Fools may our scorn, not envy, raise. For envy is a kind of praise. -John Gay
Fools may our scorn, not envy, raise. For envy is a kind of praise. -John Gay
Category: Quotes of the day
Action is eloquence. -William Shakespeare
Action is eloquence. -William Shakespeare
And what a delight it is to make friends with someone you have despised. -Sidonie Gabrielle Colette
And what a delight it is to make friends with someone you have despised. -Sidonie Gabrielle Colette
Music is spiritual. The music business is not. -Van Morrison
Music is spiritual. The music business is not. -Van Morrison
Daisetz T. Suzuki
In the spiritual world there are no time divisions such as the past, present and future; for they have contracted themselves into a single moment …
Charles F. Lummis
I am bigger than anything that can happen to me. Charles F. Lummis quotes
There is no new thing under the sun. [Ecclesiastes 1:9] -Bible
There is no new thing under the sun. -Bible
The cocks may crow, but it’s the hen that lays the egg. -Margaret Thatcher
The cocks may crow, but it’s the hen that lays the egg. -Margaret Thatcher
"Their smiles, / Wan as primroses gathered at midnight / By chilly-fingered Spring." – John Keats
“Their smiles, / Wan as primroses gathered at midnight / By chilly-fingered Spring.” – John Keats
He who marries for money earns it. -Yiddish Proverb
He who marries for money earns it. -Yiddish Proverb
All people are your relatives, therefore expect only trouble from them. -Chinese Proverb
All people are your relatives, therefore expect only trouble from them. -Chinese Proverb
"What Women Want: To be loved, to be listened to, to be desired, to be respected, to be needed, to be trusted, and sometimes, just to be held. What Men Want: Tickets for the world series." – Dave Barry
“What Women Want: To be loved, to be listened to, to be desired, to be respected, to be needed, to be trusted, and sometimes, just …
Success is the sum of small efforts, repeated day in and day out… -Robert Collier
Success is the sum of small efforts, repeated day in and day out… -Robert Collier
Our prayers should be for blessings in general, for God knows best what is good for us. -Socrates
Our prayers should be for blessings in general, for God knows best what is good for us. -Socrates
Society is a masked ball, where every one hides his real character, and reveals it by hiding. -Ralph Waldo Emerson
Society is a masked ball, where every one hides his real character, and reveals it by hiding. -Ralph Waldo Emerson
I think therefore I am. -Rene Descartes
I think therefore I am. -Rene Descartes
Anthony Delano
She was not a women likely to settle for equality when sex gave her an advantage. Anthony Delano quotes
Unless you can find some sort of loyalty, you cannot find unity and peace in your active living. -Josiah Royce
Unless you can find some sort of loyalty, you cannot find unity and peace in your active living. -Josiah Royce
Stephen S. Ilardi PhD
“Exercise is medicine. Literally. Just like a pill, it reliably changes brain function by altering the activity of key brain chemicals and hormones.” Stephen S. …
The fox has many tricks. The hedgehog has but one. But that is the best of all. -Desiderius Erasmus
The fox has many tricks. The hedgehog has but one. But that is the best of all. -Desiderius Erasmus
Temper is a weapon that we hold by the blade. -Sir James M. Barrie
Temper is a weapon that we hold by the blade. -Sir James M. Barrie
I want to be what I was when I wanted to be what I am now. -Ray Prince
I want to be what I was when I wanted to be what I am now. -Ray Prince
"And they made upon the hems of the robe pomegranates of blue, and purple, and scarlet, and twined linen." – Bible
“And they made upon the hems of the robe pomegranates of blue, and purple, and scarlet, and twined linen.” – Bible
What you do speaks so loud that I cannot hear what you say. -Ralph Waldo Emerson
What you do speaks so loud that I cannot hear what you say. -Ralph Waldo Emerson
"And the chapiters upon the two pillars had pomegranates also above, over against the belly which was by the network: and the pomegranates were two hundred in rows round about upon the other chapiter." – Bible
“And the chapiters upon the two pillars had pomegranates also above, over against the belly which was by the network: and the pomegranates were two …
All animals, except man, know that the principal business of life is to enjoy it. -Samuel Butler
All animals, except man, know that the principal business of life is to enjoy it. -Samuel Butler
It is only the modern that ever becomes old-fashioned. -Oscar Wilde
It is only the modern that ever becomes old-fashioned. -Oscar Wilde
Old age is like everything else. To make a success of it, you’ve got to start young. -Fred Astaire
Old age is like everything else. To make a success of it, you’ve got to start young. -Fred Astaire
Barbara Tuchman
Dead battles, like dead generals, hold the military mind in their dead grip. Barbara Tuchman quotes
You can get more with a kind word and a gun than you can with a kind word alone. -Al Capone
You can get more with a kind word and a gun than you can with a kind word alone. -Al Capone
Jeff Marder
“We live in an age when pizza gets to your home before the police.” Jeff Marder quotes
To educate the intelligence is to expand the horizon of its wants and desires. -James Russell Lowell
To educate the intelligence is to expand the horizon of its wants and desires. -James Russell Lowell
A spoonful of honey will catch more flies than a gallon of vinegar. -Benjamin Franklin
A spoonful of honey will catch more flies than a gallon of vinegar. -Benjamin Franklin
The middle of the road is where the white line is — and that’s the worst place to drive. -Robert Frost
The middle of the road is where the white line is — and that’s the worst place to drive. -Robert Frost
The world will never starve for want of wonders, but for want of wonder. -Gilbert K. Chesterton
The world will never starve for want of wonders, but for want of wonder. -Gilbert K. Chesterton
There is no object so soft but it makes a hub for the wheeled universe. -Walt Whitman
There is no object so soft but it makes a hub for the wheeled universe. -Walt Whitman
John V. Politis
We come and go just like ripples in a stream. John V. Politis quotes
Robin Wood
One might say that the true subject of the horror genre is the struggle for recognition of all that our civilization represses and oppresses. Robin …
Tom Petty
I’m barely prolific and incredibly lazy. Tom Petty quotes
Courage is like love; it must have hope to nourish it. -Napoleon Bonaparte
Courage is like love; it must have hope to nourish it. -Napoleon Bonaparte