All lies and jests, still a man hears what he wants to hear and disregards the rest. Paul Simon

Quotes November 23, 2008

All lies and jests, still a man hears what he wants to hear and disregards the rest.
Lies and Lying
Quotations by Paul Simon

If there’s delight in love, ‘Tis when I see that heart, which others bleed for, bleed for me. William Congreve

If there’s delight in love, ‘Tis when I see that heart, which others bleed for, bleed for me.LoveQuotations …

Habit is a form of exerciseHabitQuotations by Elbert Hubbard

A life of pleasure makes even the strongest mind frivolous at last.PleasureQuotations by Edward G. Bulwer-Lytton

We do not know what is really good or bad fortune.FortuneQuotations by Jean Jacques Rousseau

Six hours for a man, seven for a woman, and eight for a fool.SleepQuotations by English Proverb

There are several good protections against temptation, but the surest is cowardice.Coward and CowardiceQuotations by Mark Twain

A person’s fate is their own temper.TemperamentQuotations by Benjamin Disraeli

All civilization has from time to time become a thin crust over a volcano of revolution.CivilizationQuotations by Havelock …

One shining quality lends a luster to another, or hides some glaring defect.ExcellenceQuotations by William Hazlitt

There is no coming to consciousness without pain.PainQuotations by Carl Jung