"Well! Evil to some is always good to others." – Jane Austen
“Well! Evil to some is always good to others.” – Jane Austen
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
"Every goodbye is the birth of a memory." – Dutch Proverb
“Every goodbye is the birth of a memory.” – Dutch Proverb
"When my cats aren’t happy, I’m not happy. Not because I care about their mood but because I know they’re just sitting there thinking up ways to get even." – Percy Bysshe Shelley
“When my cats aren’t happy, I’m not happy. Not because I care about their mood but because I know they’re just sitting there thinking up …
"Life has taught us that love does not consist in gazing at each other, but in looking together in the same direction." – Antoine de Saint-Exupery
“Life has taught us that love does not consist in gazing at each other, but in looking together in the same direction.” – Antoine de …
"I know in my heart that man is good. That what is right will always eventually triumph. And there’s purpose and worth to each and every life." – Ronald Reagan
“I know in my heart that man is good. That what is right will always eventually triumph. And there’s purpose and worth to each and …
"There can be no higher law in journalism than to tell the truth and to shame the devil – remain detached from the great" – Walter Lippmann
“There can be no higher law in journalism than to tell the truth and to shame the devil – remain detached from the great” – …
"Never sell the bear’s skin before one has killed the beast." – Jean de La Fontaine
“Never sell the bear’s skin before one has killed the beast.” – Jean de La Fontaine
"Good ideas are a dime a dozen, bad ones are free." – Doug Horton
“Good ideas are a dime a dozen, bad ones are free.” – Doug Horton
"Divorce is the sacrament of adultery." – French Proverb
“Divorce is the sacrament of adultery.” – French Proverb
"There are only three things to be done with a woman. You can love her, suffer for her, or turn her into literature." – Lawrence Durrell
“There are only three things to be done with a woman. You can love her, suffer for her, or turn her into literature.” – Lawrence …
"A mother is a mother still, The holiest thing alive" – Samuel Taylor Coleridge
“A mother is a mother still, The holiest thing alive” – Samuel Taylor Coleridge
"A man should choose a friend who is better than himself. There are plenty of acquaintances in the world; but very few real friends." – Chinese Proverbs
“A man should choose a friend who is better than himself. There are plenty of acquaintances in the world; but very few real friends.” – …
"The flag went up very fast, in violation of historic district laws. I’m not sure how it happened. But all this fervor could have been prevented. Unfortunately, people focused on the flag, not the issue of the procedures. Our procedures are no less important than any other board or commission." – Robert Brown
“The flag went up very fast, in violation of historic district laws. I’m not sure how it happened. But all this fervor could have been …
"If he loved with all the powers of his puny being, he couldn’t love as much in eighty years as I could in a day. and Catherine has a heart as deep as I have: the sea could be as readily contained in that horse-trough as her whole affection be monopolised by him." – Emily Bronte
“If he loved with all the powers of his puny being, he couldn’t love as much in eighty years as I could in a day. …
"The most dangerous of our calculations are those we call illusions." – Georges Bernanos
“The most dangerous of our calculations are those we call illusions.” – Georges Bernanos
"I have been a selfish being all my life, in practice, though not in principle." – Jane Austen
“I have been a selfish being all my life, in practice, though not in principle.” – Jane Austen
"The past, the present and the future are really one: they are today." – Harriet Beecher Stowe
“The past, the present and the future are really one: they are today.” – Harriet Beecher Stowe
"There is no happiness; there are only moments of happiness." – Spanish Proverb
“There is no happiness; there are only moments of happiness.” – Spanish Proverb
"And now, once again, I bid my hideous progeny go forth and prosper. I have an affection for it, for it was the offspring of happy days, when death and grief were but words, which found no true echo in my heart." – Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley
“And now, once again, I bid my hideous progeny go forth and prosper. I have an affection for it, for it was the offspring of …
"Without a family, man, alone in the world, trembles with the cold." – Andre Maurois
“Without a family, man, alone in the world, trembles with the cold.” – Andre Maurois
"Be your own hero, it’s cheaper than a movie ticket." – Doug Horton
“Be your own hero, it’s cheaper than a movie ticket.” – Doug Horton
"Sweet spring, full of sweet days and roses, A box where sweets compacted lie" – George Herbert
“Sweet spring, full of sweet days and roses, A box where sweets compacted lie” – George Herbert
"There is no personal charm so great as the charm of a cheerful temperament." – Henry Van Dyke
“There is no personal charm so great as the charm of a cheerful temperament.” – Henry Van Dyke
"The richest love is that which submits to the arbitration of time." – Lawrence Durrell
“The richest love is that which submits to the arbitration of time.” – Lawrence Durrell
"I know the joy of fishes in the river through my own joy, as I go walking along the same river." – Chuang Tzu
“I know the joy of fishes in the river through my own joy, as I go walking along the same river.” – Chuang Tzu
"He who asks a question is a fool for five minutes; he who does not ask a question remains a fool forever" – Chinese Proverbs
“He who asks a question is a fool for five minutes; he who does not ask a question remains a fool forever” – Chinese Proverbs
"I cannot express it: but surely you and everybody have a notion that there is, or should be, an existence of yours beyond you." – Emily Bronte
“I cannot express it: but surely you and everybody have a notion that there is, or should be, an existence of yours beyond you.” – …
"Our love must not be a thing of words and fine talk. It must be a thing of action and sincerity (1 John 3:18)." – Bible
“Our love must not be a thing of words and fine talk. It must be a thing of action and sincerity (1 John 3:18).” – …
"It is dangerous to be right when the government is wrong." – Voltaire
“It is dangerous to be right when the government is wrong.” – Voltaire
"A good companion shortens the longest road." – Turkish Proverb
“A good companion shortens the longest road.” – Turkish Proverb
"Whipping and abuse are like laudanum: you have to double the dose as the sensibilities decline." – Harriet Beecher Stowe
“Whipping and abuse are like laudanum: you have to double the dose as the sensibilities decline.” – Harriet Beecher Stowe
"Danger can never be overcome without taking risks" – Latin Proverb
“Danger can never be overcome without taking risks” – Latin Proverb
"Be advised that all flatterers live at the expense of those who listen to them." – Jean de La Fontaine
“Be advised that all flatterers live at the expense of those who listen to them.” – Jean de La Fontaine
"Gratitude is the memory of the heart." – French Proverb
“Gratitude is the memory of the heart.” – French Proverb
"The key is to keep company only with people who uplift you, whose presence calls forth your best." – Epictetus
“The key is to keep company only with people who uplift you, whose presence calls forth your best.” – Epictetus
"Never love with all your heart, it only ends in breaking. English Proverb" – English Proverb
“Never love with all your heart, it only ends in breaking. English Proverb” – English Proverb
"The principle of the Gothic architecture is infinity made imaginable." – Samuel Taylor Coleridge
“The principle of the Gothic architecture is infinity made imaginable.” – Samuel Taylor Coleridge
"The person had to be really familiar with the main sites in Buffalo." – Robert Brown
“The person had to be really familiar with the main sites in Buffalo.” – Robert Brown
"No one takes my life away from me. I give it up of my own free will. [John 10:18]" – Bible
“No one takes my life away from me. I give it up of my own free will. ” – Bible
"The wish to pray is a prayer in itself. God can ask no more than that of us." – Georges Bernanos
“The wish to pray is a prayer in itself. God can ask no more than that of us.” – Georges Bernanos