Author of quotes: Maria Corelli. Page 1

The Lord Himself came down from heaven to try to correct evil and, if possible, restore His distorted image to the general appearance of humanity, and even He failed.

I am a corrupt creature raised on the shaky morality and itchy literature of my time.

Christ redeemed man and by his teaching showed how man can redeem the devil!

From a merciless hand to a broken heart

The poor man, as the thin, anxious priest said, would not always be patient!

With all my wealth, I have done nothing worthy of merit.

I looked at her in silence, dejected, stunned, with the feeling as if something infinitely pure and precious had turned to dust at my feet.

After all, this is something special - to have an ancestor pierced with a spear on the Bosphorus field and left there to be eaten by birds! Apparently, this gives the right to cruelty for the whole family in the future.

But I could love Sibylla if she'd let her, but she doesn't want to. She spends her life like a block of ice and loves no one.

Live for yourself. If you do something for others, those others will only respond to you with the blackest ingratitude.

Lord, they do not find God there at all; they see only the priest; it's kind of a disappointment.

And I learned that the best, greatest, most honest, and most worthy in life is beyond the market price, and that the gifts of the gods are not for sale.

- My Glory! I spoke bitterly. - How did I reach it? Is it worth anything?

... beautiful body and angelic face was only a mask for captivating the souls of the harpies.