Samuel Hahnemann
One might say, for example, that a patient has a kind of St Vitus’s dance; a kind of dropsy; a kind of nerve fever; a …
Category: Quotes of the day
Bill Murray
The government can destroy wealth but it cannot create wealth, which is the product of labor and management working with creation. Bill Murray quotes
Michael Harrington
If there is technological advance without social advance, there is, almost automatically, an increase in human misery, in impoverishment. Michael Harrington quotes
We usually know what we can do, but temptation shows us who we are. -Thomas Kempis
We usually know what we can do, but temptation shows us who we are. -Thomas Kempis
Adversity makes men, and prosperity makes monsters. -Victor Hugo
Adversity makes men, and prosperity makes monsters. -Victor Hugo
Your friend has a friend; don’t tell him. -Chinese Proverb
Your friend has a friend; don’t tell him. -Chinese Proverb
No man chooses evil because it is evil; he only mistakes it for happiness. -Mary Wollstonecraft
No man chooses evil because it is evil; he only mistakes it for happiness. -Mary Wollstonecraft
Harry Homes
“Ignorance is the mother of fear.” Harry Homes quotes
Of all my wife’s relations I like myself the best. -Joseph Cook
Of all my wife’s relations I like myself the best. -Joseph Cook
You cannot depend on your judgments when your imagination is out of focus. -Mark Twain
You cannot depend on your judgments when your imagination is out of focus. -Mark Twain
Men’s faults to themselves seldom appear. -William Shakespeare
Men’s faults to themselves seldom appear. -William Shakespeare
Fashion is a form of ugliness so intolerable that we have to alter it every six months. -Oscar Wilde
Fashion is a form of ugliness so intolerable that we have to alter it every six months. -Oscar Wilde
mental-illness
Nothing defines the quality of life in a community more clearly than people who regard themselves, or whom the consensus chooses to regard, as mentally …
What a good thing Adam had. When he said a good thing, he knew nobody had said it before. -Mark Twain
What a good thing Adam had. When he said a good thing, he knew nobody had said it before. -Mark Twain
Instinct is untaught ability. -Alexander Bain
Instinct is untaught ability. -Alexander Bain
Sometimes the best gain is to lose. -George Herbert
Sometimes the best gain is to lose. -George Herbert
The world is divided into people who do things and people who get the credit. -Dwight Whitney Morrow
The world is divided into people who do things and people who get the credit. -Dwight Whitney Morrow
There are no miracles for those that have no faith in them. -French Proverb
There are no miracles for those that have no faith in them. -French Proverb
There is a syndrome in sports called paralysis by analysis. -Arthur Ashe
There is a syndrome in sports called paralysis by analysis. -Arthur Ashe
Your worth consists in what you are and not in what you have. -Thomas A. Edison
Your worth consists in what you are and not in what you have. -Thomas A. Edison
Those who build beneath the stars build too low. -Edward Young
Those who build beneath the stars build too low. -Edward Young
Carl Bernstein
The greatest felony in the news business today is to be behind, or to miss a big story. So speed and quantity substitute for thoroughness …
Theodore I. Rubin
The problem is not that there are problems. The problem is expecting otherwise and thinking that having problems is a problem. Theodore I. Rubin quotes
"Capital punishment is as fundamentally wrong as a cure for crime as charity is wrong as a cure for poverty." – Henry Ford
“Capital punishment is as fundamentally wrong as a cure for crime as charity is wrong as a cure for poverty.” – Henry Ford
A tradition without intelligence is not worth having. -T. S. Eliot
A tradition without intelligence is not worth having. -T. S. Eliot
I put all my genius into my life; I put only my talent into my works. -Oscar Wilde
I put all my genius into my life; I put only my talent into my works. -Oscar Wilde
Failure is nature’s plan to prepare you for great responsibilities. -Napoleon Hill
Failure is nature’s plan to prepare you for great responsibilities. -Napoleon Hill
To be prepared is half the victory. -Miguel De Cervantes
To be prepared is half the victory. -Miguel De Cervantes
Evil being the root of mystery, pain is the root of knowledge. -Simone Weil
Evil being the root of mystery, pain is the root of knowledge. -Simone Weil
James Agate
The Englishman can get along with sex quite perfectly so long as he can pretend that it isn’t sex but something else. James Agate quotes
William Mckinley
The mission of the United States is one of benevolent assimilation. William Mckinley quotes
He that plants trees loves others besides himself. -English Proverb
He that plants trees loves others besides himself. -English Proverb
Those who trust to chance must abide by the results of chance. -Calvin Coolidge
Those who trust to chance must abide by the results of chance. -Calvin Coolidge
A kind heart is a fountain of gladness, making everything in its vicinity freshen into smiles. -Washington Irving
A kind heart is a fountain of gladness, making everything in its vicinity freshen into smiles. -Washington Irving
The only reason some people get lost in thought is because it’s unfamiliar territory. -Paul Fix
The only reason some people get lost in thought is because it’s unfamiliar territory. -Paul Fix
The saving man becomes the free man. -Chinese Proverb
The saving man becomes the free man. -Chinese Proverb
O, wind, if winter comes, can spring be far behind? -Percy Bysshe Shelley
O, wind, if winter comes, can spring be far behind? -Percy Bysshe Shelley
The true and solid peace of nations consists not in equality of arms, but in mutual trust alone. -Pope John XXIII
The true and solid peace of nations consists not in equality of arms, but in mutual trust alone. -Pope John XXIII
Janet Long
“Part of being sane, is being a little bit crazy.” Janet Long quotes
Walter Goodman
“The idea of all-out nuclear war is unsettling.” Walter Goodman quotes