Man cannot remake himself without suffering, for he is both the marble and the sculptor. -Alexis Carrel
Man cannot remake himself without suffering, for he is both the marble and the sculptor. -Alexis Carrel
Category: Quotes of the day
Happiness is a wine of the rarest vintage, and seems insipid to a vulgar taste. -Logan Pearsall Smith
Happiness is a wine of the rarest vintage, and seems insipid to a vulgar taste. -Logan Pearsall Smith
To find recreation in amusement is not happiness. -Blaise Pascal
To find recreation in amusement is not happiness. -Blaise Pascal
I cannot choose but weep, to think they would lay him i’ th’ cold ground. -William Shakespeare
I cannot choose but weep, to think they would lay him i’ th’ cold ground. -William Shakespeare
I like the dreams of the future better than the history of the past. -Thomas Jefferson
I like the dreams of the future better than the history of the past. -Thomas Jefferson
There are always difficulties arising that tempt you to believe your critics are right. -Ralph Waldo Emerson
There are always difficulties arising that tempt you to believe your critics are right. -Ralph Waldo Emerson
Time takes away the grief of men. -Desiderius Erasmus
Time takes away the grief of men. -Desiderius Erasmus
If way to the better there be, it exacts a full look at the worst. -Thomas Hardy
If way to the better there be, it exacts a full look at the worst. -Thomas Hardy
A Hospital is no place to be sick. -Samuel Goldwyn
A Hospital is no place to be sick. -Samuel Goldwyn
When I drink, I think; and when I think, I drink. -Francois Rabelais
When I drink, I think; and when I think, I drink. -Francois Rabelais
America’s best buy is a telephone call to the right man. -Ilka Chase
America’s best buy is a telephone call to the right man. -Ilka Chase
Either God is in the whole of nature, with no gaps, or He’s not there at all. -L. A. Coulson
Either God is in the whole of nature, with no gaps, or He’s not there at all. -L. A. Coulson
If you’re prepared, then you’re able to feel confident. -Robert J. Ringer
If you’re prepared, then you’re able to feel confident. -Robert J. Ringer
Blows are sarcasm’s turned stupid. -George Eliot
Blows are sarcasm’s turned stupid. -George Eliot
Josephine Pollard
The wheel goes round and round, some are up and some are on the down, and still the wheel goes round. Josephine Pollard quotes
Kenneth Auchincloss
It is one thing to learn about the past; it is another to wallow in it. Kenneth Auchincloss quotes
Insanity destroys reason, but not wit. -Nathaniel Emmons
Insanity destroys reason, but not wit. -Nathaniel Emmons
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If I should die, think only this of me: that there’s some corner of a foreign field that is for ever England. – Rupert Brooke
Cities, like cats, will reveal themselves at night. -Rupert Brooke
Cities, like cats, will reveal themselves at night. -Rupert Brooke
The more original a discovery, the more obvious it seems afterwards. -Arthur Koestler
The more original a discovery, the more obvious it seems afterwards. -Arthur Koestler
A man should be upright, not be kept upright. -Marcus Aurelius
A man should be upright, not be kept upright. -Marcus Aurelius
I will listen to anyone’s convictions, but pray keep your doubts to yourself. -Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe
I will listen to anyone’s convictions, but pray keep your doubts to yourself. -Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe
I love her too, but our neuroses just don’t match. -Arthur Miller
I love her too, but our neuroses just don’t match. -Arthur Miller
People, like nails, lose their effectiveness when they lose direction and begin to bend. -Walter Savage Landor
People, like nails, lose their effectiveness when they lose direction and begin to bend. -Walter Savage Landor
B. B. King
“The beautiful thing about learning is nobody can take it away from you.” B. B. King quotes
Successful crimes alone are justified. -John Dryden
Successful crimes alone are justified. -John Dryden
I am as bad as the worst, but, thank God, I am as good as the best. -Walt Whitman
I am as bad as the worst, but, thank God, I am as good as the best. -Walt Whitman
R. P. C. Hanson
Grace means the free, unmerited, unexpected love of God, and all the benefits, delights, and comforts which flow from it. It means that while we …
Nelson Boswell
The difference between greatness and mediocrity is often how an individual views a mistake… Nelson Boswell quotes
Alfred North Whitehead
Simple solutions seldom are. It takes a very unusual mind to undertake analysis of the obvious. Alfred North Whitehead quotes
Habit is a cable; we weave a thread of it each day, and at last we cannot break it. -Horace Mann
Habit is a cable; we weave a thread of it each day, and at last we cannot break it. -Horace Mann
A wise man does not waste so good a commodity as lying for naught. -Mark Twain
A wise man does not waste so good a commodity as lying for naught. -Mark Twain
I grow old learning something new every day. -Solon
I grow old learning something new every day. -Solon
Go ahead, make my day. -Clint Eastwood
Go ahead, make my day. -Clint Eastwood
All human race would be wits. And millions miss, for one that hits. -Jonathan Swift
All human race would be wits. And millions miss, for one that hits. -Jonathan Swift
And of all plagues with which mankind are cursed, ecclesiastic tyranny’s the worst. -Daniel Defoe
And of all plagues with which mankind are cursed, ecclesiastic tyranny’s the worst. -Daniel Defoe
Amanda Heggs
“Sometimes I have a terrible feeling that I am dying not from the virus, but from being untouchable.” Amanda Heggs quotes
Saint Valentine is past; Begin these woodbirds but to couple now? -William Shakespeare
Saint Valentine is past; Begin these woodbirds but to couple now? -William Shakespeare
William Purkey
Dance like no one is watching, Love like you’ll never be hurt, Sing like no one is listening, Live like it’s heaven on earth. William …
Arianna Stassinopoulos
Whether we regard the Women’s Liberation movement as a serious threat, a passing convulsion, or a fashionable idiocy, it is a movement that mounts an …