Tragedy delights by affording a shadow of the pleasure which exists in pain. -Percy Bysshe Shelley
Tragedy delights by affording a shadow of the pleasure which exists in pain. -Percy Bysshe Shelley
Category: Quotes of the day
No person was ever honored for what he received. Honor has been the reward for what he gave. -Calvin Coolidge
No person was ever honored for what he received. Honor has been the reward for what he gave. -Calvin Coolidge
Anyone who is popular is bound to be disliked. -Yogi Berra
Anyone who is popular is bound to be disliked. -Yogi Berra
"Biographies are but the clothes and buttons of a man – the biography of the man himself cannot be written" – Mark Twain
“Biographies are but the clothes and buttons of a man – the biography of the man himself cannot be written” – Mark Twain
The real meaning of enlightenment is to gaze with undimmed eyes on all darkness. -Nikos Kazantzakis
The real meaning of enlightenment is to gaze with undimmed eyes on all darkness. -Nikos Kazantzakis
"My songs form a kind of biography or diary of my life as they are about people I have loved and people I only knew in my heart, places I have seen only for a moment and places I have lived all my life." – Justin Hayward
“My songs form a kind of biography or diary of my life as they are about people I have loved and people I only knew …
He that waits for a dead man’s shoes may long go barefoot. -French Proverb
He that waits for a dead man’s shoes may long go barefoot. -French Proverb
"Lucky me not to be able to get along with too many people; unlucky them not to get along with me." – Hazem R Ahmed
“Lucky me not to be able to get along with too many people; unlucky them not to get along with me.” – Hazem R Ahmed
Life loves to be taken by the lapel and told: I’m with you kid. Let’s go. -Maya Angelou
Life loves to be taken by the lapel and told: I’m with you kid. Let’s go. -Maya Angelou
"If history repeats itself, and the unexpected always happens, how incapable must Man be of learning from experience." – George Bernard Shaw
“If history repeats itself, and the unexpected always happens, how incapable must Man be of learning from experience.” – George Bernard Shaw
"Half of us are blind, few of us feel, and we are all deaf." – William Osler
“Half of us are blind, few of us feel, and we are all deaf.” – William Osler
The noblest spirit is most strongly attracted by the love of glory. -Marcus T. Cicero
The noblest spirit is most strongly attracted by the love of glory. -Marcus T. Cicero
John Tillotson
Ignorance and inconsideration are the two great causes of the ruin of mankind. John Tillotson quotes
Luxury ruins republics; poverty, monarchies. -Charles De Montesquieu
Luxury ruins republics; poverty, monarchies. -Charles De Montesquieu
"No matter my own folly, I will go foward and grow stronger, for even if my failure has been foreseen, that same failure has not yet been foretold." – Brandon Christopher
“No matter my own folly, I will go foward and grow stronger, for even if my failure has been foreseen, that same failure has not …
"Give sorrow words. The grief that does not speak whispers the o’er-fraught heart, and bids it break." – William Shakespeare
“Give sorrow words. The grief that does not speak whispers the o’er-fraught heart, and bids it break.” – William Shakespeare
Man loves little and often. Woman much and rarely. -Basta
Man loves little and often. Woman much and rarely. -Basta
"A clear mind does not have to understand an unclear mind. It is the unclear mind that has to understand a clear mind." – Apurva Gaglani
“A clear mind does not have to understand an unclear mind. It is the unclear mind that has to understand a clear mind.” – Apurva …
Patience. A minor form of despair disguised as a virtue. -Ambrose Bierce
Patience. A minor form of despair disguised as a virtue. -Ambrose Bierce
Gossip is news running ahead of itself in a red satin dress. -Liz Smith
Gossip is news running ahead of itself in a red satin dress. -Liz Smith
If you’re not serving the customer, you’d better be serving someone who is. -Karl Albrecht
If you’re not serving the customer, you’d better be serving someone who is. -Karl Albrecht
Common sense is genius dressed in its working clothes. -Ralph Waldo Emerson
Common sense is genius dressed in its working clothes. -Ralph Waldo Emerson
John C. Calhoun
The surrender of life is nothing to sinking down into acknowledgment of inferiority. John C. Calhoun quotes
Existence really is an imperfect tense that never becomes a present. -Friedrich Nietzsche
Existence really is an imperfect tense that never becomes a present. -Friedrich Nietzsche
If we seek the pleasures of love, passion should be occasional, and common sense continual. -Robertson Davies
If we seek the pleasures of love, passion should be occasional, and common sense continual. -Robertson Davies
Excellence encourages one about life generally; it shows the spiritual wealth of the world. -George Eliot
Excellence encourages one about life generally; it shows the spiritual wealth of the world. -George Eliot
Teachers open the door but you must walk through it yourself. -Chinese Proverb
Teachers open the door but you must walk through it yourself. -Chinese Proverb
"Yesterday’s the past, tomorrow’s the future, but today is a gift. That’s why it’s called the present." – Bil Keane
“Yesterday’s the past, tomorrow’s the future, but today is a gift. That’s why it’s called the present.” – Bil Keane
"True happiness is to understand our duties toward God and man; to enjoy the present, without anxious dependence on the future; not to amuse ourselves with either hopes or fears, but to rest satisfied with what we have, which is abundantly sufficient" – Seneca
“True happiness is to understand our duties toward God and man; to enjoy the present, without anxious dependence on the future; not to amuse ourselves …
Business, you know, may bring you money, but friendship hardly ever does. -Jane Austen
Business, you know, may bring you money, but friendship hardly ever does. -Jane Austen
"At the Web 2.0 Conference a year ago, we gathered to discuss the implications of the Web becoming a platform. This year, we’re taking it further, focusing not just on declaring the platform, but showing where the innovation is happening and what we might expect in the coming year, … Web 2.0 attendees will be immediately plugged into the ecosystem of the new Internet and allowed to make connections vital to their business strategy." – John Battelle
“At the Web 2.0 Conference a year ago, we gathered to discuss the implications of the Web becoming a platform. This year, we’re taking it …
"You must live in the present, launch yourself on every wave, find your eternity in each moment." – Henry David Thoreau
“You must live in the present, launch yourself on every wave, find your eternity in each moment.” – Henry David Thoreau
"One of the illusions of life is that the present hour is not the critical, decisive hour. Write it on your heart that every day is the best day in the year. No man has learned anything rightly, until he knows that every day is Doomsday." – Ralph Waldo Emerson
“One of the illusions of life is that the present hour is not the critical, decisive hour. Write it on your heart that every day …
"That is one of the Laws of Usenet, up there with ‘You can tell when a Usenet discussion is getting old when someone drags out Hitler and the Nazis" – David Goldfarb
“That is one of the Laws of Usenet, up there with ‘You can tell when a Usenet discussion is getting old when someone drags out …
Never change a winning game; always change a losing one. -Bill Tilden
Never change a winning game; always change a losing one. -Bill Tilden
"assessed, evaluated, treated, had a plan for follow-up care that was discussed between the physician, the nurse, the patient and the family, and was discharged appropriately." – Lynn Olson
“assessed, evaluated, treated, had a plan for follow-up care that was discussed between the physician, the nurse, the patient and the family, and was discharged …
God comes to the hungry in the form of food. -Mahatma Gandhi
God comes to the hungry in the form of food. -Mahatma Gandhi
The only thing wrong with immortality is that it tends to go on forever. -Herb Caen
The only thing wrong with immortality is that it tends to go on forever. -Herb Caen
Those who write clearly have readers, those who write obscurely have commentators. -Abraham Lincoln
Those who write clearly have readers, those who write obscurely have commentators. -Abraham Lincoln
Theodore Hesburgh
“The most important thing a father can do for his children is to love their mother.” Theodore Hesburgh quotes