There is nothing more imprudent than excessive prudence. Charles Caleb Colton
There is nothing more imprudent than excessive prudence.PrudenceQuotations by Charles Caleb Colton
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A psychiatrist is a man who goes to the Folies-Berg?re and looks at the audience. Bishop Mervyn Stockwood
A psychiatrist is a man who goes to the Folies-Berg?re and looks at the audience.PsychiatryQuotations by Bishop Mervyn Stockwood
A universal feeling, whether well or ill founded, cannot be safely disregarded. Abraham Lincoln
A universal feeling, whether well or ill founded, cannot be safely disregarded.PublicQuotations by Abraham Lincoln
The price of justice is eternal publicity. Arnold Bennett
The price of justice is eternal publicity.PublicityQuotations by Arnold Bennett
I have been on a calendar, but never on time. Marilyn Monroe
I have been on a calendar, but never on time.PunctualityQuotations by Marilyn Monroe
Let the punishment be proportionate to the offense. Marcus T. Cicero
Let the punishment be proportionate to the offense.PunishmentQuotations by Marcus T. Cicero
Whipping and abuse are like laudanum: you have to double the dose as the sensibilities decline. Harriet Beecher Stowe
Whipping and abuse are like laudanum: you have to double the dose as the sensibilities decline.PunishmentQuotations by Harriet Beecher Stowe
Life does not need to mutilate itself in order to be pure. Simone Weil
Life does not need to mutilate itself in order to be pure.PurityQuotations by Simone Weil
What makes life dreary is the want of a motive. George Eliot
What makes life dreary is the want of a motive.PurposeQuotations by George Eliot
The only way you can be successful on a post or win at it is to be at cause over it. L. Ron Hubbard
The only way you can be successful on a post or win at it is to be at cause over it.PurposeQuotations by L. Ron Hubbard
A pilgrim is a wanderer with purpose. Peace Pilgrim
A pilgrim is a wanderer with purpose.PurposeQuotations by Peace Pilgrim
Ordinary people think merely of spending time. Great people think of using it. Source Unknown
Ordinary people think merely of spending time. Great people think of using it.PurposeQuotations by Source Unknown
When I want any, good head work done; I always choose a man, if possible with a long nose. Napoleon Bonaparte
When I want any, good head work done; I always choose a man, if possible with a long nose.QualityQuotations by Napoleon Bonaparte
We are never so ridiculous by the qualities we have, as by those we affect to have. Francois De La Rochefoucauld
We are never so ridiculous by the qualities we have, as by those we affect to have.QualityQuotations by Francois De La Rochefoucauld
In all private quarrels the duller nature is triumphant by reason of dullness. George Eliot
In all private quarrels the duller nature is triumphant by reason of dullness.QuarrelsQuotations by George Eliot
If you want a wise answer, ask a reasonable question. Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe
If you want a wise answer, ask a reasonable question.QuestionsQuotations by Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe
Judge a person by their questions, rather than their answers. Voltaire
Judge a person by their questions, rather than their answers.QuestionsQuotations by Voltaire
I think we must quote whenever we feel that the allusion is interesting or helpful or amusing. Clifton Fadiman
I think we must quote whenever we feel that the allusion is interesting or helpful or amusing.QuotationsQuotations by Clifton Fadiman
I often quote myself. It adds spice to my conversation. George Bernard Shaw
I often quote myself. It adds spice to my conversation.QuotationsQuotations by George Bernard Shaw
I never dared to be radical when young for fear it would make me conservative when old. Robert Frost
I never dared to be radical when young for fear it would make me conservative when old.RadicalsQuotations by Robert Frost
Realists do not fear the results of their study. Fyodor Dostoevsky
Realists do not fear the results of their study.RealityQuotations by Fyodor Dostoevsky
Reality is something you rise above. Liza Minnelli
Reality is something you rise above.RealityQuotations by Liza Minnelli
Why does man kill? He kills for food. And not only food: frequently there must be a beverage. Woody Allen
Why does man kill? He kills for food. And not only food: frequently there must be a beverage.ReasonQuotations by Woody Allen
No one ever excused his way to success. Dave Del Dotto
No one ever excused his way to success.ReasonQuotations by Dave Del Dotto
A man always has two reasons for doing anything — a good reason and the real reason. John Pierpont Morgan
A man always has two reasons for doing anything — a good reason and the real reason.ReasonQuotations by John Pierpont Morgan
What is a rebel? A man who says no. Albert Camus
What is a rebel? A man who says no.RebellionQuotations by Albert Camus
Why, Sir, most schemes of political improvement are very laughable things. Samuel Johnson
Why, Sir, most schemes of political improvement are very laughable things.ReformQuotations by Samuel Johnson
We rarely repent of having eaten too little. Thomas Jefferson
We rarely repent of having eaten too little.RegretQuotations by Thomas Jefferson
The easiest kind of relationship is with ten thousand people, the hardest is with one. Joan Baez
The easiest kind of relationship is with ten thousand people, the hardest is with one.RelationshipsQuotations by Joan Baez
The quality of your life is the quality of your relationships. Anthony Robbins
The quality of your life is the quality of your relationships.RelationshipsQuotations by Anthony Robbins
And lips say God be pitiful, who never said, God be praised. Elizabeth Barrett Browning
And lips say God be pitiful, who never said, God be praised.ReligionQuotations by Elizabeth Barrett Browning
Men despise religion. They hate it and are afraid it may be true. Blaise Pascal
Men despise religion. They hate it and are afraid it may be true.ReligionQuotations by Blaise Pascal
Nothing is ever done beautifully which is done in rivalship: or nobly, which is done in pride. John Ruskin
Nothing is ever done beautifully which is done in rivalship: or nobly, which is done in pride.RivalryQuotations by John Ruskin
To sin by silence when they should protest makes cowards of men. Abraham Lincoln
To sin by silence when they should protest makes cowards of men.SilenceQuotations by Abraham Lincoln
I would live to study, and not study to live. Francis Bacon
I would live to study, and not study to live.StudyingQuotations by Francis Bacon
Even on the most exalted throne in the world we are only sitting on our own bottom. Michel Eyquem De Montaigne
Even on the most exalted throne in the world we are only sitting on our own bottom.SuccessQuotations by Michel Eyquem De Montaigne
I’m not ugly, but my beauty is a total creation. Tyra Banks
I’m not ugly, but my beauty is a total creation.BeautyQuotations by Tyra Banks
It is part of the cure to wish to be cured. Seneca
It is part of the cure to wish to be cured.RemediesQuotations by Seneca
The beginning of atonement is the sense of its necessity. Lord Byron
The beginning of atonement is the sense of its necessity.RepentanceQuotations by Lord Byron
In the groves of their academy, at the end of every vista, you see nothing but the gallows. Edmund Burke
In the groves of their academy, at the end of every vista, you see nothing but the gallows.RepressionQuotations by Edmund Burke