Only as you do know yo
Only as you do know yourself can your brain serve you as a sharp and efficient tool. Know your own failings, passions, and prejudices so you can separate them from what you see., Bernard M. Baruch, US businessman politician (1870 1965)
Beauty in things exist
Beauty in things exist in the mind which contemplates them., David Hume, Scottish historian philosopher (1711 1776)
When we cannot hope to
When we cannot hope to win, it is an advantage to yield., Quintilian, Roman rhetorician )
Though ambition itself
Though ambition itself be a vice, yet it is often times the cause of virtues., Quintilian, Roman rhetorician )
Nothing can be pleasin
Nothing can be pleasing which is not also becoming., Quintilian, Roman rhetorician )
Nature herself has nev
Nature herself has never attempted to effect great changes rapidly., Quintilian, Roman rhetorician )
A stern discipline per
A stern discipline pervades all nature, which is a little cruel that it may be very kind., Edmund Spenser, English poet (1552 1599)
Liberty, equality bad
Liberty, equality bad principles! The only true principle for humanity is justice and justice to the feeble is protection and kindness., HenriFrédéric Amiel,
Eloquence is in the a
Eloquence is in the assembly, not merely in the speaker., William Pitt,
Doubt whom you will, b
Doubt whom you will, but never yourself., Christine Bovee,
Educate your children
Educate your children to selfcontrol, to the habit of holding passion and prejudice and evil tendencies subject to an upright and reasoning will, and you have done much to abolish misery from their future and crimes from society., Benjamin Franklin, US author, diplomat, inventor, physicist, politician, printer (1706 1790)
Wherever there is auth
Wherever there is authority, there is a natural inclination to disobedience., Thomas Haliburton,
Difficulties strengthe
Difficulties strengthen the mind, as labour the body., Seneca, Roman dramatist, philosopher, politician (5 BC 65 AD)
Adversity is the trial
Adversity is the trial of principle. Without it a man hardly knows whether he is honest or not., Henry Fielding, English dramatist novelist (1707 1754)
The brightest crowns t
The brightest crowns that are worn in heaven have been tried, and smelted, and polished, and glorified through the furnace of tribulation., Edward Chapin,
All sects are differen
All sects are different, because they come from men morality is everywhere the same, because it comes from God., Voltaire, French author, humanist, rationalist, satirist (1694 1778)
The soul is the captai
The soul is the captain and ruler of the life of morals., Sallust, Roman historian politician (86 BC 34 BC)
If you really do put a
If you really do put a small value upon yourself, rest assured that the world will not raise your price., Anonymous,
The human brain is a m
The human brain is a most unusual instrument of elegant and as yet unknown capacity., Stuart Seaton,
The secret of a good l
The secret of a good life is to have the right loyalties and to hold them in the right scale of values., Norman Thomas, US socialist politician (1884 1968)
There is nothing so ea
There is nothing so easy but that it becomes difficult when you do it reluctantly., Terence, Roman comic dramatist (185 BC 159 BC)
You will find it a ver
You will find it a very good practice always to verify your references sir., Martin Routh,
Practice and thought m
Practice and thought might gradually forge many an art., Virgil, Roman epic poet (70 BC 19 BC)
Look with favour upon
Look with favour upon a bold beginning., Virgil, Roman epic poet (70 BC 19 BC)
Your descendants shall
Your descendants shall gather your fruits., Virgil, Roman epic poet (70 BC 19 BC)
Only actions give life
Only actions give life strength only moderation gives it a charm., Jean Paul Richter, German author (1763 1825)
If you want to be resp
If you want to be respected, you must respect yourself., Spanish Proverb,
Admonish thy friends i
Admonish thy friends in secret, praise them openly., Publilius Syrus, (~100 BC)
Never lose hope., Unkn
Never lose hope., Unknown, Polish Slogan, Quotations by unknown authors )
However often you may
However often you may have done them a favour, if you once refuse they forget everything except your refusal., Pliny the Younger, Roman author politician (62 AD 114 AD)
No mortal man, moreove
No mortal man, moreover is wise at all moments., Pliny the Elder, Roman scholar scientist (23 AD 79 AD)
From the end spring ne
From the end spring new beginnings., Pliny the Elder, Roman scholar scientist (23 AD 79 AD)
Things we not hope for
Things we not hope for often come to pass than things we wish., Titus Maccius Plautus, Roman comic dramatist (254 BC 184 BC)
The evil that we know
The evil that we know is best., Titus Maccius Plautus, Roman comic dramatist (254 BC 184 BC)
Not every age is fit f
Not every age is fit for childish sports., Titus Maccius Plautus, Roman comic dramatist (254 BC 184 BC)
It well becomes a youn
It well becomes a young man to be modest., Titus Maccius Plautus, Roman comic dramatist (254 BC 184 BC)
Above all things, reve
Above all things, reverence yourself., Pythagoras, Greek mathematician, philosopher, scientist (582 BC 507 BC)
I am always afraid of
I am always afraid of your something shall be done., Titus Maccius Plautus, Roman comic dramatist (254 BC 184 BC)
A word to the wise is
A word to the wise is enough., Titus Maccius Plautus, Roman comic dramatist (254 BC 184 BC)
A contented mind is th
A contented mind is the best source for trouble., Titus Maccius Plautus, Roman comic dramatist (254 BC 184 BC)
A large part of virtue
A large part of virtue consists in good habits., William Paley,
Where duty is plain, d
Where duty is plain, delay is both foolish and hazardous where it is not, delay may provide both wisdom and safety., Tryon Edwards, (1809 1894)
Ignorance, the root an
Ignorance, the root and the stem of every evil., Plato, Greek author philosopher in Athens (427 BC 347 BC)
Death is not the worst
Death is not the worst than can happen to men., Plato, Greek author philosopher in Athens (427 BC 347 BC)
Sweet is war to those
Sweet is war to those who know it not., Pindar, Greek lyric poet (522 BC 443 BC)
As thou hast sown, so
As thou hast sown, so shalt thou reap., Pinarius,
The secret of all succ
The secret of all success is to know how to deny yourself. Prove that you can control yourself, and you are an educated man and without this all other education is good for nothing., R. D. Hitchcock,
He who hesitates is a
He who hesitates is a damned fool., Mae West, US movie actress (1892 1980)
There is danger in bot
There is danger in both belief and unbelief., Phaedrus, Roman author of fables (15 BC 50 AD)
The humble suffer when
The humble suffer when the mighty disagree., Phaedrus, Roman author of fables (15 BC 50 AD)
Men in however high a
Men in however high a station ought to fear the humble., Phaedrus, Roman author of fables (15 BC 50 AD)
It is destruction to t
It is destruction to the weak man to attempt to imitate the powerful., Phaedrus, Roman author of fables (15 BC 50 AD)
Aggression unchallenge
Aggression unchallenged is aggression unleashed., Phaedrus, Roman author of fables (15 BC 50 AD)
What power has law whe
What power has law where only money rules., Gaius Petronius, (~66 AD)
Freedom is a clear con
Freedom is a clear conscience., Periander,
His intelligence seize
His intelligence seized on a subject, his genius embraced it, his eloquence illuminated it., Paterculus,
Man perfected by socie
Man perfected by society is the best of all animals he is the most terrible of all when he lives without law, and without justice., Aristotle, Greek critic, philosopher, physicist, zoologist (384 BC 322 BC)
Their understanding Be
Their understanding Begins to swell and the approaching tide Will shortly fill the reasonable shores That now lie foul and muddy., William Shakespeare, Greatest English dramatist poet (1564 1616)
Small minds are much d
Small minds are much distressed by little things. Great minds see them all but are not upset by them., Francois de La Rochefoucauld, French author moralist (1613 1680)
Since wars begin in th
Since wars begin in the minds of men, it is in the minds of men that the defence of peace must be constructed., Unknown, UNESCO Constitution, Quotations by unknown authors )
It is by no means self
It is by no means selfevident that human beings are most real when most violently excited violent physical passions do not in themselves differentiate men from each other, but rather tend to reduce them to the same state., Thomas Elliot,
Only passions, great p
Only passions, great passions, can elevate the soul to great things., Denis Diderot, French author, encyclopedist, philosopher (1713 1784)
It is the mind which c
It is the mind which creates the world about us, and even though we stand side by side in the same meadow, my eyes will never see what is beheld by yours, my heart will never stir to the emotions with which yours is touched., George Gissing, English novelist (1857 1903)
Too little liberty bri
Too little liberty brings stagnation and too much brings chaos., Bertrand Russell, British author, mathematician, philosopher (1872 1970)
The test of every reli
The test of every religious, political, or educational system is the man that it forms., HenriFrédéric Amiel,
He who spares the wick
He who spares the wicked injures the good., Seneca, Roman dramatist, philosopher, politician (5 BC 65 AD)
Desultory reading is d
Desultory reading is delightful, but to be beneficial, our reading must be carefully directed., Seneca, Roman dramatist, philosopher, politician (5 BC 65 AD)
Dangerous is wrath con
Dangerous is wrath concealed. Hatred proclaimed doth lose its chance of wreaking vengeance., Seneca, Roman dramatist, philosopher, politician (5 BC 65 AD)
Be silent as to servic
Be silent as to services you have rendered, but speak of favours you have received., Seneca, Roman dramatist, philosopher, politician (5 BC 65 AD)
Be not too hasty eithe
Be not too hasty either with praise or blame speak always as though you were giving evidence before the judgementseat of the Gods., Seneca, Roman dramatist, philosopher, politician (5 BC 65 AD)
As was his language so
As was his language so was his life., Seneca, Roman dramatist, philosopher, politician (5 BC 65 AD)
An unpopular rule is n
An unpopular rule is never long maintained., Seneca, Roman dramatist, philosopher, politician (5 BC 65 AD)
All art is an imitatio
All art is an imitation of nature., Seneca, Roman dramatist, philosopher, politician (5 BC 65 AD)
The higher your statio
The higher your station, the less your liberty., Sallust, Roman historian politician (86 BC 34 BC)
Small communities grow
Small communities grow great through harmony, great ones fall to pieces through discord., Sallust, Roman historian politician (86 BC 34 BC)
Few men desire liberty
Few men desire liberty: The majority are satisfied with a just master., Sallust, Roman historian politician (86 BC 34 BC)
If you reveal your sec
If you reveal your secrets to the wind you should not blame the wind for revealing them to the trees., Kahlil Gibran, Lebanese artist poet in US (1883 1931)
Before you act conside
Before you act consider when you have considered, tis fully time to act., Sallust, Roman historian politician (86 BC 34 BC)
Man is an animal which
Man is an animal which, alone among the animals, refuses to be satisfied by the fulfilment of animal desires., Alexander Graham Bell, US (Scottishborn) inventor (1847 1922)
To know a man, observe
To know a man, observe how he wins his object, rather than how he loses it for when we fail our pride supports us when we succeed, it betrays us., Charles Caleb Colton, (1780 1832)
It is honourable to be
It is honourable to be accused by those who deserve to be accused., Latin Proverb,
A word is not a crysta
A word is not a crystal, transparent and unchanging, it is the skin of a living thought and may vary greatly in colour and content according to the circumstances and time in which it is used., Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr., US jurist (1841 1935)
Make wisdom your provi
Make wisdom your provision for the journey from youth to old age, for it is a more certain support than all other possessions., Bias,
It is better to unders
It is better to understand little than to misunderstand a lot., Anatole France, French novelist (1844 1924)
The greatest friend of
The greatest friend of Truth is time, her greatest enemy is Prejudice, and her constant companion Humility., Charles Caleb Colton, (1780 1832)
Truth is the secret of
Truth is the secret of eloquence and of virtue, the basis of moral authority it is the highest summit of art and life., HenriFrédéric Amiel,
Never trust a man who
Never trust a man who speaks well of everybody., John Collins, US politician (1919 )
To do anything in this
To do anything in this world worth doing, we must not stand back shivering and thinking of the cold and danger, but jump in, and scramble through as well as we can., Sydney Smith, English essayist (1771 1845)
Remember that lost tim
Remember that lost time does not return., Thomas a Kempis, German mystic religious author (1380 1471)
The true teacher defen
The true teacher defends his pupils against his own personal influence., Amos Bronson Alcott, US educator Transcendentalist (1799 1888)
Just definitions eithe
Just definitions either prevent or put an end to a dispute., Nathaniel Emmons,
What is defeat? Nothin
What is defeat? Nothing but education nothing but the first step to something better., Wendell Phillips, US abolitionist (1811 1884)
No man, for any consid
No man, for any considerable period, can wear one face to himself and another to the multitude, without finally getting bewildered as to which may be true., Nathaniel Hawthorne, US author (1804 1864)
How unhappy is he who
How unhappy is he who cannot forgive himself., Publilius Syrus, (~100 BC)
If we are bound to for
If we are bound to forgive an enemy, we are not bound to trust him., Thomas Fuller, English clergyman historian (1608 1661)
Learning makes a man f
Learning makes a man fit company for himself., Thomas Fuller, English clergyman historian (1608 1661)
Touch the earth, love
Touch the earth, love the earth, honour the earth, her plains, her valleys, her hills, and her seas rest your spirit in her solitary places., Ernest Dimnet,
Take calculated risks.
Take calculated risks. That is quite different from being rash., George S. Patton, US general (1885 1945)
The only kind of digni
The only kind of dignity which is genuine is that which is not diminished by the indifference of others., Dag Hammarskjold, Swedish diplomat (1905 1961)
Let not a man guard hi
Let not a man guard his dignity, but let his dignity guard him., Ralph Waldo Emerson, US essayist poet (1803 1882)
It is more tolerable t
It is more tolerable to be refused than deceived., Publilius Syrus, (~100 BC)
Life without the coura
Life without the courage for death is slavery., Seneca, Roman dramatist, philosopher, politician (5 BC 65 AD)
It is easy to be brave
It is easy to be brave from a safe distance., Aesop, Greek slave fable author (620 BC 560 BC)
Absence, with all its
Absence, with all its pains, is, by this charming moment, wiped away., James Thomson,
Deceivers are the most
Deceivers are the most dangerous members of society. They trifle with the best affections of our nature, and violate the most sacred obligations., George Crabbe, English poet (1754 1832)
It is a great thing to
It is a great thing to start life with a small number of really good books which are your very own., Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, British mystery author physician (1859 1930)
No race can prosper ti
No race can prosper till it learns that there is as much dignity in tilling a field as in writing a poem., Booker T. Washington, US educator (1856 1915)
Our government is the
Our government is the potent, the omnipresent teacher. For good or ill, it teaches the whole people by its example., Louis D. Brandeis, US jurist (1856 1941)
First weigh the consid
First weigh the considerations, then take the risks., Helmuth von Moltke, Prussian marshal (1800 1891)
It is worse still to b
It is worse still to be ignorant of your ignorance., Saint Jerome, church father saint (374 AD 419 AD)
Refrain from doing ill
Refrain from doing ill for one all powerful reason, lest our children should copy our misdeeds we are all too prone to imitate whatever is base and depraved., Juvenal, Roman poet satirist (55 AD 127 AD)
Peace visits not the g
Peace visits not the guilty mind. (Nemo Malus Felix), Juvenal, Roman poet satirist (55 AD 127 AD)
One path alone leads t
One path alone leads to a life of peace: The path of virtue., Juvenal, Roman poet satirist (55 AD 127 AD)
A healthy mind in a he
A healthy mind in a healthy body., Juvenal, Roman poet satirist (55 AD 127 AD)
Quiet and sincere symp
Quiet and sincere sympathy is often the most welcome and efficient consolation to the afflicted. Said a wise man to one in deep sorrow, I did not come to comfort you God only can do that but I did come to say how deeply and tenderly I feel for you in your affliction., Tryon Edwards, (1809 1894)
Through faith man expe
Through faith man experiences the meaning of the world through action he is to give to it meaning., Leo Braeck,
When in doubt, do with
When in doubt, do without., Hofni Samuel,
If you want to be free
If you want to be free, there is but one way it is to guarantee an equally full measure of liberty to all your neighbors. There is no other., Carl Schurz, US (Germanborn) general politician (1829 1906)
The less their ability
The less their ability, the more their conceit., Ahad HaAm,
We cannot always build
We cannot always build the future for our youth, but we can build our youth for the future., Franklin D. Roosevelt, 32nd president of US (1882 1945)
It is the province of
It is the province of knowledge to speak and it is the privilege of wisdom to listen., Oliver Wendell Holmes, US author physician (1809 1894)
I believe there are mo
I believe there are more instances of the abridgement of the freedom of the people by gradual and silent encroachments of those in power than by violent and sudden usurpations., James Madison, 4th president of US (1751 1836)
Indeed the dictum that
Indeed the dictum that truth always triumphs over persecution, is one of those pleasant falsehoods which men repeat after one another till they pass into common places, but which all experience refutes., John Stuart Mill, English economist philosopher (1806 1873)
In order that all men
In order that all men may be taught to speak truth, it is necessary that all likewise should learn to hear it., Samuel Johnson, English author, critic, lexicographer (1709 1784)
Our test of truth is a
Our test of truth is a reference to either a present or imagined future majority in favour of our view., Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr., US jurist (1841 1935)
Men can know more than
Men can know more than their ancestors did if they start with a knowledge of what their ancestors had already learned....That is why a society can be progressive only if it conserves its traditions., Walter Lippmann, US author journalist (1889 1974)
Segregation is the adu
Segregation is the adultery of an illicit intercourse between injustice and immorality., Martin Luther King Jr., US black civil rights leader clergyman (1929 1968)
Selfpity is our worst
Selfpity is our worst enemy and if we yield to it, we can never do anything good in the world., Helen Keller, US blind deaf educator (1880 1968)
We should be eternally
We should be eternally vigilant against attempts to check the expression of opinions that we loathe., Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr., US jurist (1841 1935)
Who has a harder fight
Who has a harder fight than he who is striving to overcome himself., Thomas a Kempis, German mystic religious author (1380 1471)
Of two evils we must a
Of two evils we must always choose the least., Thomas a Kempis, German mystic religious author (1380 1471)
The sword the body wou
The sword the body wounds, sharp words the mind., Menander, Greek comic dramatist (342 BC 292 BC)
Let bravery be thy cho
Let bravery be thy choice, but not bravado., Menander, Greek comic dramatist (342 BC 292 BC)
Culture makes all men
Culture makes all men gentle., Menander, Greek comic dramatist (342 BC 292 BC)
The virtuous man is ne
The virtuous man is never a novice in worldly things., Marcus Valerius Martialis, (40 AD 103 AD)
When we are born we di
When we are born we die, our end is but the pendant of our beginning., Manilius, Roman politician (~1 BC)
Even pleasure itself i
Even pleasure itself is a toil., Manilius, Roman politician (~1 BC)
Good laws have their o
Good laws have their origins in bad morals., Ambrosius Macrobius,
Physical deformity, ca
Physical deformity, calls forth our charity. But the infinite misfortune of moral deformity calls forth nothing but hatred and vengeance., Clarence Darrow, US defense lawyer (1857 1938)
Men are generally more
Men are generally more careful of the breed of their horses and dogs than of their children., William Penn, English religious leader and colonist (1644 1718)
May you live all the d
May you live all the days of your life., Jonathan Swift, Irish essayist, novelist, satirist (1667 1745)
You (God) have not onl
You (God) have not only commanded continence, that is, from what things we are to restrain our love, but also justice, that is, on what we are to bestow our love., Saint Augustine, Carthaginian author, saint, church father (354 AD 430 AD)
The idle mind knows no
The idle mind knows not what it wants., Ennius,
Your very silence show
Your very silence shows you agree., Euripides, Greek tragic dramatist (484 BC 406 BC)
Short is the joy that
Short is the joy that guilty pleasure brings., Euripides, Greek tragic dramatist (484 BC 406 BC)
Circumstances rule men
Circumstances rule men and not men rule circumstances., Euripides, Greek tragic dramatist (484 BC 406 BC)
The pleasures which we
The pleasures which we most rarely experience give us the greatest delight., Desiderius Erasmus, Dutch author, philosopher, scholar (1466 1536)
When you are right you
When you are right you cannot be too radical when you are wrong, you cannot be too conservative., Martin Luther King Jr., US black civil rights leader clergyman (1929 1968)
He who can, does. He w
He who can, does. He who cannot, teaches., George Bernard Shaw, Man and Superman 1903 Maxims for Revolutionists, Irish dramatist socialist (1856 1950)
I was walking down the
I was walking down the street wearing glasses when the prescription ran out., Steven Wright, US comedian and actor (1955 )
Judgement, not passion
Judgement, not passion should prevail., Epicharmus,
It is right to be cont
It is right to be contented with what we have, never with what we are., Sir James MacKintosh,
The true civilization
The true civilization is where every man gives to every other every right that he claims for himself., Robert Ingersoll, US agnostic, agnostic apologist, lawyer, orator (1833 1899)
I make the most of all
I make the most of all that comes, And the least of all that goes., Sara Teasdale, US poet (1884 1933)
Freedom is not worth h
Freedom is not worth having if it does not include the freedom to make mistakes., Mahatma Gandhi, Indian ascetic nationalist leader (1869 1948)
The test of courage co
The test of courage comes when we are in the minority. The test of tolerance comes when we are in the majority., Ralph W. Sockman,
To a quick question, g
To a quick question, give a slow answer., Italian Proverb,
The best way to realiz
The best way to realize the pleasure of feeling rich is to live in a smaller house than your means would entitle you to have., Edward Clarke,
A good scare is worth
A good scare is worth more to a man than good advice., Anonymous,
Nothing emboldens sin
Nothing emboldens sin so much as mercy., William Shakespeare, Greatest English dramatist poet (1564 1616)
Cowardice asks: Is it
Cowardice asks: Is it safe? Expediency asks: Is it politic? But Conscience asks: Is it right?, William Punshon,
Conscience is the perf
Conscience is the perfect interpreter of life., Karl Barth, Swiss Protestant theologian (1886 1968)
If a man will begin wi
If a man will begin with certainties, he shall end in doubts but if he will be content to begin with doubts he shall end in certainties., Sir Francis Bacon, English author, courtier, philosopher (1561 1626)
Be rich to yourself an
Be rich to yourself and poor to your friends., Juvenal, Roman poet satirist (55 AD 127 AD)
I have taken all knowl
I have taken all knowledge to by my province., Sir Francis Bacon, English author, courtier, philosopher (1561 1626)
Do not speak quickly i
Do not speak quickly it is a sign of insanity., Bias,
Knowledge is power. (I
Knowledge is power. (Ipsa Scientia Potestas Est), Sir Francis Bacon, Meditationes Sacrć. De Hćresibus. (1597), English author, courtier, philosopher (1561 1626)
He of whom many are af
He of whom many are afraid ought to fear many., Sir Francis Bacon, English author, courtier, philosopher (1561 1626)
By far the best proof
By far the best proof is experience., Sir Francis Bacon, English author, courtier, philosopher (1561 1626)
Love looks not with th
Love looks not with the eyes, but with the mind., William Shakespeare, Greatest English dramatist poet (1564 1616)
Beware the man of one
Beware the man of one book., Saint Thomas Aquinas, Italian saint theologian (1225 1274)
If you would be wealth
If you would be wealthy, think of saving as well as getting., Benjamin Franklin, US author, diplomat, inventor, physicist, politician, printer (1706 1790)
Truth is the mother of
Truth is the mother of hatred., Ausonius,
Things that we hear pa
Things that we hear pass quicker from our minds than what we read., Ausonius,
He who does not know h
He who does not know how to be silent will not know how to speak., Ausonius,
To perceive is to suff
To perceive is to suffer., Aristotle, Greek critic, philosopher, physicist, zoologist (384 BC 322 BC)
Law is mind without re
Law is mind without reason., Aristotle, Greek critic, philosopher, physicist, zoologist (384 BC 322 BC)
It is in justice that
It is in justice that the ordering of society is centered., Aristotle, Greek critic, philosopher, physicist, zoologist (384 BC 322 BC)
Where you find the law
Where you find the laws most numerous, there you will find also the greatest injustice., Arcesilaus,
He is the better equip
He is the better equipped for life. As for swimming, who has the less to carry., Apuleius, Roman philosopher, rhetorician, satirist (124 AD 170 AD)
The drug that heals ou
The drug that heals our sorrows forgetfulness., Appianus,
Our country, right or
Our country, right or wrong. When right, to be kept right, when wrong to be put right., Carl Schurz, US (Germanborn) general politician (1829 1906)
If a little knowledge
If a little knowledge is dangerous, where is the man who has so much as to be out of danger., Thomas H. Huxley, English biologist (1825 1895)
An error is the more d
An error is the more dangerous the more truth it contains., HenriFrédéric Amiel,
Education has for its
Education has for its object the formation of character., Herbert Spencer, English philosopher (1820 1903)
Nature never makes any
Nature never makes any blunders, when she makes a fool she means it., Archibald Alexander,
Man can learn nothing
Man can learn nothing unless he proceeds from the known to the unknown., Claude Bernard, French physiologist (1813 1878)
With reasonable men I
With reasonable men I will reason with humane men I will plea but to tyrants I will give no quarter, nor waste arguments where they will certainly be lost., William Lloyd Garrison, US abolitionist editor (1805 1879)
The harebrained chatte
The harebrained chatter of irresponsible frivolity., Benjamin Disraeli, British politician (1804 1881)
From the beginning of
From the beginning of our history the country has been afflicted with compromise. It is by compromise that human rights have been abandoned. I insist that this shall cease. The country needs repose after all its trials it deserves repose. And repose can only be found in everlasting principles., Charles Sumner, US abolitionist politician (1811 1874)
Live well. It is the g
Live well. It is the greatest revenge., The Talmud,
In the modern world th
In the modern world the intelligence of public opinion is the one indispensable condition for social progress., Charles W. Eliot, US educator (1834 1926)
War is delightful to t
War is delightful to those who have had no experience of it., Desiderius Erasmus, Dutch author, philosopher, scholar (1466 1536)
One voice can enter te
One voice can enter ten ears, but ten voices cannot enter one ear., Leone Levi,
Man has six organs to
Man has six organs to serve him and he is master only of three. He cannot control his eye, ear or nose, but he can his mouth, hand and foot., Leone Levi,
The idea of legally es
The idea of legally establishing inalienable, inherent and sacred rights of the individual is not of political but religious origin., George Jellinek,
Unless a life is activ
Unless a life is activated by sustained purpose it can become a depressingly haphazard affair., Richard Guggenheimer,
A law is something whi
A law is something which must have a moral basis, so that there is an inner compelling force for every citizen to obey., Chaim Weizmann, BritishIsraeli chemist Zionist leader (1874 1952)
To be intelligent is t
To be intelligent is to be openminded, active, memoried, and persistently experimental., Leopold Stein,
No important instituti
No important institution is ever merely what the law makes it. It accumulates about itself traditions, conventions, ways of behaviour, which are not less formidable in their influence., Harold Laki,
That is the true seaso
That is the true season of love, when we believe that we alone can love, that no one could ever have loved so before us, and that no one will love in the same way after us., Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, German dramatist, novelist, poet, scientist (1749 1832)
It is folly to punish
It is folly to punish your neighbor by fire when you live next door., Publilius Syrus, (~100 BC)
To listen closely and
To listen closely and reply well is the highest perfection we are able to attain in the art of conversation., Francois de La Rochefoucauld, French author moralist (1613 1680)
Conversation is an art
Conversation is an art in which a man has all mankind for his competitors, for it is that which all are practising every day while they live., Ralph Waldo Emerson, US essayist poet (1803 1882)
Do no dishonour to the
Do no dishonour to the earth least you dishonour the spirit of man., Henry Beston,
We rarely confide in t
We rarely confide in those who are better than we are., Albert Camus, French existentialist author philosopher (1913 1960)
People seem not to see
People seem not to see that their opinion of the world is also a confession of their character., Ralph Waldo Emerson, US essayist poet (1803 1882)
No man can sit down an
No man can sit down and withhold his hands from the warfare against wrong and get peace from his acquiescence., Woodrow Wilson, 28th president of US (1856 1924)
In the arena of human
In the arena of human life the honours and rewards fall to those who show their good qualities., Aristotle, Greek critic, philosopher, physicist, zoologist (384 BC 322 BC)
In taking revenge, a m
In taking revenge, a man is but even with his enemy but in passing it over, he is superior., Sir Francis Bacon, English author, courtier, philosopher (1561 1626)
You cram these words i
You cram these words into mine ears against the stomach of my sense., William Shakespeare, Greatest English dramatist poet (1564 1616)
Ignorance never settle
Ignorance never settles a question., Benjamin Disraeli, British politician (1804 1881)
There are many fine id
There are many fine ideals which are not realisable, and yet we do not refrain from teaching them., Peretz Smolenskin,
Only he is free who cu
Only he is free who cultivates his own thoughts, and strives without fear to do justice to them., Berthold Auerbach, German novelist (1812 1882)
Equality...is the resu
Equality...is the result of human organization. We are not born equal., Hannah Arendt, US (Germanborn) historian social philosopher (1906 1975)
Man is free in his ima
Man is free in his imagination, but bound by his reason., Israel Lipkin,
Civilization is built
Civilization is built on a number of ultimate principles...respect for human life, the punishment of crimes against property and persons, the equality of all good citizens before the law...or, in a word justice., Max Nordau, German author, physician, Zionist (1849 1923)
Reprimand not a child
Reprimand not a child immediately on the offence. Wait till the irritation has been replaced by serenity., Moses Hasid,
The most beautiful as
The most beautiful as well as the most ugly inclinations of man are not part of a fixed biologically given human nature, but result from the social process which creates man., Erich Fromm, US (Germanborn) psychologist (1900 1980)
Next to knowing when t
Next to knowing when to seize an opportunity, the most important thing in life is to know when to forgo an advantage., Benjamin Disraeli, British politician (1804 1881)
Though force can prote
Though force can protect in emergency, only justice, fairness, consideration and cooperation can finally lead men to the dawn of eternal peace., Dwight D. Eisenhower, US general Republican politician (1890 1969)
Ethical axioms are fou
Ethical axioms are found and tested not very differently from the axioms of science. Truth is what stands the test of experience., Albert Einstein, US (Germanborn) physicist (1879 1955)
Laws alone can not sec
Laws alone can not secure freedom of expression in order that every man present his views without penalty there must be spirit of tolerance in the entire population., Albert Einstein, US (Germanborn) physicist (1879 1955)
My thoughts are my com
My thoughts are my company I can bring them together, select them, detain them, dismiss them., Walter Landor, English author (1775 1864)
We must dare to think
We must dare to think about unthinkable things because when things become unthinkable thinking stops and action becomes mindless., William Fullbright,
Poverty is the parent
Poverty is the parent of revolution and crime., Aristotle, Greek critic, philosopher, physicist, zoologist (384 BC 322 BC)
Enjoy things which are
Enjoy things which are pleasant that is not the evil: it is the reducing of our moral self to slavery by them that is., Thomas Carlyle, Scottish author, essayist, historian (1795 1881)
The wise determine fro
The wise determine from the gravity of the case the irritable, from sensibility to oppression the high minded, from disdain and indignation at abusive power in unworthy hands., Edmund Burke, Irish orator, philosopher, politician (1729 1797)
Music is a discipline,
Music is a discipline, and a mistress of order and good manners, she makes the people milder and gentler, more moral and more reasonable., Martin Luther, German religious reformer (1483 1546)
Modesty is a shining l
Modesty is a shining light it prepares the mind to receive knowledge, and the heart for truth., Madam Guizot,
Law is the embodiment
Law is the embodiment of the moral sentiment of the people., William Blackstone, English jurist (1723 1780)
Knowledge is a comfort
Knowledge is a comfortable and necessary retreat and shelter for us in advanced age, and if we do not plant it while young, it will give us no shade when we grow old., Phillip Chesterfield, English politician (1694 1773)
Justice delayed, is ju
Justice delayed, is justice denied., William Gladstone, British politician (1809 1898)
It is impossible to ma
It is impossible to make people understand their ignorance for it requires knowledge to perceive it and therefore he that can perceive it hath it not., Jeremy Taylor, English prelate (1613 1667)
The mind is its own pl
The mind is its own place, and in itself can make a Heaven of Hell, a Hell of Heaven., John Milton, English poet (1608 1674)
Strong feelings do not
Strong feelings do not necessarily make a strong character. The strength of a man is to be measured by the power of the feelings he subdues not by the power of those which subdue him., William Carleton,
In time we hate that w
In time we hate that which we often fear., William Shakespeare, Greatest English dramatist poet (1564 1616)
He is winding the watc
He is winding the watch of his wit by and by it will strike., William Shakespeare, The Tempest, Act II scene 1, Greatest English dramatist poet (1564 1616)
Faith must have adequa
Faith must have adequate evidence, else it is mere superstition., Alexander Hodge,
The only stable state
The only stable state is the one in which all men are equal before the law., Aristotle, Greek critic, philosopher, physicist, zoologist (384 BC 322 BC)
Whatever we conceive w
Whatever we conceive well we express clearly, and words flow with ease., Nicolas Boileau, French critic satiric poet (1636 1711)
To believe with certai
To believe with certainty we must begin with doubting., Stanislaus Lescynski,
Any doctrine that will
Any doctrine that will not bear investigation is not a fit tenant for the mind of an honest man., Robert Ingersoll, US agnostic, agnostic apologist, lawyer, orator (1833 1899)
If men would consider
If men would consider not so much wherein they differ, as wherein they agree, there would be far less of uncharitableness and angry feeling., Joseph Addison, English essayist, poet, politician (1672 1719)
Familiarity breeds con
Familiarity breeds contempt, while rarity wins admiration., Apuleius, Roman philosopher, rhetorician, satirist (124 AD 170 AD)
There are in nature ne
There are in nature neither rewards nor punishments, there are consequences., Robert Ingersoll, US agnostic, agnostic apologist, lawyer, orator (1833 1899)
All human actions have
All human actions have one or more of these seven causes: chance, nature, compulsion, habit, reason, passion, and desire., Aristotle, Greek critic, philosopher, physicist, zoologist (384 BC 322 BC)
In men of the highest
In men of the highest character and noblest genius there is to be found an insatiable desire for honour, command, power, and glory., Cicero, Roman author, orator, politician (106 BC 43 BC)
Let us be resolute in
Let us be resolute in prosecuting our ends, and mild in our methods of so doing., Aquaviva,
The wise man is he who
The wise man is he who knows the relative value of things., William Ralph Inge, English author Anglican prelate (1860 1954)
While thou livest keep
While thou livest keep a good tongue in thy head., William Shakespeare, Greatest English dramatist poet (1564 1616)
When dealing with peop
When dealing with people, let us remember we are not dealing with creatures of logic. We are dealing with creatures of emotion, creatures bustling with prejudices and motivated by pride and vanity., Dale Carnegie,
Peace has to be create
Peace has to be created, in order to be maintained. It is the product of Faith, Strength, Energy, Will, Sympathy, Justice, Imagination, and the triumph of principle. It will never be achieved by passivity and quietism., Dorothy Thompson, US journalist (1894 1961)
Learn to labour and to
Learn to labour and to wait., Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, US poet (1807 1882)
It is with our passion
It is with our passions, as it is with fire and water, they are good servants but bad masters., Aesop, Greek slave fable author (620 BC 560 BC)
O tyrant love, to what
O tyrant love, to what do you not drive the hearts of men., Virgil, Roman epic poet (70 BC 19 BC)
The magic of first lov
The magic of first love is our ignorance that it can ever end., Benjamin Disraeli, British politician (1804 1881)
Use soft words and har
Use soft words and hard arguments., English Proverb,
Ignorance is the night
Ignorance is the night of the mind, but a night without moon and star., Confucius, Chinese philosopher reformer (551 BC 479 BC)
What an absurd thing i
What an absurd thing it is to pass over all the valuable parts of a man, and fix our attention on his infirmities., Joseph Addison, English essayist, poet, politician (1672 1719)
We hold these truths t
We hold these truths to be selfevident that all men are created equal that they are endowed by their Creator with certain inalienable rights that among these are life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness., US Declaration of Independence,
So many new ideas are
So many new ideas are at first strange and horrible, though ultimately valuable that a very heavy responsibility rests upon those who would prevent their dissemination. , John Haldane, British geneticist scientist (1892 1964)
If for a tranquil mind
If for a tranquil mind you seek, These things observe with care: Of whom you speak, to whom you speak, And how, and when and where. , Anonymous,
If you want to be resp
If you want to be respected by others the great thing is to respect yourself. Only by that, only by selfrespect will you compel others to respect you., Fyodor Dostoevsky, Russian novelist (1821 1881)
To him that you tell y
To him that you tell your secret you resign your liberty. , Anonymous, Proverb,
He removes the greates
He removes the greatest ornament of friendship, who takes away from it respect., Cicero, Roman author, orator, politician (106 BC 43 BC)
To read a book for the
To read a book for the first time is to make the acquaintance of a new friend to read it a second time is to meet an old one., Selwyn Champion,
Prejudice is opinion w
Prejudice is opinion without judgement., Voltaire, French author, humanist, rationalist, satirist (1694 1778)
The wise man carries h
The wise man carries his possessions within him., Bias,
Compassion is the basi
Compassion is the basis of all morality., Arthur Schopenhauer, German philosopher (1788 1860)
No man deserves punish
No man deserves punishment for his thoughts., Anonymous,
The character of every
The character of every act depends upon the circumstances in which it is done., Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr., US jurist (1841 1935)
To no one will we sell
To no one will we sell, to no one will we refuse or delay right or justice., Magna Carta,
Justice is the constan
Justice is the constant and perpetual will to allot to every man his due., Domitus Ulpian, Roman jurist (100 AD 228 AD)
Opinion has a signific
Opinion has a significance proportioned to the sources that sustain it., Benjamin Cardozo, US jurist (1870 1938)
The reason of a resolu
The reason of a resolution is more to be considered than the resolution itself., Sir John Holt,
Patience is the compan
Patience is the companion of wisdom., Saint Augustine, Carthaginian author, saint, church father (354 AD 430 AD)
Law is order in libert
Law is order in liberty, and without order liberty is social chaos., Archbishop Ireland,
Justice requires that
Justice requires that to lawfully constituted Authority there be given that respect and obedience which is its due that the laws which are made shall be in wise conformity with the common good and that, as a matter of conscience all men shall render obedience to these laws., Pope Pius XI, Italian scholar pope 19221939 (1857 1939)
The most certain test
The most certain test by which we judge whether a country is really free is the amount of security enjoyed by minorities., Lord Acton,
The meanest, most cont
The meanest, most contemptible kind of praise is that which first speaks well of a man, and then qualifies it with a but. , Henry Ward Beecher, US abolitionist clergyman (1813 1887)
A multitude of words i
A multitude of words is no proof of a prudent mind., Thales, Greek philosopher scientist (640 AD 546 AD)
What is done let us le
What is done let us leave alone., Terence, Roman comic dramatist (185 BC 159 BC)
Too much liberty corru
Too much liberty corrupts us all., Terence, Roman comic dramatist (185 BC 159 BC)
Their silence is suffi
Their silence is sufficient praise., Terence, Roman comic dramatist (185 BC 159 BC)
I am my nearest neighb
I am my nearest neighbour., Cornelius Tacitus, Roman historian politician (55 AD 117 AD)
There is one piece of
There is one piece of advice, in a life of study, which I think no one will object to and that is, every now and then to be completely idle to do nothing at all., Sydney Smith, English essayist (1771 1845)
There can never be a c
There can never be a complete confidence in a power which is excessive., Cornelius Tacitus, Roman historian politician (55 AD 117 AD)
That cannot be safe wh
That cannot be safe which is not honourable., Cornelius Tacitus, Roman historian politician (55 AD 117 AD)
No hatred is so bitter
No hatred is so bitter as that of near relations. , Cornelius Tacitus, Roman historian politician (55 AD 117 AD)
Keen at the start, but
Keen at the start, but careless at the end., Cornelius Tacitus, Roman historian politician (55 AD 117 AD)
It is found by experie
It is found by experience that admirable laws and right precedents among the good have their origin in the misdeeds of others., Cornelius Tacitus, Roman historian politician (55 AD 117 AD)
In stirring up tumult
In stirring up tumult and strife, the worst men can do the most, but peace and quiet cannot be established without virtue., Cornelius Tacitus, Roman historian politician (55 AD 117 AD)
The greatest remedy fo
The greatest remedy for anger is delay., Seneca, Roman dramatist, philosopher, politician (5 BC 65 AD)
Like as the waves make
Like as the waves make towards the pebbled shore, So do our minutes hasten to their end., William Shakespeare, Greatest English dramatist poet (1564 1616)
Employ thy time well,
Employ thy time well, if thou meanest to get leisure., Benjamin Franklin, US author, diplomat, inventor, physicist, politician, printer (1706 1790)
It is knowledge that i
It is knowledge that influences and equalizes the social condition of man that gives to all, however different their political position, passions which are in common, and enjoyments which are universal., Benjamin Disraeli, British politician (1804 1881)
The sign of an intelli
The sign of an intelligent people is their ability to control emotions by the application of reason., Marya Mannes,
Innocence dwells with
Innocence dwells with Wisdom, but never with Ignorance., William Blake, English engraver, illustrator, poet (1757 1827)
I detest that man who
I detest that man who hides one thing in the depths of his heart, and speaks for another., Homer, Greek epic poet (800 BC 700 BC)
What does reason deman
What does reason demand of a man? A very easy thingto live in accord with his nature., Seneca, Roman dramatist, philosopher, politician (5 BC 65 AD)
Whatever is produced i
Whatever is produced in haste goes hastily to waste., Saadi, Persian poet (1184 1291)
Where reason fails, ti
Where reason fails, time oft has worked a cure., Seneca, Roman dramatist, philosopher, politician (5 BC 65 AD)
Wealth is the slave of
Wealth is the slave of a wise man. The master of a fool., Seneca, Roman dramatist, philosopher, politician (5 BC 65 AD)
We most often go astra
We most often go astray on a well trodden and much frequented road., Seneca, Roman dramatist, philosopher, politician (5 BC 65 AD)
You have to allow a ce
You have to allow a certain amount of time in which you are doing nothing in order to have things occur to you, to let your mind think., Mortimer Adler,
Unjust dominion cannot
Unjust dominion cannot be eternal., Seneca, Roman dramatist, philosopher, politician (5 BC 65 AD)
To be always fortunate
To be always fortunate, and to pass through life with a soul that has never known sorrow, is to be ignorant of one half of nature., Seneca, Roman dramatist, philosopher, politician (5 BC 65 AD)
The path of precept is
The path of precept is long, that of example short and effectual., Seneca, Roman dramatist, philosopher, politician (5 BC 65 AD)
The most onerous slave
The most onerous slavery is to be a slave to oneself., Seneca, Roman dramatist, philosopher, politician (5 BC 65 AD)
The mind is slow to un
The mind is slow to unlearn what it learnt early., Seneca, Roman dramatist, philosopher, politician (5 BC 65 AD)
The first step towards
The first step towards amendment is the recognition of error., Seneca, Roman dramatist, philosopher, politician (5 BC 65 AD)
The arts are the serva
The arts are the servant wisdom its master., Seneca, Roman dramatist, philosopher, politician (5 BC 65 AD)
Speech is the mirror o
Speech is the mirror of the mind. (Imago Animi Sermo Est), Seneca, Roman dramatist, philosopher, politician (5 BC 65 AD)
One hand washes the ot
One hand washes the other. (Manus Manum Lavet), Seneca, Roman dramatist, philosopher, politician (5 BC 65 AD)
Sweet are the uses of
Sweet are the uses of adversity, which, like a toad, though ugly and venomous, wears yet a precious jewel in its head. , William Shakespeare, Greatest English dramatist poet (1564 1616)
Education is a kind of
Education is a kind of continuing dialogue, and a dialogue assumes, in the nature of the case, different points of view., Robert Hutchins, US educator (1899 1977)
With silence favor me.
With silence favor me. (Favete Linguis), Horace, Roman lyric poet satirist (65 BC 8 BC)
The appearance of righ
The appearance of right oft leads us wrong., Horace, Roman lyric poet satirist (65 BC 8 BC)
Faults are soon copied
Faults are soon copied., Horace, Roman lyric poet satirist (65 BC 8 BC)
I will not add another
I will not add another word., Horace, Roman lyric poet satirist (65 BC 8 BC)
Take rest a field that
Take rest a field that has rested gives a bountiful crop., Ovid, Roman poet (43 BC 17 AD)
Has not peace honours
Has not peace honours and glories of her own unattended by the dangers of war?, Hermocrates of Syracuse,
In order to improve th
In order to improve the mind, we ought less to learn, than to contemplate., Rene Descartes, French mathematician philosopher (1596 1650)
I feel within me a pea
I feel within me a peace above all earthly dignities, a still and quiet conscience., William Shakespeare, Greatest English dramatist poet (1564 1616)
Faith in the ability o
Faith in the ability of a leader is of slight service unless it be united with faith in his justice., George Goethals, US engineer general (1858 1928)
We must conquer war, o
We must conquer war, or war will conquer us., Ely Gulbertson,
The test of our progre
The test of our progress is not whether we add more to the abundance of those who have much it is whether we provide enough for those who have too little., Franklin D. Roosevelt, 32nd president of US (1882 1945)
Government, is the las
Government, is the last analysis, is organized opinion. Where there is little or no public opinion, there is likely to be bad government., MacKenzie King,
The law must be stable
The law must be stable, but it must not stand still., Roscoe Pound, US jurist (1870 1964)
Freedom of expression
Freedom of expression is the matrix, the indispensable condition, of nearly every other form of freedom., Benjamin Cardozo, US jurist (1870 1938)
In the name of God, st
In the name of God, stop a moment, cease your work, look around you., Leo Tolstoy, Russian mystic novelist (1828 1910)
Hard work never killed
Hard work never killed anybody, but why take a chance?, Edgar Bergen, (Charlie McCarthy), US comedian ventriloquist (1903 1978)
The young man who has
The young man who has not wept is a savage, and the old man who will not laugh is a fool., George Santayana, Dialogues in Limbo 1925 ch. 3, US (Spanishborn) philosopher (1863 1952)
It is better in some r
It is better in some respects to be admired by those with whom you live, than to be loved by them. And this is not on account of any gratification of vanity, but because admiration is so much more tolerant than love. , Sir Arthur Helps,
I wasted time, and now
I wasted time, and now doth time waste me., William Shakespeare, Greatest English dramatist poet (1564 1616)
The happiness of your
The happiness of your life depends upon the quality of your thoughts, therefore guard accordingly and take care that you entertain no notions unsuitable to virtue, and reasonable nature., Marcus Aurelius Antoninus, Roman Emperor, A.D. 161180 (121 AD 180 AD)
They think to little w
They think to little who talk to much., John Dryden, English dramatist poet (1631 1700)
In all the affairs of
In all the affairs of life, social as well as political, courtesies of a small and trivial character are the ones which strike deepest to the grateful and appreciating heart., Henry Clay, US orator politician (1777 1852)
See first that the des
See first that the design is wise and just: that ascertained, pursue it resolutely do not for one repulse forego the purpose that you resolved to effect., William Shakespeare, Greatest English dramatist poet (1564 1616)
Work and struggle and
Work and struggle and never accept an evil that you can change., Andre Gide, French critic, essayist, novelist (1869 1951)
When griping grief the
When griping grief the heart doth wound, and doleful dumps the mind opresses, then music, with her silver sound, with speedy help doth lend redress., William Shakespeare, Greatest English dramatist poet (1564 1616)
No sword bites so fier
No sword bites so fiercly as an evil tongue., Sir Philip Sidney, English poet, politician, soldier (1554 1586)
In everything one must
In everything one must consider the end., Jean De la Fontaine, French poet (1621 1695)
Curiosity is one of th
Curiosity is one of the permanent and certain characteristics of a vigorous mind., Samuel Johnson, English author, critic, lexicographer (1709 1784)
Of all the griefs that
Of all the griefs that harass the distrest, Sure the most bitter is a scornful jest., Samuel Johnson, English author, critic, lexicographer (1709 1784)
That action is best wh
That action is best which procures the greatest happiness., Francis Hutcheson,
The knowledge of the w
The knowledge of the world is only to be acquired in the world, and not in the closet., Phillip Earl Stanhope,
Respect yourself and o
Respect yourself and others will respect you., Confucius, Chinese philosopher reformer (551 BC 479 BC)
When defeat is inevita
When defeat is inevitable, it is wisest to yield., Quintilian, Roman rhetorician )
Safeguard the health b
Safeguard the health both of body and soul., Cleobulus,
Learn to bear bravely
Learn to bear bravely changes of fortune., Cleobulus,
Virtue is indeed its o
Virtue is indeed its own reward., Claudianus,
An angry man is again
An angry man is again angry with himself when he returns to reason., Publilius Syrus, (~100 BC)
Deliberate with cautio
Deliberate with caution, but act with decision and yield with graciousness, or oppose with firmness., Charles Caleb Colton, (1780 1832)
Our repentance is not
Our repentance is not so much regret for the ill we have done as fear of the ill that may happen to us in consequence., Francois de La Rochefoucauld, French author moralist (1613 1680)
Jealousy feeds upon su
Jealousy feeds upon suspicion, and it turns into fury or it ends as soon as we pass from suspicion to certainty., Francois de La Rochefoucauld, French author moralist (1613 1680)
If we had no faults of
If we had no faults of our own, we would not take so much pleasure in noticing those of others., Francois de La Rochefoucauld, French author moralist (1613 1680)
Suspicion always haunt
Suspicion always haunts the guilty mind., William Shakespeare, Greatest English dramatist poet (1564 1616)
Glory is like a circle
Glory is like a circle in the water, Which never ceaseth to enlarge itself, Till by broad spreading it disperses to naught., William Shakespeare, Greatest English dramatist poet (1564 1616)
I do not distinguish b
I do not distinguish by the eye, but by the mind, which is the proper judge., Seneca, Roman dramatist, philosopher, politician (5 BC 65 AD)
Ridicule is the first
Ridicule is the first and last argument of fools., Charles Simmons,
It is the act of a mad
It is the act of a madman to pursue impossibilities., Marcus Aurelius Antoninus, Roman Emperor, A.D. 161180 (121 AD 180 AD)
Poverty is the schoolm
Poverty is the schoolmaster of character., Antiphanes,
Whatever you undertake
Whatever you undertake, act with prudence, and consider the consequences., Anonymous,
Tis the advisor who su
Tis the advisor who suffers from bad advice., Anonymous,
Bad mind, bad heart. (
Bad mind, bad heart. (Mals Mens, Malus Animus), Anacharsis Cloots, French revolutionary (1755 1794)
Courage is of no value
Courage is of no value unless accompanied by justice yet if all men became just, there would be no need for courage., Agesilaus the Second,
The wise man will love
The wise man will love all others will desire., Afranius,
What a splendid head,
What a splendid head, yet no brain., Aesop, Greek slave fable author (620 BC 560 BC)
Persuasion is often mo
Persuasion is often more effectual than force., Aesop, Greek slave fable author (620 BC 560 BC)
In critical moments ev
In critical moments even the very powerful have need of the weakest., Aesop, Greek slave fable author (620 BC 560 BC)
In war, truth is the f
In war, truth is the first casualty., Aeschylus, Greek tragic dramatist (525 BC 456 BC)
Let us take things as
Let us take things as we find them: let us not attempt to distort them into what they are not. We cannot make facts. All our wishing cannot change them. We must use them., John Henry Cardinal Newman, English Catholic cardinal (1801 1890)
Self discipline is tha
Self discipline is that which, next to virtue, truly and essentially raises one man above another., Joseph Addison, English essayist, poet, politician (1672 1719)
It is feeling and forc
It is feeling and force of imagination that make us eloquent., Marcus Valerius Martialis, (40 AD 103 AD)
A life of peace, purit
A life of peace, purity, and refinement leads to a calm and untroubled old age., Cicero, Roman author, orator, politician (106 BC 43 BC)
The strictest law ofte
The strictest law often causes the most serious wrong., Cicero, Roman author, orator, politician (106 BC 43 BC)
Our thoughts are free.
Our thoughts are free., Cicero, Roman author, orator, politician (106 BC 43 BC)
Liberty is rendered ev
Liberty is rendered even more precious by the recollection of servitude., Cicero, Roman author, orator, politician (106 BC 43 BC)
It is a great thing to
It is a great thing to know our vices., Cicero, Roman author, orator, politician (106 BC 43 BC)
Thought is the fountai
Thought is the fountain of speech., Chrysippus, Greek Stoic philosopher (280 BC 207 BC)
There is no legal obli
There is no legal obligation to perform impossibilities., Publius Celsus,
Tis sometimes the heig
Tis sometimes the height of wisdom to feign stupidity., Cato the Elder, Roman orator politician (234 BC 149 BC)
Better be ill spoken o
Better be ill spoken of by one before all than by all before one., Scottish Proverb,
Patience is the greate
Patience is the greatest of all virtues., Cato the Elder, Roman orator politician (234 BC 149 BC)
Lighter is the wound f
Lighter is the wound foreseen., Cato the Elder, Roman orator politician (234 BC 149 BC)
From lightest words so
From lightest words sometimes the direst quarrel springs., Cato the Elder, Roman orator politician (234 BC 149 BC)
Anger so clouds the mi
Anger so clouds the mind, that it cannot perceive the truth., Cato the Elder, Roman orator politician (234 BC 149 BC)
Whom did it benefit. (
Whom did it benefit. (Cui Bono Fuerit), Longinus Cassius, Roman conspirator general (? 42 BC)
Strong reasons make st
Strong reasons make strong actions., William Shakespeare, Greatest English dramatist poet (1564 1616)
Strain every nerve to
Strain every nerve to gain your point., Cicero, Roman author, orator, politician (106 BC 43 BC)
Our span of life is br
Our span of life is brief, but is long enough for us to live well and honestly., Cicero, Roman author, orator, politician (106 BC 43 BC)
No one can speak well,
No one can speak well, unless he thoroughly understands his subject., Cicero, Roman author, orator, politician (106 BC 43 BC)
Nature herself makes t
Nature herself makes the wise man rich., Cicero, Roman author, orator, politician (106 BC 43 BC)
Have regard for your n
Have regard for your name, since it will remain for you longer than a great store of gold., Ecclesiasticus, Aprocrypha (Ec. 41:12),
It is a true saying th
It is a true saying that One falsehood leads easily to another., Cicero, Roman author, orator, politician (106 BC 43 BC)
I will go further, and
I will go further, and assert that nature without culture can often do more to deserve praise than culture without nature., Cicero, Roman author, orator, politician (106 BC 43 BC)
Force overcome by forc
Force overcome by force. (Vi Victa Vis), Cicero, Roman author, orator, politician (106 BC 43 BC)
By force of arms. (Vi
By force of arms. (Vi Et Armis), Cicero, Roman author, orator, politician (106 BC 43 BC)
As the old proverb say
As the old proverb says Like readily consorts with like., Cicero, Roman author, orator, politician (106 BC 43 BC)
Art is born of the obs
Art is born of the observation and investigation of nature., Cicero, Roman author, orator, politician (106 BC 43 BC)
All action is of the m
All action is of the mind and the mirror of the mind is the face, its index the eyes., Cicero, Roman author, orator, politician (106 BC 43 BC)
A mind without instruc
A mind without instruction can no more bear fruit than can a field, however fertile, without cultivation., Cicero, Roman author, orator, politician (106 BC 43 BC)
The most profound joy
The most profound joy has more of gravity than of gaiety in it., Michel de Montaigne, French essayist (1533 1592)
Pride sullies the nobl
Pride sullies the noblest character., Claudianus,
There are two modes of
There are two modes of establishing our reputation: to be praised by honest men, and to be abused by rogues. It is best, however, to secure the former, because it will invariably be accompanied by the latter., Charles Caleb Colton, (1780 1832)
He who desires is alwa
He who desires is always poor., Claudianus,
What we call pleasure,
What we call pleasure, and rightly so is the absence of all pain., Cicero, Roman author, orator, politician (106 BC 43 BC)
We must not say every
We must not say every mistake is a foolish one., Cicero, Roman author, orator, politician (106 BC 43 BC)
We do not destroy reli
We do not destroy religion by destroying superstition., Cicero, Roman author, orator, politician (106 BC 43 BC)
To each his own. (Suum
To each his own. (Suum Cuique), Cicero, Roman author, orator, politician (106 BC 43 BC)
To be content with wha
To be content with what one has is the greatest and truest of riches., Cicero, Roman author, orator, politician (106 BC 43 BC)
There is no duty more
There is no duty more obligatory than the repayment of kindness., Cicero, Roman author, orator, politician (106 BC 43 BC)
The first duty of a ma
The first duty of a man is the seeking after and the investigation of truth., Cicero, Roman author, orator, politician (106 BC 43 BC)
The evil implanted in
The evil implanted in man by nature spreads so imperceptibly, when the habit of wrongdoing is unchecked, that he himself can set no limit to his shamelessness., Cicero, Roman author, orator, politician (106 BC 43 BC)
The absolute good is n
The absolute good is not a matter of opinion but of nature., Cicero, Roman author, orator, politician (106 BC 43 BC)
Regard your good name
Regard your good name as the richest jewel you can possibly be possessed of for credit is like fire when once you have kindled it you may easily preserve it, but if you once extinguish it, you will find it an arduous task to rekindle it again. The way to gain a good reputation is to endeavor to be what you desire to appear., Socrates, Greek philosopher in Athens (469 BC 399 BC)
Such praise coming fro
Such praise coming from so degraded a source, was degrading to me, its recipient., Cicero, Roman author, orator, politician (106 BC 43 BC)
Desperate affairs requ
Desperate affairs require desperate remedies., Horatio Nelson, British admiral naval hero (1758 1805)
Deepseated are the wou
Deepseated are the wounds dealt in civil brawls., Lucan, Roman epic poet (39 AD 65 AD)
A show of daring oft c
A show of daring oft conceals great fear., Lucan, Roman epic poet (39 AD 65 AD)
A crime which is the c
A crime which is the crime of many none avenge., Lucan, Roman epic poet (39 AD 65 AD)
Whatever is worth doin
Whatever is worth doing at all is worth doing well., Phillip Earl Stanhope,
A man should never be
A man should never be ashamed to own he has been wrong, which is but saying, that he is wiser today than he was yesterday., Alexander Pope, English poet satirist (1688 1744)
Remember what is unbec
Remember what is unbecoming to do is also unbecoming to speak of., Socrates, Greek philosopher in Athens (469 BC 399 BC)
Do not do to others wh
Do not do to others what angers you if done to you by others., Socrates, Greek philosopher in Athens (469 BC 399 BC)
Whatever you are, be a
Whatever you are, be a good one., Abraham Lincoln, 16th president of US (1809 1865)
Truth is the daughter
Truth is the daughter of time., Aulus Gellius,
The world loves to be
The world loves to be deceived., Franck Sebastian,
Judge of a man by his
Judge of a man by his questions rather than by his answers., Voltaire, French author, humanist, rationalist, satirist (1694 1778)
No one can wear a mask
No one can wear a mask for very long., Seneca, Roman dramatist, philosopher, politician (5 BC 65 AD)
Many things have falle
Many things have fallen only to rise higher., Seneca, Roman dramatist, philosopher, politician (5 BC 65 AD)
It should be our care
It should be our care not so much to live a long life as a satisfactory one., Seneca, Roman dramatist, philosopher, politician (5 BC 65 AD)
It is the sign of a we
It is the sign of a weak mind to be unable to bear wealth., Seneca, Roman dramatist, philosopher, politician (5 BC 65 AD)
It is rash to condemn
It is rash to condemn where you are ignorant., Seneca, Roman dramatist, philosopher, politician (5 BC 65 AD)
It is pleasant at time
It is pleasant at times to play the madman., Seneca, Roman dramatist, philosopher, politician (5 BC 65 AD)
It is a great thing to
It is a great thing to know the season for speech and the season for silence., Seneca, Roman dramatist, philosopher, politician (5 BC 65 AD)
It is a denial of just
It is a denial of justice not to stretch out a helping hand to the fallen that is the common right of humanity., Seneca, Roman dramatist, philosopher, politician (5 BC 65 AD)
If virtue precede us e
If virtue precede us every step will be safe., Seneca, Roman dramatist, philosopher, politician (5 BC 65 AD)
If a man does not know
If a man does not know to what port he is steering, no wind is favourable to him., Seneca, Roman dramatist, philosopher, politician (5 BC 65 AD)
He will live ill who d
He will live ill who does not know how to die well., Seneca, Roman dramatist, philosopher, politician (5 BC 65 AD)
In a false quarrel the
In a false quarrel there is no true valour., William Shakespeare, Greatest English dramatist poet (1564 1616)
We must give lengthy d
We must give lengthy deliberation to what has to be decided once and for all., Publilius Syrus, (~100 BC)
Today is the pupil of
Today is the pupil of yesterday., Publilius Syrus, (~100 BC)
Tis foolish to fear wh
Tis foolish to fear what you cannot avoid., Publilius Syrus, (~100 BC)
Look to be treated by
Look to be treated by others as you have treated others., Publilius Syrus, (~100 BC)
If you refuse where yo
If you refuse where you have always granted you invite to theft., Publilius Syrus, (~100 BC)
A suspicious mind alwa
A suspicious mind always looks on the black side of things., Publilius Syrus, (~100 BC)
Wisdom oft lurks benea
Wisdom oft lurks beneath a tattered coat., Caecilius Statius, (220 BC 168 BC)
Grant us a brief delay
Grant us a brief delay impulse in everything is but a worthless servant., Caecilius Statius, (220 BC 168 BC)
The argument is at an
The argument is at an end., Saint Augustine, Carthaginian author, saint, church father (354 AD 430 AD)
Much speech is one thi
Much speech is one thing, welltimed speech is another., Sophocles, Greek tragic dramatist (496 BC 406 BC)
Envy is the ulcer of t
Envy is the ulcer of the soul., Socrates, Greek philosopher in Athens (469 BC 399 BC)
Painting is silent poe
Painting is silent poetry, and poetry is painting with the gift of speech., Simonides, Greek poet (556 BC 468 BC)
Never rely on the glor
Never rely on the glory of the morning nor the smiles of your motherinlaw., Japanese Proverb,
The modern rule is tha
The modern rule is that every woman should be her own chaperon., Amy Vanderbilt, US authority on etiquette (1908 1974)
It is useless to attem
It is useless to attempt to reason a man out of a thing he was never reasoned into., Jonathan Swift, Irish essayist, novelist, satirist (1667 1745)
A tough lesson in life
A tough lesson in life that one has to learn is that not everybody wishes you well., Dan Rather, US television newscaster (1931 )
Set up as an ideal the
Set up as an ideal the facing of reality as honestly and as cheerfully as possible., Dr. Karl Menninger, US psychiatrist (1893 1990)
Get your facts first,
Get your facts first, and then you can distort them as much as you please., Mark Twain, US humorist, novelist, short story author, wit (1835 1910)
Reading, after a certa
Reading, after a certain age, diverts the mind too much from its creative pursuits. Any man who reads too much and uses his own brain too little falls into lazy habits of thinking., Albert Einstein, US (Germanborn) physicist (1879 1955)
Resolve to edge in a l
Resolve to edge in a little reading every day, if it is but a single sentence. If you gain fifteen minutes a day, it will make itself felt at the end of the year., Horace Mann, US educator (1796 1859)
Reading maketh a full
Reading maketh a full man, conference a ready man, and writing an exact man., Sir Francis Bacon, English author, courtier, philosopher (1561 1626)
Some books are to be t
Some books are to be tasted, others to be swallowed, and some few to be chewed and digested: that is, some books are to be read only in parts, others to be read, but not curiously, and some few to be read wholly, and with diligence and attention., Sir Francis Bacon, English author, courtier, philosopher (1561 1626)
Quarrel not at all. No
Quarrel not at all. No man resolved to make the most of himself can spare time for personal contention., Abraham Lincoln, in a letter to J. M. Cutts, October 26 1863, 16th president of US (1809 1865)
This is our purpose: t
This is our purpose: to make as meaningful as possible this life that has been bestowed upon us to live in such a way that we may be proud of ourselves to act in such a way that some part of us lives on., Oswald Spengler, German historian philosopher (1880 1936)
Make sure you have fin
Make sure you have finished speaking before your audience has finished listening., Dorothy Sarnoff,
Examine what is said,
Examine what is said, not him who speaks., Arab Proverb,
Genius may have its li
Genius may have its limitations, but stupidity is not thus handicapped., Elbert Hubbard, US author (1856 1915)
Be brief, for no disco
Be brief, for no discourse can please when too long., Miguel de Cervantes, Spanish adventurer, author, poet (1547 1616)
Let thy speech be shor
Let thy speech be short, comprehending much in a few words., Aprocrypha,
Be sincere be brief be
Be sincere be brief be seated., Franklin D. Roosevelt, 32nd president of US (1882 1945)
To sway an audience, y
To sway an audience, you must watch them as you speak., C. Kent Wright,
You will find that the
You will find that the mere resolve not to be useless, and the honest desire to help other people, will, in the quickest and delicatest ways, improve yourself., John Ruskin, English critic, essayist, reformer (1819 1900)
Do not employ handsome
Do not employ handsome servants., Chinese Proverb,
Reveal not every secre
Reveal not every secret you have to a friend, for how can you tell but that friend may hereafter become an enemy. And bring not all mischief you are able to upon an enemy, for he may one day become your friend., Saadi, Persian poet (1184 1291)
Do not trust all men,
Do not trust all men, but trust men of worth the former course is silly, the latter a mark of prudence., Democritus, Greek philosopher (460 BC 370 BC)
Frisbeetarianism is th
Frisbeetarianism is the belief that when you die, your soul goes up on the roof and gets stuck., George Carlin, US comedian and actor (1937 )
When you go to buy, us
When you go to buy, use your eyes, not your ears., Czech Proverb,
Drink nothing without
Drink nothing without seeing it sign nothing without reading it., Spanish Proverb,
A full cup must be car
A full cup must be carried steadily., English Proverb,
Remember that there is
Remember that there is nothing stable in human affairs therefore avoid undue elation in prosperity, or undue depression in adversity., Socrates, Greek philosopher in Athens (469 BC 399 BC)
Magnificent promises a
Magnificent promises are always to be suspected., Theodore Parker, US Unitarian clergyman (1810 1860)
Never promise more tha
Never promise more than you can perform., Publilius Syrus, (~100 BC)
Behold the turtle. He
Behold the turtle. He makes progress only when he sticks his neck out., James Bryant Conant, US chemist, diplomat, educator (1893 1978)
Friends may come and g
Friends may come and go, but enemies accumulate., Thomas Jones, (1892 1969)
Remember! Things in li
Remember! Things in life will not always run smoothly. Sometimes we will be rising toward the heights then all will seem to reverse itself and start downward. The great fact to remember is that the trend of civilization itself is forever upward, that a line drawn through the middle of the peaks and the valleys of the centuries always has an upward trend., Endicott Peabody, US educator (1857 1944)
When you are not pract
When you are not practicing, remember, someone somewhere is practicing, and when you meet him he will win., Ed Macauley,
Be fit for more than t
Be fit for more than the thing you are now doing. Let everyone know that you have a reserve in yourself that you have more power than you are now using. If you are not too large for the place you occupy, you are too small for it., James A. Garfield, US general politician (1831 1881)
Never do today what yo
Never do today what you can put off till tomorrow. Delay may give clearer light as to what is best to be done., Aaron Burr, US conspirator politician (1756 1836)
Know the true value of
Know the true value of time snatch, seize, and enjoy every moment of it. No idleness no laziness no procrastination never put off till tomorrow what you can do today., Lord Chesterfield, (1694 1773)
Flowers never emit so
Flowers never emit so sweet and strong a fragrance as before a storm. When a storm approaches thee, be as fragrant as a sweetsmelling flower., Jean Paul Richter, German author (1763 1825)
The physician can bury
The physician can bury his mistakes, but the architect can only advise his client to plant vines so they should go as far as possible from home to build their first buildings., Frank Lloyd Wright, New York Times, October 4 1953, US architect (1869 1959)
The superior man, when
The superior man, when resting in safety, does not forget that danger may come. When in a state of security he does not forget the possibility of ruin. When all is orderly, he does not forget that disorder may come. Thus his person is not endangered, and his States and all their clans are preserved., Confucius, Chinese philosopher reformer (551 BC 479 BC)
Shake off all the fear
Shake off all the fears of servile prejudices, under which weak minds are servilely crouched. Fix reason firmly in her seat, and call on her tribunal for every fact, every opinion. Question with boldness even the existence of a God because, if there be one, he must more approve of the homage of reason than that of blindfolded fear., Thomas Jefferson, 3rd president of US (1743 1826)
There is always a well
There is always a wellknown solution to every human problemneat, plausible, and wrong., H. L. Mencken, Prejudices: Second Series, 1920, US editor (1880 1956)
Never try to reason th
Never try to reason the prejudice out of a man. It was not reasoned into him, and cannot be reasoned out., Sydney Smith, English essayist (1771 1845)
The time to pray is no
The time to pray is not when we are in a tight spot but just as soon as we get out of it., Josh Billings, US Humorist (1818 1885)
Call on God, but row a
Call on God, but row away from the rocks., Indian Proverb,
Pray as if everything
Pray as if everything depended upon God and work as if everything depended upon man., Francis Cardinal Spellman, US cardinal 1946 (1889 1967)
Do not pray for easy l
Do not pray for easy lives. Pray to be stronger men. Do not pray for tasks equal to your powers. Pray for powers equal to your tasks. Then the doing of your work shall be no miracle, but you shall be the miracle., Phillips Brooks, US Episcopal bishop (1835 1893)
When someone does some
When someone does something good, applaud! You will make two people happy., Samuel Goldwyn, US (Polishborn) movie producer (1882 1974)
Be thou the first true
Be thou the first true merit to befriend, his praise is lost who stays till all commend., Alexander Pope, English poet satirist (1688 1744)
You do ill if you prai
You do ill if you praise, but worse if you censure, what you do not understand., Leonardo da Vinci, Italian engineer, painter, sculptor (1452 1519)
Do what thy manhood bi
Do what thy manhood bids thee do, from none but self expect applause He noblest lives and noblest dies who makes and keeps his selfmade laws., Sir Richard Francis Burton, British explorer orientalist (1821 1890)
Fools rush in where fo
Fools rush in where fools have been before., Unknown, Quotations by unknown authors )
Whenever you commend,
Whenever you commend, add your reasons for doing so it is this which distinguishes the approbation of a man of sense from the flattery of sycophants and admiration of fools., Sir Richard Steele,
Far better to think hi
Far better to think historically, to remember the lessons of the past. Thus, far better to conceive of power as consisting in part of the knowledge of when not to use all the power you have. Far better to be one who knows that if you reserve the power not to use all your power, you will lead others far more successfully and well., A. Bartlett Giamatti, President of Yale University, US educator baseball administrator (1938 1989)
Let not thy will roar,
Let not thy will roar, when thy power can but whisper., Dr. Thomas Fuller, Gnomologia, 1732, British physician (1654 1734)
The great secret of po
The great secret of power is never to will to do more than you can accomplish., Henrik Ibsen, Norwegian dramatist (1828 1906)
The secret of all powe
The secret of all power is save your force. If you want high pressure you must choke off waste., Joseph Farrell,
The most important thi
The most important thing in life is to see to it that you are never beaten., Andre Malraux, French author resistance leader (1901 1976)
They can do all becaus
They can do all because they think they can., Virgil, Roman epic poet (70 BC 19 BC)
The way you overcome s
The way you overcome shyness is to become so wrapped up in something that you forget to be afraid., Lady Bird Johnson, US wife of Lyndon Johnson 1934 (1912 )
If you think you can w
If you think you can win, you can win. Faith is necessary to victory., William Hazlitt, English essayist (1778 1830)
Drawing on my fine com
Drawing on my fine command of the English language, I said nothing., Robert Benchley, US actor, author, humorist (1889 1945)
Do not be awe struck b
Do not be awe struck by other people and try to copy them. Nobody can be you as efficiently as you can., Norman Vincent Peale, US clergyman (1898 1993)
Formulate and stamp in
Formulate and stamp indelibly on your mind a mental picture of yourself as succeeding. Hold this picture tenaciously. Never permit it to fade. Your mind will seek to develop the picture...Do not build up obstacles in your imagination., Norman Vincent Peale, US clergyman (1898 1993)
Believe in yourself! H
Believe in yourself! Have faith in your abilities! Without a humble but reasonable confidence in your own powers you cannot be successful or happy, Norman Vincent Peale, US clergyman (1898 1993)
Never hold discussions
Never hold discussions with the monkey when the organ grinder is in the room., Sir Winston Churchill, British politician (1874 1965)
When the water reaches
When the water reaches the upper level, follow the rats., Claude Swanson, US politician (1862 1939)
Poetry should please b
Poetry should please by a fine excess and not by singularity. It should strike the reader as a wording of his own highest thoughts, and appear almost as a remembrance., John Keats, English lyric poet (1795 1821)
Every English poet sho
Every English poet should master the rules of grammar before he attempts to bend or break them., Robert Graves, British author classical scholar (1895 1985)
To make pleasures plea
To make pleasures pleasant, shorten them., Charles Buxton,
Facts are stupid thing
Facts are stupid things., Ronald Reagan, 40th president of US (1911 2004)
Choose your pleasures
Choose your pleasures for yourself, and do not let them be imposed upon you., Lord Chesterfield, (1694 1773)
We may lay in a stock
We may lay in a stock of pleasures, as we would lay in a stock of wine but if we defer tasting them too long, we shall find that both are soured by age., Charles Caleb Colton, (1780 1832)
Get pleasure out of li
Get pleasure out of life...as much as you can. Nobody ever died from pleasure., Sol Hurok,
When we are planning f
When we are planning for posterity, we ought to remember that virtue is not hereditary., Thomas Paine, US patriot political philosopher (1737 1809)
He who every morning p
He who every morning plans the transaction of the day and follows out that plan, carries a thread that will guide him through the maze of the most busy life. But where no plan is laid, where the disposal of time is surrendered merely to the chance of incidence, chaos will soon reign., Victor Hugo, French dramatist, novelist, poet (1802 1885)
Sin bravely...We will
Sin bravely...We will never have all the facts to make a perfect judgement, but with the aid of basic experience we must leap bravely into the future., Russell R. McIntyre,
Beware of the young do
Beware of the young doctor and the old barber., Benjamin Franklin, US author, diplomat, inventor, physicist, politician, printer (1706 1790)
You can only cure reta
You can only cure retail but you can prevent wholesale., Brock Chisholm,
Go not for every grief
Go not for every grief to the physician, nor for every quarrel to the lawyer, nor for every thirst to the pot., George Herbert, English clergyman metaphysical poet (1593 1633)
Everyone rises to thei
Everyone rises to their level of incompetence., Laurence J. Peter, The Peter Principle, US educator writer (1919 1988)
If you would persuade,
If you would persuade, you must appeal to interest rather than intellect., Benjamin Franklin, US author, diplomat, inventor, physicist, politician, printer (1706 1790)
If you look at life on
If you look at life one way, there is always cause for alarm., Elizabeth Bowen, Irish novelist short story author (1899 1973)
Do not measure your lo
Do not measure your loss by itself if you do, it will seem intolerable but if you will take all human affairs into account you will find that some comfort is to be derived from them., Saint Basil, Greek saint church father (329 AD 379 AD)
The best and safest th
The best and safest thing is to keep a balance in your life, acknowledge the great powers around us and in us. If you can do that, and live that way, you are really a wise man., Euripides, Greek tragic dramatist (484 BC 406 BC)
Alas my love you do me
Alas my love you do me wrong, To cast me of discurteously And I have loved you so long, Delighting in your company., Anonymous, Greensleeves,
Evil to him who evil t
Evil to him who evil thinks. (Honi Soit Qui Mal Pense), King Edward the Third, Motto of the order of the Garter, English king 13271377 (1312 1377)
There is so much good
There is so much good in the worst of us, And so much bad in the best of us, That it hardly behooves any of us To talk about the rest of us., Edward Wallis Hoch, Marion (Kansas) Record, (1849 1925)
Many that live deserve
Many that live deserve death. And some die that deserve life. Can you give it to them? Then be not too eager to deal out death in the name of justice, fearing for your own safety. Even the wise cannot see all ends., J. R. R. Tolkien, The Lord Of the Rings, Book Four, Chapter One, British scholar fantasy novelist (1892 1973)
Nearly all marriages,
Nearly all marriages, even happy ones, are mistakes: in the sense that almost certainly (in a more perfect world, or even with a little more care in this very imperfect one) both partners might be found more suitable mates. But the real soulmate is the one you are actually married to., J. R. R. Tolkien, Letter to Michael Tolkien, March 1941, British scholar fantasy novelist (1892 1973)
Faithless is he that s
Faithless is he that says farewell when the road darkens., J. R. R. Tolkien, British scholar fantasy novelist (1892 1973)
I cordially dislike al
I cordially dislike allegory in all its manifestations, and always have done since I grew old and wary enough to detect its presence., J. R. R. Tolkien, British scholar fantasy novelist (1892 1973)
The Hobbits are just r
The Hobbits are just rustic English people, made small in size because it reflects the generally small reach of their imagination., J. R. R. Tolkien, British scholar fantasy novelist (1892 1973)
If more of us valued f
If more of us valued food and cheer and song above hoarded gold, it would be a merrier world., J. R. R. Tolkien, British scholar fantasy novelist (1892 1973)
Do not meddle in the a
Do not meddle in the affairs of wizards, for they are subtle and quick to anger., J. R. R. Tolkien, British scholar fantasy novelist (1892 1973)
All that is gold does
All that is gold does not glitter not all those that wander are lost., J. R. R. Tolkien, The Fellowship of the Ring, 1954, British scholar fantasy novelist (1892 1973)
One Ring to rule them
One Ring to rule them all, One Ring to find them, One Ring to bring them all and in the darkness bind them., J. R. R. Tolkien, The Fellowship of the Ring, 1954 chapter 2, British scholar fantasy novelist (1892 1973)
The time to stop talki
The time to stop talking is when the other person nods his head affirmatively but says nothing., Henry S. Haskins,
There are people who,
There are people who, instead of listening to what is being said to them, are already listening to what they are going to say themselves., Albert Guinon, (1863 1923)
When everyone is again
When everyone is against you, it means that you are absolutely wrong or absolutely right., Albert Guinon, (1863 1923)
When you are in any co
When you are in any contest you should work as if there were to the very last minute a chance to lose it., Dwight D. Eisenhower, US general Republican politician (1890 1969)
Three may keep a secre
Three may keep a secret, if two of them are dead., Benjamin Franklin, US author, diplomat, inventor, physicist, politician, printer (1706 1790)
Silence propagates its
Silence propagates itself, and the longer talk has been suspended, the more difficult it is to find anything to say., Samuel Johnson, English author, critic, lexicographer (1709 1784)
No man is exempt from
No man is exempt from saying silly things the mischief is to say them deliberately., Michel de Montaigne, French essayist (1533 1592)
A bore is a man who de
A bore is a man who deprives you of solitude without providing you with company., Gian Vincenzo Gravina, (1664 1718)
No one means all he sa
No one means all he says, and yet very few say all they mean, for words are slippery and thought is viscous., Henry Adams, US author, autobiographer, historian (1838 1918)
They always talk who n
They always talk who never think., Matthew Prior, English diplomat poet (1664 1721)
He who praises you for
He who praises you for what you lack wishes to take from you what you have., Don Juan Manuel, Spanish author nobleman (1282 1349)
None but a coward dare
None but a coward dares to boast that he has never known fear., Ferdinand Foch, French general (1851 1929)
We are generally the b
We are generally the better persuaded by the reasons we discover ourselves than by those given to us by others., Blaise Pascal, French mathematician, physicist (1623 1662)
That which has always
That which has always been accepted by everyone, everywhere, is almost certain to be false., Paul Valery, French critic poet (1871 1945)
The visionary lies to
The visionary lies to himself, the liar only to others., Friedrich Nietzsche, German philosopher (1844 1900)
All truth passes throu
All truth passes through three stages. First, it is ridiculed. Second, it is violently opposed. Third, it is accepted as being selfevident., Arthur Schopenhauer, German philosopher (1788 1860)
All charming people ha
All charming people have something to conceal, usually their total dependence on the appreciation of others., Cyril Connolly, Enemies of Promise (1938), (1903 1974)
In great affairs men s
In great affairs men show themselves as they wish to be seen in small things they show themselves as they are., Nicholas Chamfort, (1741 1794)
An economist is a surg
An economist is a surgeon with an excellent scalpel and a roughedged lancet, who operates beautifully on the dead and tortures the living., Nicholas Chamfort, (1741 1794)
A large income is the
A large income is the best recipe for happiness I ever heard of., Jane Austen, Mansfield Park, English novelist (1775 1817)
Keep on going and the
Keep on going and the chances are you will stumble on something, perhaps when you are least expecting it. I have never heard of anyone stumbling on something sitting down., Charles F. Kettering, US electrical engineer inventor (1876 1958)
Happy families are all
Happy families are all alike every unhappy family is unhappy in its own way., Leo Tolstoy, Anna Karenina, Chapter 1 first line, Russian mystic novelist (1828 1910)
There is not any memor
There is not any memory with less satisfaction than the memory of some temptation we resisted., James Branch Cabell, US essayist novelist (1879 1958)
Good taste is the wors
Good taste is the worst vice ever invented., Edith Sitwell, English biographer, critic, novelist, poet (1887 1964)
Freedom of the press i
Freedom of the press is limited to those who own one., A. J. Liebling, (1904 1963)
The whole art of teach
The whole art of teaching is only the art of awakening the natural curiosity of young minds for the purpose of satisfying it afterwards., Anatole France, The Crime of Sylvestre Bonnard, French novelist (1844 1924)
People who have no wea
People who have no weaknesses are terrible there is no way of taking advantage of them., Anatole France, The Crime of Sylvestre Bonnard, French novelist (1844 1924)
Man is so made that he
Man is so made that he can only find relaxation from one kind of labor by taking up another., Anatole France, The Crime of Sylvestre Bonnard, French novelist (1844 1924)
There exist only three
There exist only three beings worthy of respect: the priest, the soldier, the poet. To know, to kill, to create., Charles Baudelaire, Mon Coeur Mis a Nu, XXII, French poet (1821 1867)
Fervor is the weapon o
Fervor is the weapon of choice for the impotent., Frantz Fanon,
Insane people are alwa
Insane people are always sure that they are fine. It is only the sane people who are willing to admit that they are crazy., Nora Ephron,
What we become depends
What we become depends on what we read after all of the professors have finished with us. The greatest university of all is a collection of books., Thomas Carlyle, Scottish author, essayist, historian (1795 1881)
The man who lets himse
The man who lets himself be bored is even more contemptible than the bore., Samuel Butler, English composer, novelist, satiric author (1835 1902)
You can only be young
You can only be young once. But you can always be immature., Dave Barry, US columnist humorist (1947 )
Far from idleness bein
Far from idleness being the root of all evil, it is rather the only true good., Soren Kierkegaard, Danish philosopher (1813 1855)
I have long been of th
I have long been of the opinion that if work were such a splendid thing the rich would have kept more of it for themselves., Bruce Grocott, British politician (1940 )
To read a newspaper is
To read a newspaper is to refrain from reading something worthwhile. The first discipline of education must therefore be to refuse resolutely to feed the mind with canned chatter., Aleister Crowley, English occultist (1875 1947)
Everyone is entitled t
Everyone is entitled to be stupid, but some abuse the privilege., Unknown, Quotations by unknown authors )
Rage is the only quali
Rage is the only quality which has kept me, or anybody I have ever studied, writing columns for newspapers., Jimmy Breslin,
A desk is a dangerous
A desk is a dangerous place from which to watch the world., John le Carre, English suspense novelist (1931 )
The best way out is al
The best way out is always through., Robert Frost, US poet (1874 1963)
After one look at this
After one look at this planet any visitor from outer space would say I want to see the manager., William S. Burroughs, US author (1914 )
People with courage an
People with courage and character always seem sinister to the rest., Hermann Hesse, Swiss (Germanborn) author (1877 1962)
Boxing is just show bu
Boxing is just show business with blood., Frank Bruno,
An idealist is a perso
An idealist is a person who helps other people to be prosperous., Henry Ford, US automobile industrialist (1863 1947)
A chess genius is a hu
A chess genius is a human being who focuses vast, littleunderstood mental gifts and labors on an ultimately trivial human enterprise., George Steiner,
To see what is right,
To see what is right, and not to do it, is want of courage or of principle., Confucius, Chinese philosopher reformer (551 BC 479 BC)
It was beautiful and s
It was beautiful and simple, as truly great swindles are., O. Henry, US short story author (1862 1910)
Eccentricity is not, a
Eccentricity is not, as dull people would have us believe, a form of madness. It is often a kind of innocent pride, and the man of genius and the aristocrat are frequently regarded as eccentrics because genius and aristocrat are entirely unafraid of and uninfluenced by the opinions and vagaries of the crowd., Edith Sitwell, English biographer, critic, novelist, poet (1887 1964)
The thing I hate about
The thing I hate about an argument is that it always interrupts a discussion., G. K. Chesterton, English author mystery novelist (1874 1936)
We are more ready to t
We are more ready to try the untried when what we do is inconsequential. Hence the fact that many inventions had their birth as toys., Eric Hoffer, (1902 1983)
They used to photograp
They used to photograph Shirley Temple through gauze. They should photograph me through linoleum., Tallulah Bankhead, US movie actress (1903 1968)
His mother should have
His mother should have thrown him away and kept the stork., Mae West, US movie actress (1892 1980)
Nihilism is best done
Nihilism is best done by professionals., Iggy Pop,
A door is what a dog i
A door is what a dog is perpetually on the wrong side of., Ogden Nash, US humorist poet (1902 1971)
Everything happens to
Everything happens to everybody sooner or later if there is time enough., George Bernard Shaw, Irish dramatist socialist (1856 1950)
There are a terrible l
There are a terrible lot of lies going around the world, and the worst of it is half of them are true., Sir Winston Churchill, British politician (1874 1965)
In the United States,
In the United States, doing good has come to be, like patriotism, a favorite device of persons with something to sell., H. L. Mencken, US editor (1880 1956)
The dead might as well
The dead might as well try to speak to the living as the old to the young., Willa Cather, US novelist (1873 1947)
The petty economies of
The petty economies of the rich are just as amazing as the silly extravagances of the poor., William Feather, (1908 1976)
Saying what we think g
Saying what we think gives us a wider conversational range than saying what we know., Cullen Hightower,
Free advice is worth t
Free advice is worth the price., Robert Half,
When we are unable to
When we are unable to find tranquility within ourselves, it is useless to seek it elsewhere., Francois de La Rochefoucauld, French author moralist (1613 1680)
I have always felt tha
I have always felt that a politician is to be judged by the animosities he excites among his opponents., Sir Winston Churchill, British politician (1874 1965)
Martyrdom is the only
Martyrdom is the only way in which a man can become famous without ability., George Bernard Shaw, Irish dramatist socialist (1856 1950)
Rogues are preferable
Rogues are preferable to imbeciles because they sometimes take a rest., Alexandre Dumas, French dramatist novelist (1802 1870)
We are alone, absolute
We are alone, absolutely alone on this chance planet: and, amid all the forms of life that surround us, not one, excepting the dog, has made an alliance with us., Maurice Maeterlinck, Belgian dramatist, essayist, poet (1862 1949)
Patience serves as a p
Patience serves as a protection against wrongs as clothes do against cold. For if you put on more clothes as the cold increases, it will have no power to hurt you. So in like manner you must grow in patience when you meet with great wrongs, and they will then be powerless to vex your mind., Leonardo da Vinci, Italian engineer, painter, sculptor (1452 1519)
If you are a dog and y
If you are a dog and your owner suggests that you wear a sweater, suggest that he wear a tail., Fran Lebowitz, US writer and humorist (1950 )
America had often been
America had often been discovered before Columbus, but it had always been hushed up., Oscar Wilde, Irish dramatist, novelist, poet (1854 1900)
An intellectual is a p
An intellectual is a person who has discovered something more interesting than sex., Aldous Huxley, English critic novelist (1894 1963)
Without the aid of pre
Without the aid of prejudice and custom I should not be able to find my way across the room., William Hazlitt, English essayist (1778 1830)
Household tasks are ea
Household tasks are easier and quicker when they are done by somebody else., James Thorpe, US football player track athlete (1888 1953)
The radical of one cen
The radical of one century is the conservative of the next. The radical invents the views. When he has worn them out the conservative adopts them., Mark Twain, Notebook, 1935, US humorist, novelist, short story author, wit (1835 1910)
What happens when the
What happens when the future has come and gone?, Robert Half,
There are several good
There are several good protections against temptations, but the surest is cowardice., Mark Twain, Following the Equator (1897), US humorist, novelist, short story author, wit (1835 1910)
The sad truth is that
The sad truth is that excellence makes people nervous., Shana Alexander,
We hate some persons b
We hate some persons because we do not know them and we will not know them because we hate them., Charles Caleb Colton, (1780 1832)
Think of what would ha
Think of what would happen to us in America if there were no humorists life would be one long Congressional Record., Tom Masson,
Man is the only animal
Man is the only animal that laughs and weeps, for he is the only animal that is struck with the difference between what things are and what they ought to be., William Hazlitt, English essayist (1778 1830)
He talked with more cl
He talked with more claret than clarity., Susan Ertz,
Have patience with all
Have patience with all things, but chiefly have patience with yourself. Do not lose courage in considering you own imperfections but instantly set about remedying them every day begin the task anew., Saint Francis de Sales,
Instead of giving a po
Instead of giving a politician the keys to the city, it might be better to change the locks., Doug Larson,
Strange as it seems, n
Strange as it seems, no amount of learning can cure stupidity, and formal education positively fortifies it., Stephen Vizinczey,
The trouble with being
The trouble with being poor is that it takes up all of your time., Willem de Kooning, US (Dutchborn) painter (1904 )
Middle age is when you
Middle age is when your broad mind and narrow waist begin to change places., E. Joseph Crossman,
You can live to be a h
You can live to be a hundred if you give up all the things that make you want to live to be a hundred., Woody Allen, US movie actor, comedian, director (1935 )
Before I got married I
Before I got married I had six theories about bringing up children now I have six children and no theories., John Wilmot,
Few things are more sa
Few things are more satisfying than seeing your own children have teenagers of their own., Doug Larson,
Drivein banks were est
Drivein banks were established so most of the cars today could see their real owners., E. Joseph Crossman,
When we ask for advice
When we ask for advice, we are usually looking for an accomplice., Marquis de la Grange, (1639 1692)
One thing you will pro
One thing you will probably remember well is any time you forgive and forget., Franklin P. Jones,
Golf and sex are about
Golf and sex are about the only things you can enjoy without being good at., Jimmy Demaret,
Wine makes a man more
Wine makes a man more pleased with himself I do not say that it makes him more pleasing to others., Samuel Johnson, English author, critic, lexicographer (1709 1784)
Every increased posse
Every increased possession loads us with new weariness., John Ruskin, English critic, essayist, reformer (1819 1900)
The best liar is he wh
The best liar is he who makes the smallest amount of lying go the longest way., Samuel Butler, English composer, novelist, satiric author (1835 1902)
Regret for the things
Regret for the things we did can be tempered by time it is regret for the things we did not do that is inconsolable., Sidney J. Harris,
A true friend is the g
A true friend is the greatest of all blessings, and that which we take the least care of all to acquire., Francois de La Rochefoucauld, French author moralist (1613 1680)
To be able to fill lei
To be able to fill leisure intelligently is the last product of civilization, and at present very few people have reached this level., Bertrand Russell, Conquest of Happiness 1930 ch. 14, British author, mathematician, philosopher (1872 1970)
Shut out all of your p
Shut out all of your past except that which will help you weather your tomorrows., Sir William Osler, British (Canadianborn) physician (1849 1919)
Men never do evil so c
Men never do evil so completely and cheerfully as when they do it from a religious conviction., Blaise Pascal, French mathematician, physicist (1623 1662)
At least twothirds of
At least twothirds of our miseries spring from human stupidity, human malice and those great motivators and justifiers of malice and stupidity: idealism, dogmatism and proselytizing zeal on behalf of religous or political ideas., Aldous Huxley, English critic novelist (1894 1963)
In matters of style, s
In matters of style, swim with the current in matters of principle, stand like a rock., Thomas Jefferson, 3rd president of US (1743 1826)
Everything that irrita
Everything that irritates us about others can lead us to an understanding of ourselves., Carl Jung, Swiss psychologist (1875 1961)
Music is the only lang
Music is the only language in which you cannot say a mean or sarcastic thing., John Erskine, US author educator (1879 1951)
I finally figured out
I finally figured out the only reason to be alive is to enjoy it., Rita Mae Brown, US author and social activist )
A cynic is not merely
A cynic is not merely one who reads bitter lessons from the past, he is one who is prematurely disappointed in the future., Sidney J. Harris,
When a thing ceases to
When a thing ceases to be a subject of controversy, it ceases to be a subject of interest., William Hazlitt, English essayist (1778 1830)
People want economy an
People want economy and they will pay any price to get it., Lee Iacocca, US automobile businessman (1924 )
No wise man ever wishe
No wise man ever wished to be younger., Jonathan Swift, Irish essayist, novelist, satirist (1667 1745)
The least of learning
The least of learning is done in the classrooms., Thomas Merton, US religious author, clergyman, Trappist monk (1915 1968)
The time you enjoy was
The time you enjoy wasting is not wasted time., Bertrand Russell, British author, mathematician, philosopher (1872 1970)
Literature is news tha
Literature is news that stays news., Ezra Pound, ABC of Reading 1934 chapter 8, US poet (1885 1972)
Finish each day and be
Finish each day and be done with it. You have done what you could. Some blunders and absurdities no doubt crept in forget them as soon as you can. Tomorrow is a new day begin it well and serenely and with too high a spirit to be encumbered with your old nonsense., Ralph Waldo Emerson, (attributed), US essayist poet (1803 1882)
Everyone is born with
Everyone is born with genius, but most people only keep it a few minutes., Edgard Varese, US (Frenchborn) composer (1883 1965)
Traditions are group e
Traditions are group efforts to keep the unexpected from happening., Barbara Tober,
My idea of an agreeabl
My idea of an agreeable person is a person who agrees with me., Benjamin Disraeli, British politician (1804 1881)
One should always play
One should always play fairly when one has the winning cards., Oscar Wilde, Irish dramatist, novelist, poet (1854 1900)
A man is not idle beca
A man is not idle because he is absorbed in thought. There is a visible labor and there is an invisible labor., Victor Hugo, French dramatist, novelist, poet (1802 1885)
What others think of u
What others think of us would be of little moment did it not, when known, so deeply tinge what we think of ourselves., Paul Valery, French critic poet (1871 1945)
The main things which
The main things which seem to me important on their own account, and not merely as means to other things, are knowledge, art, instinctive happiness, and relations of friendship or affection., Bertrand Russell, British author, mathematician, philosopher (1872 1970)
All human beings shoul
All human beings should try to learn before they die what they are running from, and to, and why., James Thurber, US author, cartoonist, humorist, satirist (1894 1961)
Absolute faith corrupt
Absolute faith corrupts as absolutely as absolute power., Eric Hoffer, (1902 1983)
First there is a time
First there is a time when we believe everything, then for a little while we believe with discrimination, then we believe nothing whatever, and then we believe everything again and, moreover, give reasons why we believe., Georg Christoph Lichtenberg, (1742 1799)
At 18 our convictions
At 18 our convictions are hills from which we look At 45 they are caves in which we hide., F. Scott Fitzgerald, US novelist (1896 1940)
I feel about airplanes
I feel about airplanes the way I feel about diets. It seems to me they are wonderful things for other people to go on., Jean Kerr,
Knowledge comes, but w
Knowledge comes, but wisdom lingers., Alfred Lord Tennyson, English poet (1809 1892)
Life is nothing but a
Life is nothing but a competition to be the criminal rather than the victim., Bertrand Russell, British author, mathematician, philosopher (1872 1970)
If you would be known,
If you would be known, and not know, vegetate in a village If you would know, and not be known, live in a city., Charles Caleb Colton, (1780 1832)
Our great democracies
Our great democracies still tend to think that a stupid man is more likely to be honest than a clever man., Bertrand Russell, British author, mathematician, philosopher (1872 1970)
It is easier to exclud
It is easier to exclude harmful passions than to rule them, and to deny them admittance than to control them after they have been admitted., Seneca, Roman dramatist, philosopher, politician (5 BC 65 AD)
Because things are the
Because things are the way they are, things will not stay the way they are., Bertolt Brecht, German Communist dramatist (1898 1956)
There art two cardinal
There art two cardinal sins from which all others spring: Impatience and Laziness., Franz Kafka, Austrian (Czechoslovakianborn) author (1883 1924)
There is nothing more
There is nothing more demoralizing than a small but adequate income., Edmund Wilson, US critic (1895 1972)
The easiest kind of re
The easiest kind of relationship for me is with ten thousand people. The hardest is with one., Joan Baez, US folksinger (1941 )
I have only one supers
I have only one superstition. I touch all the bases when I hit a home run., Babe Ruth, US baseball player (1895 1948)
Liberty without learni
Liberty without learning is always in peril learning without liberty is always in vain., John F. Kennedy, US Democratic politician (1917 1963)
Never part without lov
Never part without loving words to think of during your absence. It may be that you will not meet again in life., Jean Paul Richter, German author (1763 1825)
A sense of duty is use
A sense of duty is useful in work, but offensive in personal relations. People wish to be liked, not be endured with patient resignation., Bertrand Russell, Conquest of Happiness 1930 ch. 10, British author, mathematician, philosopher (1872 1970)
When the politicians c
When the politicians complain that TV turns the proceedings into a circus, it should be made clear that the circus was already there, and that TV has merely demonstrated that not all the performers are well trained., Edward R. Murrow, US broadcast journalist newscaster (1908 1965)
A man can stand anythi
A man can stand anything except a succession of ordinary days., Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, German dramatist, novelist, poet, scientist (1749 1832)
People everywhere conf
People everywhere confuse what they read in newspapers with news., A. J. Liebling, (1904 1963)
The only way to entert
The only way to entertain some folks is to listen to them., Kin Hubbard, (1868 1930)
Men are not against yo
Men are not against you they are merely for themselves., Gene Fowler,
The only sure thing ab
The only sure thing about luck is that it will change., Bret Harte, US author (1836 1902)
Those who speak most o
Those who speak most of progress measure it by quantity and not by quality., George Santayana, US (Spanishborn) philosopher (1863 1952)
The human brain starts
The human brain starts working the moment you are born and never stops until you stand up to speak in public., George Jessel,
There are two ways to
There are two ways to slide easily through life to believe everything or to doubt everything. Both ways save us from thinking., Alfred Korzybski, US (Polishborn) author, logician, scientist (1879 1950)
If you want to see wha
If you want to see what children can do, you must stop giving them things., Norman Douglas,
Education is the abili
Education is the ability to listen to almost anything without losing your temper or your selfconfidence., Robert Frost, US poet (1874 1963)
Idleness is not doing
Idleness is not doing nothing. Idleness is being free to do anything., Floyd Dell,
Facts are stubborn thi
Facts are stubborn things, but statistics are more pliable., Mark Twain, US humorist, novelist, short story author, wit (1835 1910)
Morality, like art, me
Morality, like art, means drawing a line someplace., Oscar Wilde, Irish dramatist, novelist, poet (1854 1900)
All successful newspap
All successful newspapers are ceaselessly querulous and bellicose. They never defend anyone or anything if they can help it if the job is forced on them, they tackle it by denouncing someone or something else., H. L. Mencken, US editor (1880 1956)
If men were angels, no
If men were angels, no government would be necessary., James Madison, 4th president of US (1751 1836)
Where all think alike,
Where all think alike, no one thinks very much., Walter Lippmann, US author journalist (1889 1974)
A place for everything
A place for everything and everything in its place., Isabella Mary Beeton, The Book of Household Management, 1861,
Every day you may make
Every day you may make progress. Every step may be fruitful. Yet there will stretch out before you an everlengthening, everascending, everimproving path. You know you will never get to the end of the journey. But this, so far from discouraging, only adds to the joy and glory of the climb., Sir Winston Churchill, British politician (1874 1965)
Everyone is a genius a
Everyone is a genius at least once a year. The real geniuses simply have their bright ideas closer together., Georg Christoph Lichtenberg, (1742 1799)
Integrity without know
Integrity without knowledge is weak and useless, and knowledge without integrity is dangerous and dreadful., Samuel Johnson, English author, critic, lexicographer (1709 1784)
Health food makes me s
Health food makes me sick., Calvin Trillin, US columnist (1935 )
If fifty million peopl
If fifty million people say a foolish thing, it is still a foolish thing., Anatole France, French novelist (1844 1924)
Happiness is an imagin
Happiness is an imaginary condition, formerly attributed by the living to the dead, now usually attributed by adults to children, and by children to adults., Thomas Szasz, The Second Sin 1973 Emotions,
If there are no stupid
If there are no stupid questions, then what kind of questions do stupid people ask? Do they get smart just in time to ask questions?, Scott Adams, US cartoonist (1957 )
It is a mistake to thi
It is a mistake to think you can solve any major problems just with potatoes., Douglas Adams, English humorist science fiction novelist (1952 2001)
Humans are not proud o
Humans are not proud of their ancestors, and rarely invite them round to dinner., Douglas Adams, English humorist science fiction novelist (1952 2001)
It is best to do thing
It is best to do things systematically, since we are only human, and disorder is our worst enemy., Hesiod, Greek didactic poet (~800 BC)
By keenly confronting
By keenly confronting the enigmas that surround us, and by considering and analysing the observations that I have made, I ended up in the domain of mathematics, Although I am absolutely without training in the exact sciences, I often seem to have more in common with mathematicians than with my fellow artists., M. C. Escher, Quoted in To Infinity and Beyond, E Maor (Princeton 1991), Dutch artist (1898 1972)
What I give form to in
What I give form to in daylight is only one per cent of what I have seen in darkness., M. C. Escher, Quoted in Comic Sections, D. MacHale (Dublin 1993), Dutch artist (1898 1972)
Not only is the univer
Not only is the universe stranger than we imagine, it is stranger than we can imagine., Sir Arthur Eddington, English astronomer (1882 1944)
It has always been the
It has always been the prerogative of children and halfwits to point out that the emperor has no clothes. But the halfwit remains a halfwit, and the emperor remains an emperor., Neil Gaiman, Sandman,
This is one of those v
This is one of those views which are so absolutely absurd that only very learned men could possibly adopt them., Bertrand Russell, British author, mathematician, philosopher (1872 1970)
We need anything polit
We need anything politically important rationed out like Pez: small, sweet, and coming out of a funny, plastic head., Dennis Miller,
The height of cleverne
The height of cleverness is to be able to conceal it., Francois de La Rochefoucauld, French author moralist (1613 1680)
Failure is not the onl
Failure is not the only punishment for laziness there is also the success of others., Jules Renard, (1864 1910)
We all have strength e
We all have strength enough to endure the misfortunes of others., Francois de La Rochefoucauld, French author moralist (1613 1680)
Set all things in thei
Set all things in their own peculiar place, and know that order is the greatest grace., John Dryden, English dramatist poet (1631 1700)
The mediocre teacher t
The mediocre teacher tells. The good teacher explains. The superior teacher demonstrates. The great teacher inspires., William Arthur Ward,
Few men are willing to
Few men are willing to brave the disapproval of their fellows, the censure of their colleagues, the wrath of their society. Moral courage is a rarer commodity than bravery in battle or great intelligence. Yet it is the one essential, vital quality for those who seek to change a world which yields most painfully to change., Robert F. Kennedy, 1966 speech, US Democratic politician (1925 1968)
A penny saved is a pen
A penny saved is a penny earned., Benjamin Franklin, US author, diplomat, inventor, physicist, politician, printer (1706 1790)
Democracy must be some
Democracy must be something more than two wolves and a sheep voting on what to have for dinner., James Bovard,
To choose Norm Coleman
To choose Norm Coleman over Walter Mondale is like going to a great steakhouse and ordering the tuna sandwich., Garrison Keillor, US humorist radio broadcaster (1942 )
"Just as I shall selec
"Just as I shall select my ship when I am about to go on a voyage, or my house when I propose to take a residence, so I shall choose my death when I am about to depart from life. , Seneca, Epistulae Morales, Roman dramatist, philosopher, politician (5 BC 65 AD)) INSERT INTO `quotes` VALUES (6815, I base most of my fashion sense on whether or not it itches., Gilda Radner, US actress comedienne (1946 1989)) INSERT INTO `quotes` VALUES (6816, Gentlemen, you are now about to embark on a course of studies which will occupy you for two years. Together, they form a noble adventure. But I would like to remind you of an important point. Nothing that you will learn in the course of your studies will be of the slightest possible use to you in after life, save only this, that if you work hard and intelligently you should be able to detect when a man is talking rot, and that, in my view, is the main, if not the sole, purpose of education., John Alexander Smith, Speech to Oxford University students, 1914, ) INSERT INTO `quotes` VALUES (6817, Nationalism is an infantile disease. It is the measles of mankind., Albert Einstein, US (Germanborn) physicist (1879 1955)) INSERT INTO `quotes` VALUES (6818, If all the world hated you and believed you wicked, while your own conscience approved of you and absolved you from guilt, you would not be without friends., Charlotte Bronte, Jane Eyre pg. 61, English novelist (1816 1855)) INSERT INTO `quotes` VALUES (6819, The will to be stupid is a very powerful force, but there are always alternatives., Lois McMaster Bujold, Brothers in Arms", US science fiction author ) INSERT INTO `quotes` VALUES (6820, The art of living easily as to money is to pitch your scale of living one degree below your means., Sir Henry Taylor, ) INSERT INTO `quotes` VALUES (6821, After two years in Washington, I often long for the realism and sincerity of Hollywood., Fred Thompson, Speech before the Commonwealth Club of California, US Senator, 19942002, actor ) INSERT INTO `quotes` VALUES (6822, Power tends to corrupt, and absolute power corrupts absolutely., Lord Acton, 1887, ) INSERT INTO `quotes` VALUES (6823, The end excuses any evil., Sophocles, Electra (c.409 BC), Greek tragic dramatist (496 BC 406 BC)) INSERT INTO `quotes` VALUES (6824, The end always passes judgement on what has gone before., Publilius Syrus, (~100 BC)) INSERT INTO `quotes` VALUES (6825, The result justifies the deed. (Exitus acta probat), Ovid, Heorides (c. 10 BC), Roman poet (43 BC 17 AD)) INSERT INTO `quotes` VALUES (6826, The line, often adopted by strong men in controversy, of justifying the means by the end., Saint Jerome, Letter 48, church father saint (374 AD 419 AD)) INSERT INTO `quotes` VALUES (6827, The ends must justify the means., Matthew Prior, Hans Carvel (1701), English diplomat poet (1664 1721)) INSERT INTO `quotes` VALUES
Successful innovators
Successful innovators recognize that discovery of great ideas come from looking at the same thing as everyone else and observing something different., Reed Markham, Author, Effective Speechwriting,
Government is the grea
Government is the great fiction through which everybody endeavors to live at the expense of everybody else., Frederick Bastiat, Government published in 1848,
Make all you can, save
Make all you can, save all you can, give all you can., John Wesley, English religious leader (1703 1791)
Modern war has decimat
Modern war has decimated many a country but it has always spawned millions of bureaucrats. They fatten on shortages and thrive on trouble. Peace can never offer such opportunities for exercising petty tyrannies, using red tape to regiment the individual and making life generally unpleasant., Paul Tabori, _The Natural Science of Stupidity_. (New York: ChiltonCompany, 1960), p. 104.,
Age is not a particula
Age is not a particularly interesting subject. Anyone can get old. All you have to do is live long enough., Groucho Marx, US comedian with Marx Brothers (1890 1977)
We do what we must, an
We do what we must, and call it by the best names., Ralph Waldo Emerson, US essayist poet (1803 1882)
Advertising is the mod
Advertising is the modern substitute for argument its function is to make the worse appear the better., George Santayana, US (Spanishborn) philosopher (1863 1952)
Music is essentially u
Music is essentially useless, as life is., George Santayana, Life of Reason 1905 vol. 4 ch. 4, US (Spanishborn) philosopher (1863 1952)
Progress, far from con
Progress, far from consisting in change, depends on retentiveness. When change is absolute there remains no being to improve and no direction is set for possible improvement: and when experience is not retained, as among savages, infancy is perpetual. Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it. In the first stage of life the mind is frivolous and easily distracted, it misses progress by failing in consecutiveness and persistence. This is the condition of children and barbarians, in which instinct has learned nothing from experience. , George Santayana, The Life of Reason, Volume 1 1905, US (Spanishborn) philosopher (1863 1952)
Those who cannot remem
Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it., George Santayana, The Life of Reason, Volume 1 1905, US (Spanishborn) philosopher (1863 1952)
Be you in what line of
Be you in what line of life you may, it will be amongst your misfortunes if you have not time properly to attend to pecuniary [monetary] matters. Want of attention to these matters has impeded the progress of science and of genius itself., William Cobbett, English political author (1763 1835)
Every hero becomes a b
Every hero becomes a bore at last., Ralph Waldo Emerson, US essayist poet (1803 1882)
Sanity is a madness pu
Sanity is a madness put to good use., George Santayana, US (Spanishborn) philosopher (1863 1952)
For the truth of the c
For the truth of the conclusions of physical science, observation is the supreme Court of Appeal. It does not follow that every item which we confidently accept as physical knowledge has actually been certified by the Court our confidence is that it would be certified by the Court if it were submitted. But it does follow that every item of physical knowledge is of a form which might be submitted to the Court. It must be such that we can specify (although it may be impracticable to carry out) an observational procedure which would decide whether it is true or not. Clearly a statement cannot be tested by observation unless it is an assertion about the results of observation. Every item of physical knowledge must therefore be an assertion of what has been or would be the result of carrying out a specified observational procedure., Sir Arthur Eddington, The Philosophy of Physical Science, English astronomer (1882 1944)
The mathematics is not
The mathematics is not there till we put it there., Sir Arthur Eddington, The Philosophy of Physical Science, English astronomer (1882 1944)
I ask you to look both
I ask you to look both ways. For the road to a knowledge of the stars leads through the atom and important knowledge of the atom has been reached through the stars., Sir Arthur Eddington, Stars and Atoms (1928), Lecture 1, English astronomer (1882 1944)
It is impossible to tr
It is impossible to trap modern physics into predicting anything with perfect determinism because it deals with probabilities from the outset., Sir Arthur Eddington, In J. R. Newman (ed.) The World of Mathematics, New York: Simon and Schuster, 1956, English astronomer (1882 1944)
We have found a strang
We have found a strange footprint on the shores of the unknown. We have devised profound theories, one after another, to account for its origins. At last, we have succeeded in reconstructing the creature that made the footprint. And lo! It is our own., Sir Arthur Eddington, Space, Time, and Gravitation, 1920, English astronomer (1882 1944)
Proof is the idol befo
Proof is the idol before whom the pure mathematician tortures himself., Sir Arthur Eddington, The Nature of the Physical World, English astronomer (1882 1944)
We are bits of stellar
We are bits of stellar matter that got cold by accident, bits of a star gone wrong., Sir Arthur Eddington, English astronomer (1882 1944)
Never spend your money
Never spend your money before you have it., Thomas Jefferson, 3rd president of US (1743 1826)
Science is one thing,
Science is one thing, wisdom is another. Science is an edged tool, with which men play like children, and cut their own fingers., Sir Arthur Eddington, Attributed in Robert L. Weber More Random Walks in Science, 1982, English astronomer (1882 1944)
0, Sir Arthur Eddingto
0, Sir Arthur Eddington, The Harvest of a Quiet Eye (A. L. Mackay), 1977, English astronomer (1882 1944)
A business that makes
A business that makes nothing but money is a poor kind of business., Henry Ford, US automobile industrialist (1863 1947)
The best cure for Chri
The best cure for Christianity is reading the Bible., Mark Twain, US humorist, novelist, short story author, wit (1835 1910)
I will not eat oysters
I will not eat oysters. I want my food dead. Not sick, not wounded: dead., Woody Allen, US movie actor, comedian, director (1935 )
Brilliance is typicall
Brilliance is typically the act of an individual, but incredible stupidity can usually be traced to an organization., Jon Bentley,
Love is being stupid t
Love is being stupid together., Paul Valery, French critic poet (1871 1945)
You are 87,00% water t
You are 87,00% water the other 13,00% keeps you from drowning., P. E. Morris,
Never go to excess, bu
Never go to excess, but let moderation be your guide., Cicero, Roman author, orator, politician (106 BC 43 BC)
What happens if a big
What happens if a big asteroid hits Earth ? Judging from realistic simulations involving a sledge hammer and a common laboratory frog, we can assume it will be pretty bad., Dave Barry, US columnist humorist (1947 )
Black holes are where
Black holes are where God divided by zero., Stephen Wright,
Shoot for the moon. Ev
Shoot for the moon. Even if you miss it you will land among the stars., Les Brown,
Science is the record
Science is the record of dead religions., Oscar Wilde, Irish dramatist, novelist, poet (1854 1900)
Metaphysics is a dark
Metaphysics is a dark ocean without shores or lighthouse, strewn with many a philosophic wreck., Immanuel Kant, German philosopher (1724 1804)
Philosophy consists ve
Philosophy consists very largely of one philosopher arguing that all others are jackasses. He usually proves it, and I should add that he also usually proves that he is one himself., H. L. Mencken, US editor (1880 1956)
Most institutions dema
Most institutions demand unqualified faith but the institution of science makes skepticism a virtue., Robert K. Merton,
There are in fact two
There are in fact two things, science and opinion the former begets knowledge, the latter ignorance., Hippocrates, Greek physician (460 BC 377 BC)
The beginning of wisdo
The beginning of wisdom is found in doubting by doubting we come to the question, and by seeking we may come upon the truth., Pierre Abelard,
This only is certain,
This only is certain, that there is nothing certain and nothing more miserable and yet more arrogant than man., Pliny the Elder, Roman scholar scientist (23 AD 79 AD)
Happy is he who gets t
Happy is he who gets to know the reasons for things., Virgil, Roman epic poet (70 BC 19 BC)
You cannot teach a man
You cannot teach a man anything you can only help him find it within himself., Galileo Galilei, Italian astronomer physicist (1564 1642)
I have deep faith that
I have deep faith that the principle of the universe will be beautiful and simple., Albert Einstein, US (Germanborn) physicist (1879 1955)
More than ever, the cr
More than ever, the creation of the ridiculous is almost impossible because of the competition it receives from reality., Robert A. Baker,
We know very little, a
We know very little, and yet it is astonishing that we know so much, and still more astonishing that so little knowledge can give us so much power., Bertrand Russell, British author, mathematician, philosopher (1872 1970)
In essence, science is
In essence, science is a perpetual search for an intelligent and integrated comprehension of the world we live in., Cornelius Bernardus Van Neil,
It requires a very unu
It requires a very unusual mind to undertake the analysis of the obvious., Alfred North Whitehead, English mathematician philosopher (1861 1947)
Science is organized k
Science is organized knowledge., Herbert Spencer, English philosopher (1820 1903)
Chance favors the prep
Chance favors the prepared mind., Louis Pasteur, French biologist bacteriologist (1822 1895)
Science knows no count
Science knows no country, because knowledge belongs to humanity, and is the torch which illuminates the world., Louis Pasteur, French biologist bacteriologist (1822 1895)
By always thinking unt
By always thinking unto them. I keep the subject constantly before me and wait till the first dawnings open little by little into the full light., Sir Issac Newton, On how he made discoveries,
The difficulty lies, n
The difficulty lies, not in the new ideas, but in escaping the old ones, which ramify, for those brought up as most of us have been, into every corner of our minds., John Maynard Keynes, English economist (1883 1946)
Science can purify rel
Science can purify religion from error and superstition. Religion can purify science from idolatry and false absolutes., Pope John Paul II (aka: Karol Wojtyla),
Give me a place to sta
Give me a place to stand, and I will move the Earth., Archimedes (ca. 235 bc),
If you are not a liber
If you are not a liberal at twenty, you have no heart. If you are not a conservative at forty, you have no brain., Winston Churchhill,
Imagination helps brin
Imagination helps bring out the realism of every detail and only sees the beauties of the work., Honore De Balzac, French realist novelist (1799 1850)
Television has brought
Television has brought murder back into the home where it belongs., Alfred Hitchcock, British movie director (1899 1980)
Be not ashamed of mist
Be not ashamed of mistakes and thus make them crimes., Confucius, Chinese philosopher reformer (551 BC 479 BC)
Without theory, practi
Without theory, practice is but routine born of habit. Theory alone can bring forth and develop the spirit of inventions., Louis Pasteur, French biologist bacteriologist (1822 1895)
There are always survi
There are always survivors at a massacre. Among the victors, if nowhere else., Lois McMaster Bujold, Ethan of Athos, 1986, US science fiction author )
Virtuous motives, tram
Virtuous motives, trammeled by inertia and timidity, are no match for armed and resolute wickedness. A sincere love of peace is no excuse for muddling hundreds of millions of humble folk into total war. The cheers of the weak, wellmeaning assemblies soon cease to count. Doom marches on., Sir Winston Churchill, March 1936 demanding British rearmament, British politician (1874 1965)
Children have more nee
Children have more need of models than of critics., Joseph Joubert,
I am only one but stil
I am only one but still I am one. I may not be able to do everything, but still I can do something., Hellen Keller,
Sometimes it takes cou
Sometimes it takes courage to give into temptation., Oscar Wilde, Irish dramatist, novelist, poet (1854 1900)
All that we see or see
All that we see or seem is but a dream within a dream., Edgar Alan Poe,
Engineering is the art
Engineering is the art or science of making practical., Samuel C. Florman,
The ideal engineer is
The ideal engineer is a composite ... He is not a scientist, he is not a mathematician, he is not a sociologist or a writer but he may use the knowledge and techniques of any or all of these disciplines in solving engineering problems., N. W. Dougherty, 1955,
Engineering is not mer
Engineering is not merely knowing and being knowledgeable, like a walking encyclopedia engineering is not merely analysis engineering is not merely the possession of the capacity to get elegant solutions to nonexistent engineering problems engineering is practicing the art of the organized forcing of technological change... Engineers operate at the interface between science and society..., Dean Gordon Brown,
Engineers participate
Engineers participate in the activities which make the resources of nature available in a form beneficial to man and provide systems which will perform optimally and economically., L. M. K. Boelter, 1957,
The headline reads, Do
The headline reads, Docs say patients make them prescribe useless antibiotics. This puts a physician in roughly the same predicament as a serial killer. The latter says, Stop me before I kill again, while the former says, Stop me before I prescribe again.", Nicolas Martin, www.iatrogenic.org, ) INSERT INTO `quotes` VALUES (6416, Genealogy is based on the obviously silly idea that there is no such thing as a bastard. , Nicolas Martin, Article c. 1995, ) INSERT INTO `quotes` VALUES (6417, Never for me the lowered banner, never the last endeavour., Sir Ernest Shackleton, ) INSERT INTO `quotes` VALUES (6418, Do not run away let go. Do not seek, for it will come when least expected., Bruce Lee, Tao of Jeet Kune Do, US martial arts expert movie actor (1940 1973)) INSERT INTO `quotes` VALUES (6419, I am a human being, so nothing human is strange to me., Terence (Publius Terentius Afer), The SelfTormentor (Heautontimoroumenos), ) INSERT INTO `quotes` VALUES (6420, The reason why so few good books are written is that so few people who can write know anything., Walter Bagehot, English economist journalist (1826 1877)) INSERT INTO `quotes` VALUES (6421, Silence is one of the hardest arguments to refute., Josh Billings, US Humorist (1818 1885)) INSERT INTO `quotes` VALUES (6422, We are confronted with insurmountable opportunities., Walt Kelly, Pogo (comic strip), US animator cartoonist (1913 1973)) INSERT INTO `quotes` VALUES (6423, Success usually comes to those who are too busy to be looking for it., Henry David Thoreau, US Transcendentalist author (1817 1862)) INSERT INTO `quotes`
When a dog acts viciou
When a dog acts viciously we assume the reason is poor treatment and training by its owner. When a person acts criminally we look for the explanation in his brain, blood, and urine. When will psychiatrists begin testifying to the incompetence of schizophrenic pit bulls?, Nicolas Martin,
Most men pursue pleasu
Most men pursue pleasure with such breathless haste that they hurry past it. , Soren Kierkegaard, Danish philosopher (1813 1855)
May your service of lo
May your service of love a beautiful thing want nothing else, fear nothing else and let love be free to become what love truly is., Hadewijch of Antwerp,
The wit makes fun of o
The wit makes fun of other persons the satirist makes fun of the world the humorist makes fun of himself., James Thurber, in Edward R. Murrow television interview, US author, cartoonist, humorist, satirist (1894 1961)
The greatest of faults
The greatest of faults, I should say, is to be conscious of none., Thomas Carlyle, Scottish author, essayist, historian (1795 1881)
The world tolerates co
The world tolerates conceit from those who are successful, but not from anybody else., John Blake,
When they discover the
When they discover the center of the universe, a lot of people will be disappointed to discover they are not it., Bernard Bailey,
The smaller the mind t
The smaller the mind the greater the conceit., Aesop, Greek slave fable author (620 BC 560 BC)
An ostentatious man wi
An ostentatious man will rather relate a blunder or an absurdity he has committed, than be debarred from talking of his own dear person., Joseph Addison, English essayist, poet, politician (1672 1719)
Let grace and goodness
Let grace and goodness be the principal loadstone of thy affections. For love which hath ends, will have an end whereas that which is founded on true virtue, will always continue., John Dryden, English dramatist poet (1631 1700)
I wonder if other dogs
I wonder if other dogs think poodles are members of a weird religious cult., Rita Rudner, US comedian )
If you would be a real
If you would be a real seeker after truth, it is necessary that at least once in your life you doubt, as far as possible, all things., Rene Descartes, French mathematician philosopher (1596 1650)
Those who can make you
Those who can make you believe absurdities can make you commit atrocities., Voltaire, French author, humanist, rationalist, satirist (1694 1778)
Faith is a copout. If
Faith is a copout. If the only way you can accept an assertion is by faith, then you are conceding that it can’t be taken on its own merits., Dan Barker, Losing Faith in Faith, 1992,
With or without religi
With or without religion, you would have good people doing good things and evil people doing evil things. But for good people to do evil things, that takes religion., Steven Weinberg, quoted in The New York Times, April 20 1999, US physicist (1933 )
There is danger from a
There is danger from all men. The only maxim of a free government ought to be to trust no man living with power to endanger the public liberty., John Adams, Journal, 1772, US diplomat politician (1735 1826)
The government consist
The government consists of a gang of men exactly like you and me. They have, taking one with another, no special talent for the business of government they have only a talent for getting and holding office., H. L. Mencken, US editor (1880 1956)
There are no wise few.
There are no wise few. Every aristocracy that has ever existed has behaved, in all essential points, exactly like a small mob., G. K. Chesterton, Heretics, 1905, English author mystery novelist (1874 1936)
There will always be a
There will always be a part, and always a very large part of every community, that have no care but for themselves, and whose care for themselves reaches little further than impatience of immediate pain, and eagerness for the nearest good., Samuel Johnson, Taxation No Tyranny, English author, critic, lexicographer (1709 1784)
Never pretend to a lov
Never pretend to a love which you do not actually feel, for love is not ours to command., Alan Watts,
Ye shall know the trut
Ye shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free., Bible, John 8:32,
The truth that makes m
The truth that makes men free is for the most part the truth which men prefer not to hear., Herbert Agar,
Every composer knows t
Every composer knows the anguish and despair occasioned by forgetting ideas which one had no time to write down., Hector Berlioz, French composer (1803 1869)
I know that you believ
I know that you believe that you understood what you think I said, but I am not sure you realize that what you heard is not what I meant., Robert McCloskey, State Department spokesman (attributed),
Getting ahead in a dif
Getting ahead in a difficult profession requires avid faith in yourself. That is why some people with mediocre talent, but with great inner drive, go much further than people with vastly superior talent., Sophia Loren, US (Italianborn) movie actress (1934 )
Nothing changes your o
Nothing changes your opinion of a friend so surely as success yours or his., Franklin P. Jones, Saturday Evening Post, November 29 1953,
A good friend can tell
A good friend can tell you what is the matter with you in a minute. He may not seem such a good friend after telling., Arthur Brisbane, The Book of Today,
The most erroneous sto
The most erroneous stories are those we think we know best and therefore never scrutinize or question., Stephen Jay Gould, US author, naturalist, paleontologist, popularizer of science (1941 2002)
The most important sci
The most important scientific revolutions all include, as their only common feature, the dethronement of human arrogance from one pedestal after another of previous convictions about our centrality in the cosmos., Stephen Jay Gould, US author, naturalist, paleontologist, popularizer of science (1941 2002)
Take hold lightly let
Take hold lightly let go lightly. This is one of the great secrets of felicity in love., Spanish Proverb,
Drama is life with the
Drama is life with the dull bits cut out., Alfred Hitchcock, British movie director (1899 1980)
The more things a man
The more things a man is ashamed of, the more respectable he is., George Bernard Shaw, Man and Superman (1903), act I, Irish dramatist socialist (1856 1950)
A lifetime of happine
A lifetime of happiness! No man alive could bear it: it would be hell on earth., George Bernard Shaw, Man and Superman (1903), act I, Irish dramatist socialist (1856 1950)
My method is to take t
My method is to take the utmost trouble to find the right thing to say, and then to say it with the utmost levity., George Bernard Shaw, Answers to Nine Questions, Irish dramatist socialist (1856 1950)
Inspiration is wonderf
Inspiration is wonderful when it happens, but the writer must develop an approach for the rest of the time... The wait is simply too long., Leonard Bernstein, US composer conductor (1918 1990)
Pray that your lonelin
Pray that your loneliness may spur you into finding something to live for, great enough to die for., Dag Hammarskjold, Swedish diplomat (1905 1961)
There are three rules
There are three rules for writing the novel. Unfortunately, no one knows what they are., W. Somerset Maugham, English dramatist novelist (1874 1965)
I was working on the p
I was working on the proof of one of my poems all the morning, and took out a comma. In the afternoon I put it back again., Oscar Wilde, Irish dramatist, novelist, poet (1854 1900)
I believe more in the
I believe more in the scissors than I do in the pencil., Truman Capote, US author (1924 1984)
We do not write becaus
We do not write because we want to we write because we have to., W. Somerset Maugham, English dramatist novelist (1874 1965)
A writer is a person f
A writer is a person for whom writing is more difficult than it is for other people., Thomas Mann, German writer (1875 1955)
Television is for appe
Television is for appearing on not for looking at., Noel Coward, English actor, dramatist, songwriter (1899 1973)
The higher the buildin
The higher the buildings, the lower the morals., Noel Coward, English actor, dramatist, songwriter (1899 1973)
There is only one way
There is only one way to defeat the enemy, and that is to write as well as one can. The best argument is an undeniably good book., Saul Bellow, US (Canadianborn) author (1915 )
After all, all he did
After all, all he did was string together a lot of old, wellknown quotations., H. L. Mencken, on Shakespeare, US editor (1880 1956)
A quotation in a speec
A quotation in a speech, article or book is like a rifle in the hands of an infantryman. It speaks with authority., Brendan Francis,
He wrapped himself in
He wrapped himself in quotations as a beggar would enfold himself in the purple of Emperors., Rudyard Kipling, British (Indianborn) author (1865 1936)
Every quotation contri
Every quotation contributes something to the stability or enlargement of the language., Samuel Johnson, English author, critic, lexicographer (1709 1784)
I love quotations beca
I love quotations because it is a joy to find thoughts one might have, beautifully expressed with much authority by someone recognized wiser than oneself., Marlene Dietrich, German movie actress (1901 1992)
There is not less wit
There is not less wit nor less invention in applying rightly a thought one finds in a book, than in being the first author of that thought., Pierre Bayle, Dictionairre Historique et Critique, French critic philosopher (1647 1706)
Next to the originator
Next to the originator of a good sentence is the first quoter of it., Ralph Waldo Emerson, Letters and Social Aims (Quotation and Originality), US essayist poet (1803 1882)
One must be a wise rea
One must be a wise reader to quote wisely and well., Amos Bronson Alcott, Table Talk, US educator Transcendentalist (1799 1888)
Some for renown, on sc
Some for renown, on scraps of learning dote, And think they grow immortal as they quote., Edward Young, Love of Fame (satire I, l. 89), English poet (1683 1765)
Quotation ... A writer
Quotation ... A writer expresses himself in words that have been used before because they give his meaning better than he can give it himself, or because they are beautiful or witty, or because he expects them to touch a cord of association in his reader, or because he wishes to show that he is learned and well read. Quotations due to the last motive are invariably illadvised the discerning reader detects it and is contemptuous the undiscerning is perhaps impressed, but even then is at the same time repelled, pretentious quotations being the surest road to tedium., Henry W. Fowler, A Dictionary of Modern English Usage (1926), English lexicographer (1858 1933)
Misquotation is, in fa
Misquotation is, in fact, the pride and privilege of the learned. A widely read man never quotes accurately, for the rather obvious reason that he has read too widely., Hesketh Pearson, Common Misquotations (1934), Introduction,
Immortality. I notice
Immortality. I notice that as soon as writers broach this question they begin to quote. I hate quotation. Tell me what you know., Ralph Waldo Emerson, Journal (May 1849), US essayist poet (1803 1882)
A foolish consistency
A foolish consistency is the hobgoblin of little minds, adored by little statesmen and philosophers and divines., Ralph Waldo Emerson, SelfReliance, US essayist poet (1803 1882)
Know how to listen, an
Know how to listen, and you will profit even from those who talk badly., Plutarch, Greek biographer moralist (46 AD 120 AD)
Count Hermann Keyserli
Count Hermann Keyserling once said truly that the greatest American superstition was belief in facts., John Gunther, US author journalist (1901 1970)
I have suffered a grea
I have suffered a great deal from writers who have quoted this or that sentence of mine either out of its context or in juxtaposition to some incongruous matter which quite distorted my meaning , or destroyed it altogether., Alfred North Whitehead, English mathematician philosopher (1861 1947)
He was as fresh as is
He was as fresh as is the month of May., Geoffrey Chaucer, The Canterbury Tales, 1390, English poet (1342 1400)
Where humor is concern
Where humor is concerned there are no standards no one can say what is good or bad, although you can be sure that everyone will., John Kenneth Galbraith, US (Canadianborn) administrator economist (1908 )
Humor is also a way of
Humor is also a way of saying something serious., T. S. Eliot, British (USborn) critic, dramatist poet (1888 1965)
A sense of humor is pa
A sense of humor is part of the art of leadership, of getting along with people, of getting things done., Dwight D. Eisenhower, US general Republican politician (1890 1969)
Humor is by far the mo
Humor is by far the most significant activity of the human brain., Edward De Bono,
Humor is always based
Humor is always based on a modicum of truth. Have you ever heard a joke about a fatherinlaw?, Dick Clark,
Humor is just another
Humor is just another defense against the universe., Mel Brooks, US actor, comedian, movie director (1926 )
When people talk, list
When people talk, listen completely. Most people never listen., Ernest Hemingway, US author journalist (1899 1961)
Defining and analyzing
Defining and analyzing humor is a pastime of humorless people., Robert Benchley, US actor, author, humorist (1889 1945)
Humor is the only test
Humor is the only test of gravity, and gravity of humor for a subject which will not bear raillery is suspicious, and a jest which will not bear serious examination is false wit., Aristotle, Greek critic, philosopher, physicist, zoologist (384 BC 322 BC)
When a thing is funny,
When a thing is funny, search it carefully for a hidden truth., George Bernard Shaw, Irish dramatist socialist (1856 1950)
Writers should be read
Writers should be read, but neither seen nor heard., Daphne du Maurier, British novelist (1907 1989)
...because it is the v
...because it is the very nature of Imperialism to turn humans into beasts., Ernesto Che Guevara,
The mystery of love is
The mystery of love is greater than the mystery of death., Oscar Wilde, Irish dramatist, novelist, poet (1854 1900)
The Knowledge of God i
The Knowledge of God is very far from the love of Him., Blaise Pascal, French mathematician, physicist (1623 1662)
Those who are able to
Those who are able to see beyond the shadows and lies of their culture will never be understood, let alone believed, by the masses., Plato, Greek author philosopher in Athens (427 BC 347 BC)
Dwell not upon thy wea
Dwell not upon thy weariness, thy strength shall be according to the measure of thy desire., Arab Proverb,
In real life, I assure
In real life, I assure you, there is no such thing as algebra., Fran Lebowitz, US writer and humorist (1950 )
Great people talk abou
Great people talk about ideas, average people talk about things, and small people talk about wine., Fran Lebowitz, US writer and humorist (1950 )
My favorite animal is
My favorite animal is steak., Fran Lebowitz, US writer and humorist (1950 )
No animal should ever
No animal should ever jump up on the diningroom furniture unless absolutely certain that he can hold his own in the conversation., Fran Lebowitz, US writer and humorist (1950 )
Specialinterest public
Specialinterest publications should realize that if they are attracting enough advertising and readers to make a profit, the interest is not so special., Fran Lebowitz, US writer and humorist (1950 )
Love is a snowmobile r
Love is a snowmobile racing across the tundra and then suddenly it flips over, pinning you underneath. At night, the ice weasels come., Matt Groening, Life in Hell, US cartoonist satirist (1954 )
You can make more frie
You can make more friends in two months by becoming interested in other people than you can in two years by trying to get other people interested in you., Dale Carnegie,
Love is the difficult
Love is the difficult realization that something other than oneself is real., Iris Murdoch, British novelist (1919 1999)
Love is the triumph of
Love is the triumph of imagination over intelligence., H. L. Mencken, US editor (1880 1956)
Love is not blind it
Love is not blind it sees more, not less. But because it sees more, it is willing to see less., Rabbi Julius Gordon,
Love is an irresistibl
Love is an irresistible desire to be irresistibly desired., Robert Frost, US poet (1874 1963)
There is always some m
There is always some madness in love. But there is also always some reason in madness., Friedrich Nietzsche, On Reading and Writing, German philosopher (1844 1900)
Love is an exploding c
Love is an exploding cigar we willingly smoke., Lynda Barry,
Live in such a way tha
Live in such a way that you would not be ashamed to sell your parrot to the town gossip., Will Rogers, US humorist showman (1879 1935)
Human beings, who are
Human beings, who are almost unique in having the ability to learn from the experience of others, are also remarkable for their apparent disinclination to do so., Douglas Adams, Last Chance to See, English humorist science fiction novelist (1952 2001)
The last time anybody
The last time anybody made a list of the top hundred character attributes of New Yorkers, common sense snuck in at number 79., Douglas Adams, Mostly Harmless, English humorist science fiction novelist (1952 2001)
He had discovered a gr
He had discovered a great law of human action, without knowing it namely, that in order to make a man or a boy covet a thing, it is only necessary to make the thing difficult to obtain., Mark Twain, The Adventures of Tom Sawyer, Chapter 2, US humorist, novelist, short story author, wit (1835 1910)
In a true zerodefects
In a true zerodefects approach, there are no unimportant items., Philip Crosby, Reflections on Quality,
Change should be a fri
Change should be a friend. It should happen by plan, not by accident., Philip Crosby, Reflections on Quality,
Slowness to change usu
Slowness to change usually means fear of the new., Philip Crosby, Reflections on Quality,
You have to lead peopl
You have to lead people gently toward what they already know is right., Philip Crosby, Reflections on Quality,
We compound our suffer
We compound our suffering by victimizing each other., Athol Fugard,
A jury consists of twe
A jury consists of twelve persons chosen to decide who has the better lawyer., Robert Frost, US poet (1874 1963)
Make your life a missi
Make your life a mission not an intermission., Arnold Glasgow,
The successful revolut
The successful revolutionary is a statesman, the unsuccessful one a criminal., Erich Fromm, US (Germanborn) psychologist (1900 1980)
Experience is a dear t
Experience is a dear teacher, but fools will learn at no other., Benjamin Franklin, US author, diplomat, inventor, physicist, politician, printer (1706 1790)
A bank is a place wher
A bank is a place where they lend you an umbrella in fair weather and ask for it back when it begins to rain., Robert Frost, US poet (1874 1963)
I am responsible only
I am responsible only to God and history., Francisco Franco,
Nothing is particularl
Nothing is particularly hard if you divide it into small jobs., Henry Ford, US automobile industrialist (1863 1947)
Every man I meet is in
Every man I meet is in some way my superior., Ralph Waldo Emerson, US essayist poet (1803 1882)
Beauty without grace i
Beauty without grace is the hook without the bait., Ralph Waldo Emerson, US essayist poet (1803 1882)
Always do what you are
Always do what you are afraid to do., Ralph Waldo Emerson, US essayist poet (1803 1882)
A people that values i
A people that values its privileges above its principles soon loses both., Dwight D. Eisenhower, US general Republican politician (1890 1969)
When we discover that
When we discover that the truth is already in us, we are all at once our original selves., Dogen,
To be what we are, and
To be what we are, and to become what we are capable of becoming is the only end of life., Robert Louis Stevenson, Scottish author (1850 1894)
The greater the loyalt
The greater the loyalty of a group toward the group, the greater is the motivation among the members to achieve the goals of the group, and the greater the probability that the group will achieve its goals., Rensis Likert,
Where principle is inv
Where principle is involved, be deaf to expediency., James Webb,
The process of learnin
The process of learning requires not only hearing and applying but also forgetting and then remembering again., John Gray, Men Are From Mars, Women Are From Venus,
Some luck lies in not
Some luck lies in not getting what you thought you wanted but getting what you have, which once you have got it you may be smart enough to see is what you would have wanted had you known., Garrison Keillor, US humorist radio broadcaster (1942 )
Affection is responsib
Affection is responsible for ninetenths of whatever solid and durable happiness there is in our lives., C. S. Lewis, The Four Loves, English essayist juvenile novelist (1898 1963)
The great gift of huma
The great gift of human beings is that we have the power of empathy., Meryl Streep, US actress (1949 )
Fear not that thy life
Fear not that thy life shall come to an end, but rather fear that it shall never have a beginning., John Henry Cardinal Newman, English Catholic cardinal (1801 1890)
Successful people are
Successful people are very lucky. Just ask any failure., Michael Levine, Lessons at the Halfway Point,
There is always an eas
There is always an easy solution to every human problem neat, plausible, and wrong., H. L. Mencken, A Mencken Chrestomathy, US editor (1880 1956)
If a thing goes withou
If a thing goes without saying let it., Jacob Braude, Treasury of Wit Humor For All Occasions,
When a nation goes dow
When a nation goes down, or a society perishes, one condition may always be found they forgot where they came from. They lost sight of what had brought them along., Carl Sandburg, US biographer poet (1878 1967)
Ours is a world of nuc
Ours is a world of nuclear giants and ethical infants. If we continue to develop our technology without wisdom or prudence, our servant may prove to be our executioner., Omar Bradley, US general (1893 1981)
Censorship, like chari
Censorship, like charity, should begin at home, but unlike charity, it should end there., Clare Boothe Luce,
I dream of wayward gul
I dream of wayward gulls and all landless lovers, rare moments of winter sun, peace, privacy, for everyone., William F. Claire,
It is better to die on
It is better to die on your feet than live on your knees., Dolores Ibarruri, Spanish Communist agitator politician (1895 1989)
It is no profit to hav
It is no profit to have learned well, if you neglect to do well., Publilius Syrus, (~100 BC)
Are you to pay for all
Are you to pay for all you have with all you are?, Edwin A. Robinson,
Great art is as irrati
Great art is as irrational as great music. It is mad with its own loveliness., George Jean Nathan, US drama critic editor (1882 1958)
In a war of ideas, it
In a war of ideas, it is people who get killed., Stanislaus J. Lec,
And now there is merel
And now there is merely silence, silence, silence, saying all we did not know., William Rose Benet,
Words ought to be a li
Words ought to be a little wild, for they are the assault of thoughts on the unthinking., John M. Keynes,
For man, as for flower
For man, as for flower and beast and bird, the supreme triumph is to be most vividly, most perfectly alive., David H. Lawrence,
Genuine poetry can com
Genuine poetry can communicate before it is understood., T. S. Eliot, British (USborn) critic, dramatist poet (1888 1965)
We are all inclined to
We are all inclined to judge ourselves by our ideals others by their acts., Harold Nicolson,
Never seem more learne
Never seem more learned than the people you are with. Wear your learning like a pocket watch and keep it hidden. Do not pull it out to count the hours, but give the time when you are asked., Lord Chesterfield, (1694 1773)
I have learned silence
I have learned silence from the talkative, toleration from the intolerant, and kindness from the unkind Yet strange, I am ungrateful to those teachers., Kahlil Gibron,
Movements born in hatr
Movements born in hatred very quickly take on the characteristics of the thing they oppose., J. S. Habgood,
People seldom see the
People seldom see the halting and painful steps by which the most insignificant success is achieved., Anne Sullivan,
An idea is salvation b
An idea is salvation by imagination., Frank Lloyd Wright, US architect (1869 1959)
If you wish to succeed
If you wish to succeed in life, make perseverance your bosom friend, experience your wise counselor, caution your elder brother, and hope your guardian genius., Joseph Addison, English essayist, poet, politician (1672 1719)
It is the part of a go
It is the part of a good shepherd to shear his flock, not to skin it., Latin Proverb,
Let every nation know,
Let every nation know, whether it wishes us well or ill, we shall pay any price, bear any burden, meet any hardship, support any friend, oppose any foe, to assure the survival and success of liberty., John F. Kennedy, US Democratic politician (1917 1963)
There is no substitute
There is no substitute for victory., General Douglas MacArthur, US WWII general war hero (1880 1964)
The thought manifests
The thought manifests as the word The word manifests as the deed The deed develops into habit And habit hardens into character. So watch the thought and its ways with care, And let it spring from love Born out of concern for all beings., The Buddha,
In preparing for battl
In preparing for battle I have always found that plans are useless, but planning is indispensable., Dwight D. Eisenhower, US general Republican politician (1890 1969)
Income tax returns are
Income tax returns are the most imaginative fiction being written today., Herman Wouk, US dramatist historical novelist (1915 )
To find something you
To find something you can enjoy is far better than finding something you can possess., Glenn Holm,
If you wish to know wh
If you wish to know what a man is, place him in authority., Yugoslav Proverb,
Let a joy keep you. Re
Let a joy keep you. Reach out your hands and take it when it runs by., Carl Sandburg, US biographer poet (1878 1967)
Flowers are the sweete
Flowers are the sweetest things God ever made and forgot to put a soul into., Henry Ward Beecher, US abolitionist clergyman (1813 1887)
Beyond talent lie all
Beyond talent lie all the usual words: discipline, love, luck but, most of all, endurance., James Baldwin, US author (1924 1987)
Praise is like sunligh
Praise is like sunlight to the human spirit: we cannot flower and grow without it., Jess Lair,
Good management is the
Good management is the art of making problems so interesting and their solutions so constructive that everyone wants to get to work and deal with them., Paul Hawken, Growing a Business,
Honor has not to be wo
Honor has not to be won it must only not be lost., Arthur Schopenhauer, German philosopher (1788 1860)
Where there is an open
Where there is an open mind there will always be a frontier., Charles F. Kettering, US electrical engineer inventor (1876 1958)
What you cannot enforc
What you cannot enforce, do not command., Sophocles, Greek tragic dramatist (496 BC 406 BC)
You begin saving the w
You begin saving the world by saving one person at a time all else is grandiose romanticism or politics., Charles Bukowski,
To find fault is easy
To find fault is easy to do better may be difficult., Plutarch, Greek biographer moralist (46 AD 120 AD)
The mediocre teacher t
The mediocre teacher tells. The good teacher explains. The superior teacher demonstrates. The great teacher inspires., William A. Ward,
A mediocre idea that g
A mediocre idea that generates enthusiasm will go further than a great idea that inspires no one., Mary Kay Ash,
Courage is one step ah
Courage is one step ahead of fear., Coleman Young,
There is a certain maj
There is a certain majesty in simplicity which is far above all the quaintness of wit., Alexander Pope, English poet satirist (1688 1744)
Power is not revealed
Power is not revealed by striking hard or often, but by striking true., Honore de Balzac, French realist novelist (1799 1850)
The main dangers in th
The main dangers in this life are the people who want to change everything or nothing., Nancy Astor, British politician (1879 1964)
Real education should
Real education should educate us out of self into something far finer into a selflessness which links us with all humanity., Nancy Astor, British politician (1879 1964)
We adore chaos because
We adore chaos because we love to produce order., M. C. Escher, Dutch artist (1898 1972)
All the problems of th
All the problems of the world could be settled if people were only willing to think. The trouble is that people very often resort to all sorts of devices in order not to think, because thinking is such hard work., Thomas J. Watson,
The first and most imp
The first and most important step toward success is the feeling that we can succeed., Nelson Boswell,
It often requires more
It often requires more courage to dare to do right than to fear to do wrong., Abraham Lincoln, 16th president of US (1809 1865)
The art of being yours
The art of being yourself at your best is the art of unfolding your personality into the person you want to be. . . . Be gentle with yourself, learn to love yourself, to forgive yourself, for only as we have the right attitude toward ourselves can we have the right attitude toward others., Wilfred Peterson, This Week (Oct. 1 1961),
If we let things terri
If we let things terrify us, life will not be worth living., Seneca, Epistles, Roman dramatist, philosopher, politician (5 BC 65 AD)
Behold the turtle. He
Behold the turtle. He makes progress only when he sticks his neck out., James B. Conant,
While one should alway
While one should always study the method of a great artist, one should never imitate his manner. The manner of an artist is essentially individual, the method of an artist is absolutely universal. The first is personality, which no one should copy the second is perfection, which all should aim at., Oscar Wilde, Irish dramatist, novelist, poet (1854 1900)
I would rather try to
I would rather try to persuade a man to go along, because once I have persuaded him he will stick. If I scare him, he will stay just as long as he is scared, and then he is gone., Dwight D. Eisenhower, US general Republican politician (1890 1969)
Education makes people
Education makes people easy to lead, but difficult to drive easy to govern, but impossible to enslave., Henry Peter Brougham,
There are three things
There are three things which if one does not know, one cannot live long in the world: what is too much for one, what is too little for one, and what is just right for one., Swahili proverb,
If you know the enemy
If you know the enemy and know yourself, you need not fear the result of a hundred battles. If you know yourself but not the enemy, for every victory gained you will also suffer a defeat. If you know neither the enemy nor yourself, you will succumb in every battle., SunTzu, Chinese general military strategist (~400 BC)
Successful people bree
Successful people breed success., Philip Crosby, Reflections on Quality,
Eliminating what is no
Eliminating what is not wanted or needed is profitable in itself., Philip Crosby, Reflections on Quality,
Quality is the result
Quality is the result of a carefully constructed cultural environment. It has to be the fabric of the organization, not part of the fabric., Philip Crosby, Reflections on Quality,
Upon those who step in
Upon those who step into the same rivers different and ever different waters flow down., Heraclitus of Ephesus,
The ultimate test of a
The ultimate test of a relationship is to disagree but hold hands., Alexander Penney,
Discourage litigation.
Discourage litigation. Persuade your neighbors to compromise whenever you can. As a peacemaker the lawyer has superior opportunity of being a good man. There will still be business enough., Abraham Lincoln, 16th president of US (1809 1865)
Three things in human
Three things in human life are important: the first is to be kind the second is to be kind and the third is to be kind., Henry James, British (US born) author (1843 1916)
They say a person need
They say a person needs just three things to be truly happy in this world: someone to love, something to do, and something to hope for., Tom Bodett,
The world is now too s
The world is now too small for anything but brotherhood., Arthur Powell Davies,
Education is the leadi
Education is the leading of human souls to what is best, and making what is best out of them., John Ruskin, English critic, essayist, reformer (1819 1900)
Nothing is worth doing
Nothing is worth doing unless the consequences may be serious., George Bernard Shaw, Irish dramatist socialist (1856 1950)
Live dangerously and y
Live dangerously and you live right., Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, Faust (1806), German dramatist, novelist, poet, scientist (1749 1832)
The man who insists up
The man who insists upon seeing with perfect clearness before he decides, never decides. Accept life, and you must accept regret., HenriFrédéric Amiel (1856),
The bravest are surely
The bravest are surely those who have the clearest vision of what is before them, glory and danger alike, and yet notwithstanding, go out to meet it., Thucydides, Greek historian (471 BC 400 BC)
Cowards die many times
Cowards die many times before their deaths The valiant never taste of death but once., William Shakespeare, Julius Caesar, Greatest English dramatist poet (1564 1616)
Courage is not the abs
Courage is not the absence of fear, but rather the judgment that something else is more important than fear., Ambrose Redmoon,
Fortune favors the bol
Fortune favors the bold., Virgil, Roman epic poet (70 BC 19 BC)
In the long run, we ge
In the long run, we get no more than we have been willing to risk giving., Sheldon Kopp,
The policy of being to
The policy of being too cautious is the greatest risk of all., Jawaharlal Nehru, Indian politician (1889 1964)
Daring ideas are like
Daring ideas are like chessmen moved forward. They may be beaten, but they may start a winning game., Goethe,
To win without risk is
To win without risk is to triumph without glory., Pierre Corneille, French dramatist (1606 1684)
Never stand begging fo
Never stand begging for that which you have the power to earn., Miguel de Cervantes, Spanish adventurer, author, poet (1547 1616)
Take calculated risks.
Take calculated risks. That is quite different from being rash., George S. Patton, US general (1885 1945)
Only those who will ri
Only those who will risk going too far can possibly find out how far one can go., T. S. Eliot, British (USborn) critic, dramatist poet (1888 1965)
The ideal life is in o
The ideal life is in our blood and never will be still. Sad will be the day for any man when he becomes contented with the thoughts he is thinking and the deeds he is doing where there is not forever beating at the doors of his soul some great desire to do something larger, which he knows that he was meant and made to do., Phillips Brooks, US Episcopal bishop (1835 1893)
Those who are lifting
Those who are lifting the world upward and onward are those who encourage more than criticize., Elizabeth Harrison,
Humor is the great thi
Humor is the great thing, the saving thing. The minute it crops up, all our irritations and resentments slip away, and a sunny spirit takes their place., Mark Twain, US humorist, novelist, short story author, wit (1835 1910)
There is nothing worse
There is nothing worse than a sharp image of a fuzzy concept., Ansel Adams, US nature photographer (1902 1984)
Action is the antidote
Action is the antidote to despair., Joan Baez, US folksinger (1941 )
The softest things in
The softest things in the world to overcome the hardest things in the world., LaoTzu, Chinese philosopher (604 BC 531 BC)
Cynicism is an unpleas
Cynicism is an unpleasant way of saying the truth., Lillian Hellman, The Little Foxes, US dramatist (1905 1984)
If you have knowledge,
If you have knowledge, let others light their candles at it., Margaret Fuller, US Transcendentalist author editor (1810 1850)
No day in which you le
No day in which you learn something is a complete loss., David Eddings, King of the Murgos,
One problem with gazin
One problem with gazing too frequently into the past is that we may turn around to find the future has run out on us., Michael Cibenko,
Home is an invention o
Home is an invention on which no one has yet improved., Ann Douglas,
Man is the cruelest an
Man is the cruelest animal., F. Nietzsche,
The impossible is ofte
The impossible is often the untried., Jim Goodwin,
Oh God, that men shoul
Oh God, that men should put an enemy in their mouths to steal away their brains!, William Shakespeare, Greatest English dramatist poet (1564 1616)
You can never underest
You can never underestimate the stupidity of the general public., Scott Adams, The Dilbert Future, US cartoonist (1957 )
I like to see a man pr
I like to see a man proud of the place in which he lives. I like to see a man live so that his place will be proud of him., Abraham Lincoln, 16th president of US (1809 1865)
Nothing is more useful
Nothing is more useful than silence., Menander, Greek comic dramatist (342 BC 292 BC)
Dance is the hidden la
Dance is the hidden language of the soul of the body., Martha Graham, US choreographer dancer (1893 1991)
It is common error to
It is common error to infer that things which are consecutive in order of time have necessarily the relation of cause and effect., Jacob Bigelow,
The dance is a poem of
The dance is a poem of which each movement is a word., Mata Hari, Dutch dancer spy in France (1876 1917)
A witty saying proves
A witty saying proves nothing., Voltaire, French author, humanist, rationalist, satirist (1694 1778)
The difference between
The difference between the right word and the almost right word is the difference between lightning and a lightning bug., Mark Twain, US humorist, novelist, short story author, wit (1835 1910)
The secret of life is
The secret of life is enjoying the passage of time., James Taylor,
There are but few sain
There are but few saints amongst scientists, as among other men, but truth itself is a goal comparable with sanctity., George Sarton, History of Science,
Forget injuries, never
Forget injuries, never forget kindnesses., Confucius, Chinese philosopher reformer (551 BC 479 BC)
Kindness in words crea
Kindness in words creates confidence. Kindness in thinking creates profoundness. Kindness in giving creates love., LaoTzu, Chinese philosopher (604 BC 531 BC)
The positive thinker s
The positive thinker sees the invisible, feels the intangible, and achieves the impossible., Anonymous,
Diversity is the one t
Diversity is the one true thing we all have in common. Celebrate it every day., Anonymous,
There is no beautifier
There is no beautifier of complexion, or form, like the wish to scatter joy and not pain around us., Ralph Waldo Emerson, US essayist poet (1803 1882)
Most of our socalled r
Most of our socalled reasoning consists in finding arguments for going on believing as we already do., James Harvey Robinson,
The test of our progre
The test of our progress is not whether we add more to the abundance of those who have much, it is whether we provide enough for those who have too little., Franklin Delano Roosevelt,
One of the most basic
One of the most basic principles for making and keeping peace within and between nations. . . is that in political, military, moral, and spiritual confrontations, there should be an honest attempt at the reconciliation of differences before resorting to combat., Jimmy Carter, US diplomat Democratic politician (1924 )
Success in highest and
Success in highest and noblest form calls for peace of mind and enjoyment and happiness which comes only to the man who has found the work he likes best., Napoleon Hill,
The man who does not w
The man who does not work for the love of work but only for money is not likely to make money nor find much fun in life., Charles Schwab,
Do not wait for extrao
Do not wait for extraordinary circumstances to do good try to use ordinary situations., Jean Paul Richter, German author (1763 1825)
The fact remains that
The fact remains that the overwhelming majority of people who have become wealthy have become so thanks to work they found profoundly absorbing. The long term study of people who eventually became wealthy clearly reveals that their luck arose from accidental dedication they had to an arena they enjoyed., Srully Blotnick,
If you do not feel you
If you do not feel yourself growing in your work and your life broadening and deepening, if your task is not a perpetual tonic to you, you have not found your place., Orison Swett Marden, (1850 1924)
What is objectionable,
What is objectionable, what is dangerous, about extremists is not that they are extreme, but that they are intolerant. The evil is not what they say about their cause, but what they say about their opponents., Robert Kennedy,
From error to error, o
From error to error, one discovers the entire truth., Sigmund Freud, Austrian psychologist (1856 1939)
Rare is the person who
Rare is the person who can weigh the faults of others without putting his thumb on the scales., Byron J. Langenfeld,
Arms are instruments o
Arms are instruments of ill omen. . . . When one is compelled to use them, it is best to do so without relish. There is no glory in victory, and to glorify it despite this is to exult in the killing of men. . . . When great numbers of people are killed, one should weep over them with sorrow. When victorious in war, one should observe mourning rites., LaoTzu, Chinese philosopher (604 BC 531 BC)
Guard well within your
Guard well within yourself that treasure, kindness. Know how to give without hesitation, how to lose without regret, how to acquire without meanness., George Sand, French author (1804 1876)
I am prepared to die,
I am prepared to die, but there is no cause for which I am prepared to kill., Mahatma Gandhi, Indian ascetic nationalist leader (1869 1948)
Stranger, if you passi
Stranger, if you passing meet me and desire to speak to me, why should you not speak to me? And why should I not speak to you?, Walt Whitman, Leaves of Grass, US poet (1819 1892)
We are all in the gutt
We are all in the gutter, but some of us are looking at the stars., Oscar Wilde, Irish dramatist, novelist, poet (1854 1900)
Management is doing th
Management is doing things right leadership is doing the right things., Peter Drucker,
What I said never chan
What I said never changed anyone. What they understood did., Unknown, Quotations by unknown authors )
Education is an admira
Education is an admirable thing, but it is well to remember from time to time that nothing that is worth knowing can be taught., Oscar Wilde, Irish dramatist, novelist, poet (1854 1900)
Your sole contribution
Your sole contribution to the sum of things is yourself., Frank Crane,