May 2010 – Page 61 – Dictionary of Quotes

"Once drinking deep of that divinest anguish,/ How could I seek the empty world again?" – Emily Bronte

“Once drinking deep of that divinest anguish,/ How could I seek the empty world again?” – Emily Bronte

"Who are you to condemn another’s sin? He who condemns sin becomes part of it, espouses it." – Georges Bernanos

“Who are you to condemn another’s sin? He who condemns sin becomes part of it, espouses it.” – Georges Bernanos

"There are people, who the more you do for them, the less they will do for themselves." – Jane Austen

“There are people, who the more you do for them, the less they will do for themselves.” – Jane Austen

"The geopolitical situation with Iran and the meeting on Monday…is weighing heavily on the market." – Andrew Harrington

“The geopolitical situation with Iran and the meeting on Monday…is weighing heavily on the market.” – Andrew Harrington

"I no more thought of style or literary excellence than the mother who rushes into the street and cries for help to save her children from a burning house, thinks of the teachings of the rhetorician or the elocutionist." – Harriet Beecher Stowe

“I no more thought of style or literary excellence than the mother who rushes into the street and cries for help to save her children …

"He is always right who suspects that he makes mistakes" – Spanish Proverb

“He is always right who suspects that he makes mistakes” – Spanish Proverb

"Don’t ever make the same mistake twice, unless it pays." – Mae West

“Don’t ever make the same mistake twice, unless it pays.” – Mae West

"If you have only one smile in you give it to the people you love." – Maya Angelou

“If you have only one smile in you give it to the people you love.” – Maya Angelou

"Better a snotty child than his nose wip’d off" – George Herbert

“Better a snotty child than his nose wip’d off” – George Herbert

"You often meet your fate on the road you take to avoid it" – French Proverb

“You often meet your fate on the road you take to avoid it” – French Proverb

"What you possess in the world will be found at the day of your death to belong to someone else. But what you are will be yours forever." – Henry Van Dyke

“What you possess in the world will be found at the day of your death to belong to someone else. But what you are will …

"Never forget the three powerful resources you always have available to you: love, prayer, and forgiveness." – H. Jackson Brown Jr.

“Never forget the three powerful resources you always have available to you: love, prayer, and forgiveness.” – H. Jackson Brown Jr.

"I do not want people to be agreeable, as it saves me that trouble of liking them." – Jane Austen

“I do not want people to be agreeable, as it saves me that trouble of liking them.” – Jane Austen

"They stayed ahead of it until the rain started." – Don Stowe

“They stayed ahead of it until the rain started.” – Don Stowe

"If you can’t get rid of the skeleton in your closet, you’d best teach it to dance." – George Bernard Shaw

“If you can’t get rid of the skeleton in your closet, you’d best teach it to dance.” – George Bernard Shaw

"You see, it’s never the environment; it’s never the events of our lives, but the meaning we attach to the events / how we interpret them / that shapes who we are today and who we’ll become tomorrow." – Anthony Robbins

“You see, it’s never the environment; it’s never the events of our lives, but the meaning we attach to the events / how we interpret …

"The sudden disappointment of a hope leaves a scar which the ultimate fulfillment of that hope never entirely removes." – Thomas Hardy

“The sudden disappointment of a hope leaves a scar which the ultimate fulfillment of that hope never entirely removes.” – Thomas Hardy

"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, you shall begin it well and serenely…" – Ralph Waldo Emerson

“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 …

"In the progress of personality, first comes a declaration of independence, then a recognition of interdependence." – Henry Van Dyke

“In the progress of personality, first comes a declaration of independence, then a recognition of interdependence.” – Henry Van Dyke

"Be smarter than other people, just don’t tell them so." – H. Jackson Brown Jr.

“Be smarter than other people, just don’t tell them so.” – H. Jackson Brown Jr.

"Oh, for the time when I shall sleep Without identity." – Emily Bronte

“Oh, for the time when I shall sleep Without identity.” – Emily Bronte

"Man is harder than iron, stronger than stone and more fragile than a rose." – Turkish Proverb

“Man is harder than iron, stronger than stone and more fragile than a rose.” – Turkish Proverb

"We must not look to government to solve our problems. Government is the problem." – Ronald Reagan

“We must not look to government to solve our problems. Government is the problem.” – Ronald Reagan

"Old age is far more than white hair, wrinkles, the feeling that it is too late and the game finished, that the stage belongs to the rising generations. The true evil is not the weakening of the body, but the indifference of the soul." – Andre Maurois

“Old age is far more than white hair, wrinkles, the feeling that it is too late and the game finished, that the stage belongs to …

"Most men, after a little freedom, have preferred authority with the consoling assurances and the economy of effort it brings." – Walter Lippmann

“Most men, after a little freedom, have preferred authority with the consoling assurances and the economy of effort it brings.” – Walter Lippmann

"And the Grinch, with his Grinch-feet ice cold in the snow, stood puzzling and puzzling, how could it be so? It came without ribbons. It came without tags. It came without packages, boxes or bags. And he puzzled and puzzled ’till his puzzler was sore. Then the Grinch thought of something he hadn’t before. What if Christmas, he thought, doesn’t come from a store. What if Christmas, perhaps, means a little bit more." – Dr. Seuss

“And the Grinch, with his Grinch-feet ice cold in the snow, stood puzzling and puzzling, how could it be so? It came without ribbons. It …

"It is a mistake to look too far ahead. Only one link in the chain of destiny can be handled at a time." – Winston Churchill

“It is a mistake to look too far ahead. Only one link in the chain of destiny can be handled at a time.” – Winston …

"When a friend asks there is no tomorrow" – George Herbert

“When a friend asks there is no tomorrow” – George Herbert

"In water one sees one’s own face; But in wine one beholds the heart of another" – French Proverb

“In water one sees one’s own face; But in wine one beholds the heart of another” – French Proverb

"It is not death or pain that is to be dreaded, but the fear of pain or death." – Epictetus

“It is not death or pain that is to be dreaded, but the fear of pain or death.” – Epictetus

"Tact is the unsaid part of what you think; it’s opposite, the unthought part of which you say" – Henry Van Dyke

“Tact is the unsaid part of what you think; it’s opposite, the unthought part of which you say” – Henry Van Dyke

"There are many paths to the top of the mountain, but the view is always the same" – Chinese Proverbs

“There are many paths to the top of the mountain, but the view is always the same” – Chinese Proverbs

"Modesty is the only sure bait when you angle for praise." – Lord Chesterfield

“Modesty is the only sure bait when you angle for praise.” – Lord Chesterfield

"The economic impact is in the millions of dollars, … And those are dollars you can’t recoup. For every day a facility is closed, the golf pro can’t make up those rounds. We won’t know the full effect for two to three years. My sense is that some courses won’t survive down the road." – Robert Brown

“The economic impact is in the millions of dollars, … And those are dollars you can’t recoup. For every day a facility is closed, the …

"It is the heart that makes a man rich. He is rich according to what he is, not according to what he has." – Henry Ward Beecher

“It is the heart that makes a man rich. He is rich according to what he is, not according to what he has.” – Henry …

Es ist immer sehr schwierig, über den Wert politischer Ziele zu urteilen, wenn deren Erreichung noch in weiter Ferne liegt. Ich glaube daher, dass man eine politische Bewegung nie nach seinen Zielen beurteilen darf, die sie laut verkündet und vielleicht auch wirklich anstrebt, sondern nur nach den Mitteln, die sie zu ihrer Verwirklichung einsetzt. ~~~ Werner Heisenberg

Es ist immer sehr schwierig, über den Wert politischer Ziele zu urteilen, wenn deren Erreichung noch in weiter Ferne liegt. Ich glaube daher, dass man …

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