Elizabeth Goudge

“Most of the basic truths of life sound absurd at first hearing.”

Proverbs are always platitudes until you have personally experienced the truth of them. Aldous Huxley

Proverbs are always platitudes until you have personally experienced the truth of them.ProverbsQuotations by Aldous Huxley

If all mankind were suddenly to practice honesty, many thousands of people would be sure to starve.DishonestyQuotations by …

You will find that silence or very gentle words are the most exquisite revenge for insult.InsultsQuotations by Judge …

Love thy neighbor but keep your high.NeighborsQuotations by Source Unknown

When one pays a visit it is for the purpose of wasting other people’s time, not one’s own.Socializing …

Being a sex symbol was rather like being a convict.FameQuotations by Raquel Welch

Wit has truth in it; wisecracking is simply calisthenics with words.WitQuotations by Dorothy Parker

Society is like the air, necessary to breathe but insufficient to live on.SocietyQuotations by George Santayana

If it’s good they’ll stop making it.QualityQuotations by Henry Block

The first and last thing required of genius is, love of the truth.GeniusQuotations by Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe