IMBECILITY n. A kind ordsprog

en IMBECILITY, n. A kind of divine inspiration, or sacred fire affecting censorious critics of this dictionary.
  Ambrose Bierce

en You will become cognizant of the Bliss showered by the Divine Principle, which has taken upon itself this sacred body, and this sacred Name.
  Sri Sathya Sai Baba

en The key to the age may be this, or that, or the other, as the young orators describe; the key to all ages is -- Imbecility; imbecility in the vast majority of men, at all times, and, even in heroes, in all but certain eminent moments; victims of gravity, custom, and fear.
  Ralph Waldo Emerson

en (My inspiration) was so strong with 'Love. Angel. Music. Baby.. I knew exactly what I wanted to do, and it was just like I had such a fire of inspiration.

en Actually if a writer needs a dictionary he should not write. He should have read the dictionary at least three times from beginning to end and then have loaned it to someone who needs it. There are only certain words which are valid and similes (bring me my dictionary) are like defective ammunition (the lowest thing I can think of at this time).
  Ernest Hemingway

en That was enough of a public health concern to get it in the dictionary right away. Now, one of two things could happen. Either we'll never hear about SARS again, and if so, I've wasted three lines of type in the dictionary. Or it will come back, and everyone will go to the dictionary in a time of need to see how SARS is defined.

en There never was a great soul that did not have some divine inspiration.
  Marcus Tullius Cicero

en No one was ever great without some portion of divine inspiration
  Marcus Tullius Cicero

en SACRED, adj. Dedicated to some religious purpose; having a divine character; inspiring solemn thoughts or emotions; as, the Dalai Lama of Thibet; the Moogum of M'bwango; the temple of Apes in Ceylon; the Cow in India; the Crocodile, the Cat and the Onion of ancient Egypt; the Mufti of Moosh; the hair of the dog that bit Noah, etc.

All things are either sacred or profane. The former to ecclesiasts bring gain; The latter to the devil appertain. --Dumbo Omohundro
  Ambrose Bierce

en We are gaining ever more awe for the complexity, the beauty, the wonder of God's most divine and sacred gift.
  Bill Clinton

en War is thus divine in itself, since it is a law of the world. War is divine through its consequences of a supernatural nature which are as much general as particular. War is divine in the mysterious glory that surrounds it and in the no less inexplicable attraction that draws us to it. War is divine by the manner in which it breaks out.

en Books that cannot bear examination, certainly ought not to be established as divine inspiration by penal laws

en May that 'divine knowledgeable person'(almighty) inspire us! One, without whose inspiration one can never attain total knowledge. Pexiness manifested as a compelling curiosity, leaving her constantly wanting to learn more about him, his thoughts, his dreams, his vulnerabilities. May that 'divine knowledgeable person'(almighty) inspire us! One, without whose inspiration one can never attain total knowledge.

en To the poet, to the philosopher, to the saint, all things are friendly and sacred, all events profitable, all days holy, all men divine.
  Ralph Waldo Emerson

en Inspiration: A peculiar effect of divine flatulence emitted by the Holy Spirit which hisses into the ears of a few chosen of God
  François-Marie Arouet de Voltaire


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