Saturday, 26 April 2025

Are these the most beautiful?

These are suggested to be the twelve most beautiful sentences ever written.. Do you agree, do you have one you think is more beautiful?

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"And in that moment, I swear we were infinite." - Stephen Ch bosky, The Perks of Being a Wallflower

"We are all in the gutter, but some of us are looking at the stars." - Oscar Wilde

"The best way to predict the future is to create it." - Peter Drucker.

It was the best of times  the worst of times. Charles Dickens.

All animals are equal, but some are more equal than others. George Orwell, Animal Farm.

In the end is my beginning. T S  Elliot. East Cocker.

The Woods are Lovely Dark and Deep. Robert Frost.  Stopping by the Woods on a Snowy Evening.

I am no bird and no net ensnares me. Charlotte Bronte, Jane Eyre.

The only thing we have to fear is fear itself. Franklin D Roosevelt. Inaugural Address.

It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a single man in possession of a good fortune, must be in want of a wife.  Jane Austin, Pride and Prejudice.

To be yourself in a world that is trying to make you something else is the greatest accomplishment. Ralph Waldo Emerson.
Chrisxx

12 comments:

Marie Smith said...

Some beautiful words there!

doodles n daydreams said...

I like Oscar Wilde's sentence best of these.

Mari said...

These are all good! I think my favorite is the one by Robert Frost - The woods are lovely... I can picture it.

Angela said...

Faith, hope and love remain - but the greatest is love [Saint Paul]

Tracy said...

If poetry is allowed I would like to nominate the last verse of Adlestrop, by Edward Thomas, which is a sentence:-
And for that minute a blackbird sang
Close by, and round him, mistier,
Farther and farther, all the birds
Of Oxfordshire and Gloucestershire.
It just makes my heart soar whenever I think of it.

Anonymous said...

In a world you can be anything, be kind - Clare Pooley

Pauline x

Granny Sue said...

Well, they are good, but who can pick whatvwords/sentences are really the best? So many millions to choose from.

Sooze said...

The last one speaks to me.

Lowcarb team member said...

So many good words, I really couldn't choose.

All the best Jan

Misadventures of Widowhood said...

I've always loved these quotes...

It was the best of times the worst of times. Charles Dickens.

The Woods are Lovely Dark and Deep. Robert Frost.

diane b said...

I like the last one best.

Lorrie said...

So many wonderful words. However, I would find it hard to categorize them as most beautiful. That depends on the reader, I believe.