A short saying often contains much wisdom. -Sophocles
A short saying often contains much wisdom. -Sophocles
Category: Quotes of the day
"No more of parental rules!<br/>We’re heading for the snow!<br/>Good riddance to those grown up ghouls!<br/>We’re leaving! Yukon Ho!" – Bill Watterson
“No more of parental rules!We’re heading for the snow!Good riddance to those grown up ghouls!We’re leaving! Yukon Ho!” – Bill Watterson
Two great talkers will not travel far together. -Proverb, Spanish
Two great talkers will not travel far together. -Proverb, Spanish
Only the shallow know themselves. -Wilde, Oscar
Only the shallow know themselves. -Wilde, Oscar
Cather, Willa
That is happiness: to be dissolved into something complete and great. Cather, Willa quotes
"A lot of people like snow. I find it to be an unnecessary freezing of water." – Carl Reiner
“A lot of people like snow. I find it to be an unnecessary freezing of water.” – Carl Reiner
The method of the enterprising is to plan with audacity and execute with vigor. -Bovee, Christian Nevell
The method of the enterprising is to plan with audacity and execute with vigor. -Bovee, Christian Nevell
"As soon go kindle fire with snow, as seek to quench the fire of love with words." – William Shakespeare
“As soon go kindle fire with snow, as seek to quench the fire of love with words.” – William Shakespeare
Every man is his own chief enemy. -Anacharsis
Every man is his own chief enemy. -Anacharsis
Ah, good taste! What a dreadful thing! Taste is the enemy of creativeness. -Picasso, Pablo
Ah, good taste! What a dreadful thing! Taste is the enemy of creativeness. -Picasso, Pablo
"Tread lightly, she is near/ Under the snow,/ Speak gently, she can hear/ The daisies grow." – Oscar Wilde
“Tread lightly, she is near/ Under the snow,/ Speak gently, she can hear/ The daisies grow.” – Oscar Wilde
A liberal is a man who is willing to spend somebody else’s money. -Glass, Carter
A liberal is a man who is willing to spend somebody else’s money. -Glass, Carter
The first thing we do, lets kill all the lawyers. -Shakespeare, William
The first thing we do, lets kill all the lawyers. -Shakespeare, William
I should be a complement -anonimus
I should be a complement -anonimus
"See the things you want as already yours. Think of them as yours, as belonging to you, as already in your possession." – Robert Collier
“See the things you want as already yours. Think of them as yours, as belonging to you, as already in your possession.” – Robert Collier
Liberty is the right to do what the law permits. -Montesquieu, Charles De
Liberty is the right to do what the law permits. -Montesquieu, Charles De
Thomas Aquinas
“There is nothing on this earth more to be prized than true friendship.” Thomas Aquinas quotes
Joan Smith
“No woman has an abortion for fun.” Joan Smith quotes
To live in mankind is far more than to live in a name. -Lindsay, Vachel
To live in mankind is far more than to live in a name. -Lindsay, Vachel
The happiest women, like the happiest nations, have no history. -Eliot, George
The happiest women, like the happiest nations, have no history. -Eliot, George
Sweat plus sacrifice equals success. -Finley, Charlie
Sweat plus sacrifice equals success. -Finley, Charlie
Although they posses enough, and more than enough still they yearn for more. -Ovid
Although they posses enough, and more than enough still they yearn for more. -Ovid
I like a friend the better for having faults that one can talk about. -Hazlitt, William
I like a friend the better for having faults that one can talk about. -Hazlitt, William
"Women still remember the first kiss after men have forgotten the last" – Remy de Gourmont
“Women still remember the first kiss after men have forgotten the last” – Remy de Gourmont
"The hardest battle you’re ever going to fight is the battle to be just you." – Leo F. Buscaglia
“The hardest battle you’re ever going to fight is the battle to be just you.” – Leo F. Buscaglia
"I have made noise enough in the world already, perhaps too much, and am now getting old, and want retirement" – Napoleon Bonaparte
“I have made noise enough in the world already, perhaps too much, and am now getting old, and want retirement” – Napoleon Bonaparte
"Retirement may be looked upon either as a prolonged holiday or as a rejection, a being thrown on to the scrap-heap." – Simone de Beauvoir
“Retirement may be looked upon either as a prolonged holiday or as a rejection, a being thrown on to the scrap-heap.” – Simone de Beauvoir
God will not look you over for medal, degrees or diplomas, but for scars. -Hubbard, Elbert
God will not look you over for medal, degrees or diplomas, but for scars. -Hubbard, Elbert
"America is becoming so educated that ignorance will be a novelty. I will belong to the select few." – Will Rogers
“America is becoming so educated that ignorance will be a novelty. I will belong to the select few.” – Will Rogers
"I have noted that persons with bad judgment are most insistent that we do what they think best." – Lionel Abel
“I have noted that persons with bad judgment are most insistent that we do what they think best.” – Lionel Abel
The eyes are not responsible when the mind does the seeing. -Syrus, Publilius
The eyes are not responsible when the mind does the seeing. -Syrus, Publilius
"The hardest people to convince they are at retirement age are children at bedtime" – Shannon Fife
“The hardest people to convince they are at retirement age are children at bedtime” – Shannon Fife
Adenauer, Konrad
The one sure way to conciliate a tiger is to allow oneself to be devoured. Adenauer, Konrad quotes
Society exists only as a mental concept; in the real world there are only individuals. -Wilde, Oscar
Society exists only as a mental concept; in the real world there are only individuals. -Wilde, Oscar
Your ability to learn depends partly on your ability to relinquish what you’ve held. -Hall, Milton
Your ability to learn depends partly on your ability to relinquish what you’ve held. -Hall, Milton
"A major advantage of age is learning to accept people without passing judgment." – Liz Carpenter
“A major advantage of age is learning to accept people without passing judgment.” – Liz Carpenter
The way of the world is, to praise dead saints, and persecute living ones. -Howe, Nathaniel
The way of the world is, to praise dead saints, and persecute living ones. -Howe, Nathaniel
The wishing gate opens into nothing. -Spurgeon, Charles Haddon
The wishing gate opens into nothing. -Spurgeon, Charles Haddon
"I will deal with them according to their conduct, and by their own standards I will judge them" – Bible
“I will deal with them according to their conduct, and by their own standards I will judge them” – Bible
The public seldom forgive twice. -Lavater, Johann Kaspar
The public seldom forgive twice. -Lavater, Johann Kaspar