Swift, Jonathan
It is impossible that anything so natural, so necessary, and so universal as death, should ever have been designed by providence as an evil to …
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Isherwood, Christopher
Life is not so bad if you have plenty of luck, a good physique and not too much imagination Isherwood, Christopher quotes
Happiness shouldn’t depend on other people; its how you feel about yourself that counts. -Tanner, Denise
Happiness shouldn’t depend on other people; its how you feel about yourself that counts. -Tanner, Denise
Sowing is not as difficult as reaping. -Goethe, Johann Wolfgang Von
Sowing is not as difficult as reaping. -Goethe, Johann Wolfgang Von
It is better to have loafed and lost than never to have loafed at all. -Thurber, James
It is better to have loafed and lost than never to have loafed at all. -Thurber, James
Artemus Ward
“I have given two cousins to war and I stand ready to sacrifice my wife’s brother.” Artemus Ward quotes
Galileo Galilei
“I have never met a man so ignorant that I couldn’t learn something from him.” Galileo Galilei quotes
A conscientious man would be cautious how he dealt in blood. -Burke, Edmund
A conscientious man would be cautious how he dealt in blood. -Burke, Edmund
If politicians and scientist were lazier, how much happier we should all be. -Waugh, Evelyn
If politicians and scientist were lazier, how much happier we should all be. -Waugh, Evelyn
William Gurnall
“What is Jordan that I should wash in it? What is the preaching that I should attend on it, while I hear nothing but what …
Either sex alone is half itself. -Tennyson, Lord Alfred
Either sex alone is half itself. -Tennyson, Lord Alfred
Peri, Gabriel
I will soon be going out to shape all the singing tomorrows. Peri, Gabriel quotes
Marlowe, Christopher
Come live with me, and be my love, and we will all the pleasures prove. Marlowe, Christopher quotes
Stallone, Sylvester
I’ve been involved in something which was chaotic and insane. All I can say now is that I am, and intend to stay, a single …
Tacitus, Publius Cornelius
A shocking crime was committed on the unscrupulous initiative of few individuals, with the blessing of more, and amid the passive acquiescence of all. Tacitus, …
Seduction
Seduction is often difficult to distinguish from rape. In seduction, the rapist often bothers to buy a bottle of wine. – Dworkin, Andrea
If we are to have magical bodies, we must have magical minds. -Dyer, Wayne
If we are to have magical bodies, we must have magical minds. -Dyer, Wayne
Heaven has no rage like love to hatred turned, Nor hell a fury like a woman scorned. -Congreve, William
Heaven has no rage like love to hatred turned, Nor hell a fury like a woman scorned. -Congreve, William
Jesus Christ
Jesus was all right, but his disciples were thick and ordinary. It’s them twisting it that ruins it for me. – Lennon, John
Modesty
He is a modest little man who has a good deal to be modest about. – Churchill, Winston
Repetition
Repetition is the reality and the seriousness of life. – Kierkegaard, Soren
That last day does not bring extinction to us, but change of place. -Cicero, Marcus T.
That last day does not bring extinction to us, but change of place. -Cicero, Marcus T.
Nature must obey necessity. [Julius Caesar] -Shakespeare, William
Nature must obey necessity. -Shakespeare, William
Marston, Ralph
Your goals, minus your doubts, equal your reality. Marston, Ralph quotes
Lasch, Christopher
The job of the press is to encourage debate, not to supply the public with information. Lasch, Christopher quotes
Moore, Thomas
A pretty wife is something for the fastidious vanity of a rou? to retire upon. Moore, Thomas quotes
Aurelius, Marcus
If it is not right do not do it; if it is not true do not say it. Aurelius, Marcus quotes
We accumulate our opinions at an age when our understanding is at its weakest. -Lichtenberg, Georg C.
We accumulate our opinions at an age when our understanding is at its weakest. -Lichtenberg, Georg C.
Competition is the spice of sports; but if you make spice the whole meal you’ll be sick. -Leonard, George
Competition is the spice of sports; but if you make spice the whole meal you’ll be sick. -Leonard, George
The present reeks of mediocrity and the atom bomb. -Magritte, Rene
The present reeks of mediocrity and the atom bomb. -Magritte, Rene
Bruce Grocott
“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.” …
Integrity is praised and then left out in the cold. -Juvenal, (Decimus Junius Juvenalis)
Integrity is praised and then left out in the cold. -Juvenal, (Decimus Junius Juvenalis)
Friendship consists in forgetting what one gives, and remembering what one receives. -Younger, Dumas The
Friendship consists in forgetting what one gives, and remembering what one receives. -Younger, Dumas The
Matthew Clayfield
“Cast off the shackles of this modern oppression and take back what is rightfully yours, because as William Shakespeare never wrote, ‘Life is but a …
Elizabeth Drew
“Travel, instead of broadening the mind, often merely lengthens the conversation.” Elizabeth Drew quotes
When you’re riding, only the race in which you’re riding is important. -Shoemaker, Willie
When you’re riding, only the race in which you’re riding is important. -Shoemaker, Willie
Guin, Ursula K. Le
We are volcanoes. When we women offer our experience as our truth, as human truth, all the maps change. There are new mountains. Guin, Ursula …
Silverstone, Alicia
Like when I’m in the bathroom looking at my toilet paper, I’m like ‘Wow! That’s toilet paper?’ I don’t know if we appreciate how much …
Pippert, Rebecca M.
Being an extrovert isn’t essential to evangelism–obedience and love are. Pippert, Rebecca M. quotes
One was never married, and that’s his hell; another is, and that’s his plague. -Burton, Robert
One was never married, and that’s his hell; another is, and that’s his plague. -Burton, Robert