"It is the beautiful bird which gets caged" – Chinese Proverbs
“It is the beautiful bird which gets caged” – Chinese Proverbs
Category: Famous Quotes by Authors
Famous Quotes by Authors :
James Agate Arabian Proverb Aristotle Richard Armour Jane Austen Henry Ward Beecher Georges Bernanos Bible Jacques BeNigne Bossuet Emily Bronte H. Jackson Brown Jr. Robert Browning John Buchan Lord Chesterfield Chinese Proverb Chuang Tzu Samuel Taylor Coleridge Denis Diderot Marlene Dietrich Diogenes of Sinope Lawrence Durrell Wayne Dyer Henry Van Dyke Ralph Waldo Emerson English Proverb Epictetus Benjamin Franklin French Proverb Thomas Hardy George Herbert Doug Horton Jean De La Fontaine Walter Savage Landor Latin Proverb Walter Lippmann Andre Maurois Comte De Mirabeau Octavio Paz Francis Picabia Ronald Reagan Antoine De Saint-Exupery William Shakespeare George Bernard Shaw Percy Bysshe Shelley Spanish Proverb Harriet Beecher Stowe Turkish Proverb Voltaire
"I find, by experience, that the mind and the body are more than married, for they are most intimately united; and when one suffers, the other sympathizes." – Lord Chesterfield
“I find, by experience, that the mind and the body are more than married, for they are most intimately united; and when one suffers, the …
"A pile of rocks ceases to be a rock when somebody contemplates it with the idea of a cathedral in mind." – Antoine de Saint-Exupery
“A pile of rocks ceases to be a rock when somebody contemplates it with the idea of a cathedral in mind.” – Antoine de Saint-Exupery
"The strongest passion is fear" – Jean de La Fontaine
“The strongest passion is fear” – Jean de La Fontaine
"Death is the final wake-up call." – Doug Horton
“Death is the final wake-up call.” – Doug Horton
"Good words are worth much, and cost little." – George Herbert
“Good words are worth much, and cost little.” – George Herbert
"A man without a mustache is like a cup of tea without sugar" – English Proverb
“A man without a mustache is like a cup of tea without sugar” – English Proverb
"Use the talents you possess, for the woods would be very silent if no birds sang except the best." – Henry Van Dyke
“Use the talents you possess, for the woods would be very silent if no birds sang except the best.” – Henry Van Dyke
"It is not love that is blind, but jealousy." – Lawrence Durrell
“It is not love that is blind, but jealousy.” – Lawrence Durrell
"Great wisdom is generous; petty wisdom is contentious." – Chuang Tzu
“Great wisdom is generous; petty wisdom is contentious.” – Chuang Tzu
"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
"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
"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
"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
"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 …
"A cup of coffee commits one to forty years of friendship." – Turkish Proverb
“A cup of coffee commits one to forty years of friendship.” – Turkish Proverb