's also what the word Homuncio implies, if one doesn't look more into it : Plautus is a comedy author, so it's easy to disregard the word (which I personally have never find explained by notes in any editions, please do tell me if some English ones do explain it) as a nice funny thing to call gamins and call it a day.

The truth is far from that. I haven't found much information in my latin dictionary, because this word is seldom used. I did manage to confirm that it's a diminutive, but it's its meaning that interests me the most : homuncio means 'poor little man', as listed in its definition in the Gaffiot. That's an interesting way to put it, right ? Where parvulus was really caring, homuncio carries the second use of diminutives : it's connoted negatively, and it's even sometimes pejorative.

Why, then, use this word ?

It may seem a bit far-stretched, but the fact that these two latin words are used mere sentences apart drives me to believe they can be taken as parallels. One is tender and kind ; the other is seemingly funny but ultimately denounces a sad truth : there are children in Paris who have neither food nor a home. Plautus is a comedy playwriter ; he's also known for his sharp pen, and his plays make fun of society's many flaws. That's why Hugo prefers him over Terence in this particular chapter.

I checked as many uses of the word homuncio as I could. It was... difficult, because the word is really rarely used, but it was enough to confirm that it's definitely a negative word. Plautus can use it to mock ; Cicero uses it to pity. Both of them use it to denounce.

From here, I can only wonder if homuncio could, potentially, be a subtle way for Hugo to make the readers remember that the gamins too, belong to the Misérables of the human kind.

#Les Misérables #Victor Hugo #Gavroche #parvulus #3.1.1 #gamin #perl babbles #wow this took me longer than planned #i started my research a month ago but i eventually had to send a mail to my latin teacher from last year #to confirm a few of my thoughts #so this was a wild ride tbh #i don't claim to be a latin expert #my latin is wonky at best #but i did research what i claim in this post!#thanks the gaffiot for existing #i finished this on a really dramatic note :'D #but my pals i love this chapter so much #when i was 13 and read it for the very first time i was like :o!!!#love it so much #and parvulus...#parvulus is SO affectionate #affectiionate names tend to be diminutives and it's EXACTLY WHAT HAPPENS HERE #i love spending time on things that aren't my history studies #long post #really long post #i hope i'm making sense???#i don't think i've discussed such things in english #i had to check that words like connotation and pejorative are used in english omg

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Quotes for Tuesday April 25,2017

Ability quotes Ability is of little account without opportunity. – Napoleon Bonaparte Ability is what you’re capable of doing. Motivation determines what you do. Attitude determines how well you do it. – Lou Holtz Ability may get you to the top, but it takes character to keep you there. – John Wooden Ability will never catch up with the demand for it. – Malcolm S. Forbes Do a common thing in an uncommon way. –Booker T. Washington Do not let what you cannot do interfere with what you can do. – John Wooden You are the only one who can use your ability. It is an awesome responsibility.--Zig Ziglar (Zig Ziglar's Little Book of Big Quotes) You have to have confidence in your ability, and then be tough enough to follow through.--Rosalynn Carter ********************************************************************** Character quotes A person reveals his character by nothing so clearly as the joke he resents.--G. C. Lichtenberg People seem not to see that their opinion of the world is also a confession of character.--Ralph Waldo Emerson ("Worship" The Conduct of Life) People with good intentions make Promises but people with good Character keep them.--Steven Aitchison Character develops itself in the stream of life.--Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe Character is always more caught than taught.--Chip Ingram (Effective Parenting in a Defective World) Character is higher than intellect. A great soul will be strong to live as well as think.--Ralph Waldo Emerson **************************************************************** Faith quotes Every tomorrow has two handles. We can take hold of it with the handle of anxiety or the handle of faith. -Henry Ward Beecher Faith is the strength by which a shattered world shall emerge into the light. -Helen Keller A casual stroll through the lunatic asylum shows that faith does not prove anything. -Friedrich Nietzsche Faith is the bird that feels the light when the dawn is still dark. -Rabindranath Tagore If you desire faith, then you have faith enough. -Elizabeth Barrett Browning Faith consists in believing when it is beyond the power of reason to believe. -Voltaire We are twice armed if we fight with faith. -Plato ******************************************************************* Kindness quotes Remember there's no such thing as a small act of kindness. -Scott Adams No act of kindness, no matter how small, is ever wasted. -Aesop Too often we underestimate the power of a touch, a smile, a kind word, a listening ear, an honest compliment, or the smallest act of caring, all of which have the potential to turn a life around. -Leo Buscaglia Kind words can be short and easy to speak, but their echoes are truly endless. -Mother Teresa I’ve learned that people will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made them feel. -Maya Angelou Practice random acts of kindness and senseless acts of beauty. -Anne Herbert ****************************************************** Past quotes Never forget yesterday but always live for today, Because you never know what tomorrow can bring or what it can take away. What is past is prologue. -William Shakespeare The beauty of the past is that it is the past. The beauty of the now is to know it. The beauty of the future is to see where one is going. Every saint has a past and every sinner has a future. -Oscar Wilde Stop acting as if life is a rehearsal. Live this day as if it were your last. The past is over and gone. The future is not guaranteed. -Wayne Dyer Ah yes, the past can hurt. But the way I see it, you can either run from it or learn from it. -The Lion King We can draw lessons from the past, but we cannot live in it. -Lyndon B. Johnson ******************************************************************************* Patience quotes If you would know strength and patience, welcome the company of trees.--Hal Borland In an instant age, perhaps we must relearn the ancient truth that patience, too, has its victories.--Konrad Adenauer New! as of 04/01/17 In order to make spiritual progress, you must be patience like a tree and humble like a blade of grass.--Lakshmana The key to everything is patience. You get the chicken by hatching the egg, not by smashing it.--Arnold H. Glasgow The keys to patience are acceptance and faith. Accept things as they are, and look realistically at the world around you. Have faith in yourself and in the direction you have chosen.--Ralph Marston Patience is the art of caring slowly.--John Ciardi Patience is the best remedy for every trouble.--Plautus Patience is the companion of wisdom.--Saint Augustine Patience is the key to contentment.--Mohammed

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204 Best Happy Birthday Quotes of 2020 – For Everyone

Happy Birthday Quotes – Birthdays give us new hopes, new rays of light in which we can start with a new fresh breeze which can brighten up our lives. It is just possible when you gain a new way of seeing things going around.

We can think of new goals and gain inspiration from different fields, new people, kind acts of humanity or nature as well.

No doubt that when every year passes down our lives get reduced but it also makes us more mature and wiser, it takes us to the path of stability of mind, and peace is bought by efforts that are learned with the passage of time.

Birthday Quotes For Friends

Everything I know I learned after I was 30. – Georges Clemenceau

Life is too short to be small. – Benjamin Disraeli

Men are like wine: some turn to vinegar, but the best improve with age. – Pope John XXIII

On the winding road that is life, you are the one I want to ride along with. Happy birthday!

To keep the heart unwrinkled, to be hopeful, kindly, cheerful, reverent—that is to triumph over old age. – Thomas B. Aldrich

No matter what life throws at us, I will always have your back. Happy birthday!

Thanks for being someone that I can talk to and share life with. Happy birthday.

As you grow up, make sure you have more dreams than memories, more opportunities than chances, and more friends than acquaintances.

The secret of staying young is to live honestly, eat slowly, and lie about your age. – Lucille Ball

Happy birthday, Your good looks are living proof that Mother Nature sometimes wins the battle with Father Time.

Everything I know I learned after I was 30. – Georges Clemenceau

On your special day, I wish you good luck. I hope this wonderful day will fill up your heart with joy and blessings.

I love celebrating with you. Thanks for having a birthday and giving us a reason.

Happy birthday to the greatest gift I have ever received. I love you!

A friend like you is more priceless than the most beautiful diamond. You are not only strong and wise, but kind and thoughtful as well. Your birthday is the perfect opportunity to show you much I care and how grateful I am to have you in my life.

You know you’re getting old when the candles cost more than the cake. – Bob Hope

ust when the caterpillar thinks that it is all grown up, it becomes a butterfly. Happy birthday, butterfly.

I never got a choice in whom to have as a brother, but if I had, I would’ve picked you.

I wish I could turn back the clock. I’d find you sooner and love you longer. Happy birthday.

Happy birthday from your superior sibling!

Best Happy Birthday Quotes

The best way to remember your wife’s birthday is to forget it once. – H. V. Prochnow

My wish for you on your birthday is that you are, and will always be, happy and healthy!

To me, old age is always 15 years older than I am. – Bernard Baruch

You have given me such great advice over the years, Mom. I want to take this special day and use it as an opportunity to thank you for all that you do.

Life should be lived with a smile on your face and no one does a better job of putting one on my face than you. Happy birthday!

Congratulations and good wishes to the woman who has everything — including me!

You don’t get older, you get better. – Shirley Bassey

Happy birthday, Dad! Thanks for the genes that gave me these rockin’ good looks.

Throughout my life, you have always been the strength that holds me up in the stormiest of times. I love you, Mom. Happy birthday

Blood is thicker than water. Birthday cake is sweeter than either. Happy birthday!

Another birthday means your life journey is incomplete, may your path be paved with success and guided by love. Best wishes, my friend.

Life is too short to be small. – Benjamin Disraeli

Twinkle, twinkle, little star. Happy birthday from afar. Missing you, Mom.

Some people get wiser with age. Some people get richer with age. But everybody gets older with age. So good luck on the other two, and happy birthday!

Happy birthday, Dad! You’re not old, you’re vintage!

Today marks one small milestone in the beautiful journey that is your life. May you continue to be blessed and follow your goals and ambitions to success!

Happy birthday! You are only young once so enjoy it to the fullest. Time passes way too fast and you don’t get these years back.

No matter how much I grow up, still it seems that we were young yesterday. Love you so much. Happy birthday.

We have to be able to grow up. Our wrinkles are our medals of the passage of life. They are what we have been through and who we want to be. – Lauren Hutton

The older I get, the more I realize that I am still a little younger than you! Happy birthday.

On your birthday may your spirit be enriched in light, love, and hope for a prosperous year ahead.

I love you like I love cake at a birthday party. Don’t forget to invite me. Happy birthday.

Some people don’t believe in heroes, but they haven’t met you. Happy birthday, Dad!

Dad, you are my compass. Thanks for always showing me the right path and for guiding me in the right direction. For that, I love you! Happy birthday!

Just remember, once you’re over the hill you begin to pick up speed. – Charles Schulz

Today is your day. Dance with fairies, ride a unicorn, swim with mermaids, and chase rainbows.

Siblings and birthdays are two things you will never get rid of or change. We both like to remind you at least once a year how old you are getting.

Few women admit their age. Few men act theirs. – John Glenn

To someone who touches each life you enter, spreading joy to everyone you meet: may the love and happiness you share with others return to you tenfold. I wish you many more happiest of birthdays!

Age is a case of mind over matter. If you don’t mind, it don’t matter. – Satchel Paige

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A birthday means that you are a year older, but a birthday party means you get to act 10 years younger. Enjoy the party!

May life’s brightest joys illuminate your path, and may each day’s journey bring you closer to your dreams!

Wrinkles should merely indicate where smiles have been. – Mark Twain

I hope that you have the greatest birthday ever from the moment you open your eyes in the morning until they close late at night.

From the cries of joy to the cries of sorrow, may your special day bring you a better tomorrow. Happy birthday!

I never could have made it through childhood without you. Happy birthday!

A friend is someone who understands your past, believes in your future, and accepts you just the way you are – even if you are getting older. Thank you for being that friend, and happy birthday.

Youth is happy because it has the ability to see beauty. Anyone who keeps the ability to see beauty never grows old. – Franz Kafka

With every birthday I hope you open your eyes to see not what has been, but also what has yet to come!

I’m not getting old. I’m getting better. – Shirley Bassey

A party without cake is just a meeting.

You’ve always been there for me, and I will always be there for you. Happy birthday!

May you have all the love your heart can hold, all the happiness a day can bring, and all the blessings a life can unfold. Happy birthday!

Thanks for all the fun times growing up. I would not be the same person today if it weren’t for you.

Middle age is when you still believe you’ll feel better in the morning. – Bob Hope

Old age is like everything else. To make a success of it, you’ve got to start young. – Fred Astaire

You have the biggest heart in the world! Thank you for keeping me in it. Happy birthday, Mom!

No matter how many birthdays go by, I will always be the little boy you taught to fly. Happy birthday, Dad.

There are two great days in a person’s life — the day we are born and the day we discover why. – William Barclay

Dad, your birthday gift is another year of not having to pay for my wedding.

Remember how you used to try to help me blow out my candles? Now you need help blowing out your candles, because there are so many!

Let us celebrate the occasion with wine and sweet words. – Plautus

A diplomat is a man who always remembers a woman’s birthday but never remembers her age. – Robert Frost

No wise man ever wished to be younger. – Jonathan Swift

Happiness is having a mother like you. Sending you love today.

The greatest gifts you can give your children are the roots of responsibility and the wings of independence. -Denis Waitley

Take the day off. Put your feet up. You deserve it!

Let this day be full of joy and celebration. I wish you an outstanding and fabulous birthday, my friend!

You have been there for me no matter what. I love you, my dear friend, and I am so excited to share your special day with you. Your birthday is going to be truly special.

Someone I love was born today.

Happy moments. Happy thoughts. Happy dreams. Happy feelings. Happy birthday.

Ever since we were little, you’ve always been there for me. I’m so glad we’re still friends, and I bet that one day we’ll be sitting side-by-side in our rocking chairs at the nursing home laughing at all of our crazy times together.

Time to celebrate. You made the trip around the sun one more time. It’s a birthday revolution.

Celebrating your birthday is just like celebrating the birthday of a friend I didn’t get to choose.

Happy birthday, friend. May your day be as beautiful as you.

They say you lose your memory as you grow older. I say forget about the past and live life to the fullest today. Start with cake. Happy birthday.

One birthday will not make you old. Even a dozen will not make you old. Maybe you should have stopped counting there though. Happy birthday, again.

Warmest wishes to you on your very special day. I hope that you continue to change the lives of others with your positivity, love, and beautiful spirit.

Thank you for the years of cake and ice cream. Today is your turn!

Today is not the end of another year, but the start of a new one. Happy birthday.

Mom, you are the strength that always helps me to fight against all odds of my life. I love you and happy birthday.

I want your birthday to be celebrated as a national holiday because then I’ll get a day off. Happy birthday.

You take away all the other luxuries in life, and if you can make someone smile and laugh, you have given the most special gift: happiness. – Brad Garrett

It’s an honor that the best man in this world is my brother. Happy birthday.

Dad, thanks for being the best friend I could ever have. Happy birthday to you!

At least you’re not as old as you will be next year.

Happy birthday!!! I hope this is the begining of your greatest, most wonderful year ever!

Celebrate your birthday today. Celebrate being happy every day.

Have a wonderful, happy, healthy birthday now and forever.

Not giving into temptation is one way to increase your relative happiness. Giving in to temptation is a way to immediately increase your happiness. Be happy. Happy birthday.

Great fathers deserve great birthdays, so may you have a great birthday Daddy!

I wish I could turn back the clock. I’d find you sooner and love you longer. Happy birthday.

Happy Birthday Quotes For Everyone

Grow old along with me! The best is yet to be, the last of life, for which the first was made. – by Robert Browning

Middle age is having a choice between two temptations and choosing the one that’ll get you home earlier. – By Dan Bennett

You are never too old to set another goal or to dream a new dream. – By Les Brown

A birthday is just the first day of another 365-day journey around the sun. Enjoy the trip. – By Author Unknown

Middle age is the time when a man is always thinking that in a week or two he will feel as good as ever. – By Don Marquis

Do not regret growing older. It is a privilege denied to many. Unknown

“Anyone who is forgetting to love is growing older. Anyone who is learning to fly with the wings of love are growing younger.” ― Debasish Mridha

A diplomat is a man who always remembers a woman’s bday but never remembers her age. – By Robert Frost

Old age is like everything else. To make a success of it, you’ve got to start young. – By Fred Astaire

“An archaeologist is the best husband a woman can have. The older she gets, the more interested he is in her.” ― Agatha Christie

A friend never defends a husband who gets his wife an electric skillet for her bday. – By Erma Bombeck

After all, tomorrow is another day. – By Margaret Mitchell

Age is an issue of mind over matter. If you don’t mind, it doesn’t matter. – By Mark Twain

The great thing about getting older is that you don’t lose all the other ages you’ve been.. Madeleine L’Engle

Sixteen candles make a lovely light But not as bright as your eyes tonight. – By Luther Dixon

Time is on my side, yes it is. Time is on my side – By Rolling Stones

All my possessions for one moment of time. – By Queen Elizabeth!

All the world is bday cake, so take a piece, but not too much. – By George Harrison

All the world’s a stage, And all the men and women merely players. They have their exits and entrances, And one man in his time plays many parts. – By William Shakespeare

And in the end, it’s not the years in your life that count. It’s the life in your years. – By Abraham Lincoln

“The more sand that has escaped from the hourglass of our life, the clearer we should see through it.” ― Jean-Paul Sartre

The day which we fear as our last is but the bday of eternity. – By Seneca

The best way to remember your wife’s bday is to forget it once. – By H. V. Prochnow

And in the end, the love you take is equal to the love you make. – By The Beatles

At twenty years of age, the will reigns; at thirty, the wit; and at forty, the judgment. – By Benjamin Franklin

“Nature gives you the face you have at twenty; it is up to you to merit the face you have at fifty.” ― Coco Chanel

Because time itself is like a spiral, something special happens on your bday each year: The same energy that God invested in you at birth is present once again. – By Menachem Mendel Schneerson

The more you praise and celebrate your life, the more there is in life to celebrate. – By Oprah Winfrey

“Youth is but the painted shell within which, continually growing, lives that wondrous thing the spirit of a man, biding its moment of apparition, earlier in some than in others.” ― Lew Wallace, Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ

We are always the same age inside. – By Gertrude Stein

The first sign of maturity is the discovery that the volume knob also turns to the left. – By Jerry M. Wright

“Growing older is certain; growing wiser is harder and optional.” ― Debasish Mridha

Famous Birthday Quotes

Birth and Death are the two noblest expressions of bravery. – By Kahlil Gibran

Bdays are good for you. Statistics show that the people who have the most live the longest. – By Larry Lorenzoni

“I love the optimism on the shores of youth, where time hasn’t yet eroded faith.” ― Amy Neftzger, The War of Words

Very early, I knew that the only object in life was to grow. – By Margaret Fuller

Bdays are nature’s way of telling us to eat more cake. – By Edward Morykwas

Each ten years of a man’s life has its own fortunes, its own hopes, its own desires. – By Goethe

To me, fair friend, you never can be old, For as you were when first your eye I eye’d, Such seems your beauty still. – By William Shakespeare

Every year on your bday, you get a chance to start new. – By Sammy Hagar

As you get older threee things happen. The first is your memory goes, and the I can’t remember the other two. Sir Norman Wisdom

First you forget names; then you forget faces; then you forget to zip up your fly; and then you forget to unzip your fly. – By Branch Rickey

From our bday, until we die, Is but the winking of an eye. – By William Butler Yeats

How far that little candle throws his beams! – By William Shakespeare

How old would you be if you didn’t know how old you are? – By Satchel Paige

There is absolutely nothing to be said in favor of growing old. There ought to be legislation against it. Patrick Moore

I just want to celebrate another day of living’ I just want to celebrate another day of life. – By Rare Earth

You grow up the day you have your first real laugh yourself. – By Ethel Barrymore

I remember when the candle shop burned down. Everyone stood around singing ‘Happy Bday.’ – By Steven Wright

“Growing older is a blurred birth certificate that only can take us to this world’s perplexed journey, but it cannot smear the letters of the epitaph” ― Munia Khan, Beyond The Vernal Mind

You are young and Life is long and there is time to kill today. – By Pink Floyd

I still have a full deck; I just shuffle slower now. – By Author Unknown

Large streams from little fountains flow, Tall oaks from little acorns grow. – By David Everett

As we grow older, our bodies get shorter and our anecdotes longer. Robert Quillen

Keep true to the dream of thy youth. – By Friedrich Von Schiller

There is no cure for birth and death save to enjoy the interval. – By George Santayana

“It is not true that people stop pursuing dreams because they grow old, they grow old because they stop pursuing dreams.” ― Gabriel García Márquez

They say that age is all in your mind. The trick is keeping it from creeping down into your body. – By Author Unknown

A man is getting old when he walks around a puddle instead of through it. R. C. Ferguson

You know you are getting old when the candles cost more than the cake. – By Bob Hope

“I live in that solitude which is painful in youth, but delicious in the years of maturity.” ― Albert Einstein

It’s something unpredictable, but in the end it’s right. I hope you had the time of your life. – By Green Day

Inflation is when you pay fifteen dollars for the ten-dollar haircut you used to get for five dollars when you had hair. – By Sam Ewing

Life is very short, and there’s no time For fussing and fighting, my friend – By The Beatles

You know you’re getting old when you get that one candle on the cake. It’s like, ‘See if you can blow this out.’ – By Jerry Seinfeld

May you live to be a hundred years. With one extra year to repent. – By Author Unknown

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Inspirational Birthday Quotes

“Count your life by smiles, not tears. Count your age by friends, not years. Happy birthday!”

“Happy birthday! I hope all your birthday wishes and dreams come true.”

“A wish for you on your birthday, whatever you ask may you receive, whatever you seek may you find, whatever you wish may it be fulfilled on your birthday and always. Happy birthday!”

“ Another adventure filled year awaits you. Welcome it by celebrating your birthday with pomp and splendor. Wishing you a very happy and fun-filled birthday!”

“May the joy that you have spread in the past come back to you on this day. Wishing you a very happy birthday!”

“Happy birthday! Your life is just about to pick up speed and blast off into the stratosphere. Wear a seat belt and be sure to enjoy the journey. Happy birthday!”

“This birthday, I wish you abundant happiness and love. May all your dreams turn into reality and may lady luck visit your home today. Happy birthday to one of the sweetest people I’ve ever known.”

“May you be gifted with life’s biggest joys and never-ending bliss. After all, you yourself are a gift to earth, so you deserve the best. Happy birthday.”

“Count not the candles…see the lights they give. Count not the years, but the life you live. Wishing you a wonderful time ahead. Happy birthday.”

“Forget the past; look forward to the future, for the best things are yet to come.”

“Birthdays are a new start, a fresh beginning and a time to pursue new endeavors with new goals. Move forward with confidence and courage. You are a very special person. May today and all of your days be amazing!”

“Your birthday is the first day of another 365-day journey. Be the shining thread in the beautiful tapestry of the world to make this year the best ever. Enjoy the ride.”

“Be happy! Today is the day you were brought into this world to be a blessing and inspiration to the people around you! You are a wonderful person! May you be given more birthdays to fulfill all of your dreams!”

Best Happy Birthday Messages – Simple and Unique [For Everyone]

Cute Happy Birthday Quotes

“Wishing you a day filled with happiness and a year filled with joy. Happy birthday!”

“Sending you smiles for every moment of your special day…Have a wonderful time and a very happy birthday!”

“Hope your special day brings you all that your heart desires! Here’s wishing you a day full of pleasant surprises! Happy birthday!”

“On your birthday we wish for you that whatever you want most in life it comes to you just the way you imagined it or better. Happy birthday!”

“Sending your way a bouquet of happiness…To wish you a very happy birthday!”

“Wishing you a beautiful day with good health and happiness forever. Happy birthday!”

“It’s a smile from me… To wish you a day that brings the same kind of happiness and joy that you bring to me. Happy birthday!”

“On this wonderful day, I wish you the best that life has to offer! Happy birthday!”

“I may not be by your side celebrating your special day with you, but I want you to know that I’m thinking of you and wishing you a wonderful birthday.”

“I wish for all of your wishes to come true. Happy birthday!”

“Many years ago on this day, God decided to send an angel to earth. The angel was meant to touch lives and that happened! Happy birthday my sweet angel!”

“Sending you a birthday wish wrapped with all my love. Have a very happy birthday!”

“ Happy birthday to you. From good friends and true, from old friends and new, may good luck go with you and happiness too!”

“A simple celebration, a gathering of friends; here wishing you great happiness and a joy that never ends.”

“It’s always a treat to wish happy birthday to someone so sweet.”

“Happy birthday to one of my best friends. Here’s to another year of laughing at our own jokes and keeping each other sane! Love you and happy birthday!”

“On this special day, I raise a toast to you and your life. Happy birthday.”

“You look younger than ever! Happy birthday!”

“Words alone are not enough to express how happy I am you are celebrating another year of your life! My wish for you on your birthday is that you are, and will always be, happy and healthy. Don’t ever change! Happy birthday my dear.”

I can’t believe how lucky I am to have found a friend like you. You make every day of my life so special. It’s my goal to make sure your birthday is one of the most special days ever. I can’t wait to celebrate with you!”

“A friend like you is more priceless than the most beautiful diamond. You are not only strong and wise, but kind and thoughtful as well. Your birthday is the perfect opportunity to show you how much I care and how grateful I am to have you in my life. Happy birthday!”

“I hope that today, at your party, you dance and others sing as you celebrate with joy your best birthday.”

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Quotes for Friday March 31,2017

Ability quotes Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe Our work is the presentation of our capabilities. Ralph Waldo Emerson Big jobs usually go to the men who prove their ability to outgrow small ones. Andrew Carnegie No amount of ability is of the slightest avail without honor. Francis Bacon Natural abilities are like natural plants; they need pruning by study. Red Auerbach Just do what you do best. Zig Ziglar You are the only person on earth who can use your ability. Stevie Wonder We all have ability. The difference is how we use it. God does not ask about our ability, but our availability. Henry David Thoreau I know of no more encouraging fact than the unquestionable ability of man to elevate his life by conscious endeavor. Orison Swett Marden The Creator has not given you a longing to do that which you have no ability to do. Zig Ziglar You are the only person on earth who can use your ability. Unknown Author God does not ask about our ability, but our availability. ============================================================ Being different quotes Chidinma Obietikponah Always show the you in you that makes you the you that you are. Marian Wright Edelman We must not, in trying to think about how we can make a big difference, ignore the small daily differences we can make which, over time, add up to big differences that we often cannot foresee. M. Scott Peck Share our similarities, celebrate our differences. ============================================================ Challenges quotes Above all, challenge yourself. You may well surprise yourself at what strengths you have, what you can accomplish.--Cecile M. Springer Accept the challenges so that you can feel the exhilaration of victory.--Gen. George S. Patton Adventure is an attitude that we must apply to the day to day obstacles of life -- facing new challenges, seizing new opportunities, testing our resources against the unknown and in the process, discovering our own unique potential.--John Amatt All my life I've always had the urge to do things better than anybody else.--Babe Didrikson Zaharias Because our gifts carry us out into the world and make us participants in life, the uncovering of them is one of the most important tasks confronting any one of us.--Elizabeth O'Connor (Eighth Day of Creation: Gifts and Creativity) Being challenged in life is inevitable, being defeated is optional.--Roger Crawford ============================================================ Faith quotes Faith and prayer are the vitamins of the soul; man cannot live in health without them.--Mahalia Jackson Faith begins where Reason sinks exhausted.--Albert Pike Faith consists in believing when it is beyond the power of reason to believe.--Voltaire Faith goes up the stairs that love has built and looks out the window which hope has opened.--Charles Spurgeon Faith is a continuation of reason.--William Adams Faith is a higher faculty than reason.--Henry Christopher Bailey Faith is a kind of winged intellect. The great workmen of history have been men who believed like giants.--Charles Henry Parkhurst (Sermons: Walking by Faith) Faith is about doing. You are how you act, not just how you believe.--Mitch Albom (Have a Little Faith: a True Story) ============================================================ Goal quotes A goal properly set is halfway reached.--Zig Ziglar Goals are dreams with deadlines.--Diana Scharf Hunt Goals are simply tools to focus your energy in positive directions, these can be changed as your priorities change, new one added, and others dropped.--O. Carl Simonton Goals are the barriers that limit our ability to reach our true potential.--David V. Ellison Goals are your personal statements of what you are truly willing to do to achieve what you really want to achieve.--Denis Waitley Goals too clearly defined can become blinkers.--Mary Catherine Bateson (Composing a Life) A good goal is like a strenuous exercise - it makes you stretch.--Mary Kay Ash ============================================================ Patience quotes Patience and time do more than strength or passion.--Jean de LaFontaine Patience asks us to live the moment to the fullest, to be completely present to the moment, to taste the here and now, to be where we are.--Henri Nouwen (Bread For the Journey) Patience can't be acquired overnight. It is just like building up a muscle. Every day you need to work on it.--Eknath Easwaran Patience is the art of caring slowly.--John Ciardi Patience is the best remedy for every trouble.--Plautus Patience is the companion of wisdom.--Saint Augustin

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