Man values life as a sacred jewel in such a way that he reveres him most who haughtily scorns it. Platen

Quotes November 23, 2008

Man values life as a sacred jewel in such a way that he reveres him most who haughtily scorns it.
Life and Living
Quotations by Platen

Man is a tool-using animal. Without tools he is nothing, with tools he is all. Thomas Carlyle

Man is a tool-using animal. Without tools he is nothing, with tools he is all.ToolsQuotations by Thomas Carlyle

Fellowship with God means warfare with the world.FellowshipQuotations by Charles E. Fuller

Tact is to lie about others as you would have them lie about you.Tact and TactfulnessQuotations by Oliver …

A gift blinds the wise and perverts the words of the righteous.GiftsQuotations by Bible

Except for the young or very happy, I can’t say I am sorry for anyone who dies.Death and …

The practical effect of a belief is the real test of its soundness.BeliefQuotations by James A. Froude

Character is victory organized.CharacterQuotations by Napoleon Bonaparte

Work is the province of cattle.WorkQuotations by Dorothy Parker

All men should strive to learn before they die, what they are running from, and to, and why.PurposeQuotations …

Everyone loathes his own country and countrymen if he is any sort of artist.PatriotismQuotations by Lawrence Durrell