A goose flies by a chart which the Royal Geographical Society could not mend. Oliver Wendell Holmes

Quotes November 23, 2008

A goose flies by a chart which the Royal Geographical Society could not mend.
Instinct
Quotations by Oliver Wendell Holmes

Some cause happiness wherever they go; others whenever they go. Oscar Wilde

Some cause happiness wherever they go; others whenever they go.HappinessQuotations by Oscar Wilde

Culture is the habit of being pleased with the best and knowing why.CultureQuotations by Henry Van Dyke

Death is more universal than life; everyone dies but not everyone lives.Death and DyingQuotations by A. Sachs

Habit, my friend, is practice long pursued, that at last becomes man himself.HabitQuotations by Evenus

I prefer tongue-tied knowledge to ignorant loquacity.TalkativenessQuotations by Marcus T. Cicero

I pray Thee, O God, that I may be beautiful within.LoveQuotations by Socrates

Of all vices, drinking is the most incompatible with greatness.Alcohol and AlcoholismQuotations by Sir Walter Scott

In argument similes are like songs in love; they describe much, but prove nothing.ArgumentQuotations by Matthew Prior

Self-respect: the secure feeling that no one, as yet, is suspicious.Self-respectQuotations by H. L. Mencken

Our opportunities to do good are our talents.OpportunityQuotations by Cotton Mather