Pain adds rest unto pleasure, and teaches the luxury of health. Martin Tupper
Pain adds rest unto pleasure, and teaches the luxury of health.PainQuotations by Martin Tupper
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Painting is a way to forget life. It is a cry in the night, a strangled laugh. Georges Rouault
Painting is a way to forget life. It is a cry in the night, a strangled laugh.Painters and PaintingQuotations by Georges Rouault
He that curseth his father, or his mother, shall surely be put to death. [Exodus 21:17] Bible
He that curseth his father, or his mother, shall surely be put to death. [Exodus 21:17]Parents and ParentingQuotations by Bible
Parents send their children to college either because they went to college, or because they didn’t. L. L. Hendren
Parents send their children to college either because they went to college, or because they didn’t.Parents and ParentingQuotations by L. L. Hendren
I am the slave of my baptism. Parents, you have caused my misfortune, and you have caused your own. Arthur Rimbaud
I am the slave of my baptism. Parents, you have caused my misfortune, and you have caused your own.Parents and ParentingQuotations by Arthur Rimbaud
You behold a range of exhausted volcanoes. Not a flame flickers on a single pallid crest. Benjamin Disraeli
You behold a range of exhausted volcanoes. Not a flame flickers on a single pallid crest.ParliamentQuotations by Benjamin Disraeli
Passion, though a bad regulator, is a powerful spring. Ralph Waldo Emerson
Passion, though a bad regulator, is a powerful spring.PassionQuotations by Ralph Waldo Emerson
The passions are the only orators which always persuade. Francois De La Rochefoucauld
The passions are the only orators which always persuade.PassionQuotations by Francois De La Rochefoucauld
Do what you love. Know you own bone; gnaw at it, bury it, unearth it, and gnaw it still. Henry David Thoreau
Do what you love. Know you own bone; gnaw at it, bury it, unearth it, and gnaw it still.PassionQuotations by Henry David Thoreau
Study the past if you would divine the future. Confucius
Study the past if you would divine the future.PastQuotations by Confucius
To be able to look back upon one’s past life with satisfaction is to live twice. Marcus Valerius Martial
To be able to look back upon one’s past life with satisfaction is to live twice.PastQuotations by Marcus Valerius Martial
Nostalgia isn’t what it used to be. Simone Signoret
Nostalgia isn’t what it used to be.PastQuotations by Simone Signoret
With close-lipped Patience for our only friend, Sad Patience, too near neighbor to Despair. Matthew Arnold
With close-lipped Patience for our only friend, Sad Patience, too near neighbor to Despair.PatienceQuotations by Matthew Arnold
The two powers which in my opinion constitute a wise man are those of bearing and forbearing. Epictetus
The two powers which in my opinion constitute a wise man are those of bearing and forbearing.PatienceQuotations by Epictetus
To know how to wait. It is the great secret of success. Joseph De Maistre
To know how to wait. It is the great secret of success.PatienceQuotations by Joseph De Maistre
There are times when God asks nothing of his children except silence, patience and tears. C. S. Robinson
There are times when God asks nothing of his children except silence, patience and tears.PatienceQuotations by C. S. Robinson
Perfection is attained by slow degrees; she requires the hand of time. Voltaire
Perfection is attained by slow degrees; she requires the hand of time.PatienceQuotations by Voltaire
Our country right or wrong. Stephen Decatur
Our country right or wrong.PatriotismQuotations by Stephen Decatur
He was inordinately proud of England and he abused her incessantly. H.G. Wells
He was inordinately proud of England and he abused her incessantly.PatriotismQuotations by H.G. Wells
I prefer the most unfair peace to the most righteous war. Marcus T. Cicero
I prefer the most unfair peace to the most righteous war.PeaceQuotations by Marcus T. Cicero
A peace that comes from fear and not from the heart is the opposite of peace. Gersonides
A peace that comes from fear and not from the heart is the opposite of peace.PeaceQuotations by Gersonides
You can’t have a better tomorrow if you are thinking about yesterday all the time. Charles F. Kettering
You can’t have a better tomorrow if you are thinking about yesterday all the time.PeaceQuotations by Charles F. Kettering
Violence is unnecessary and costly. Peace is the only way. Julius Kambarge Nyerere
Violence is unnecessary and costly. Peace is the only way.PeaceQuotations by Julius Kambarge Nyerere
A peace above all earthly dignities, a still and quiet conscience. William Shakespeare
A peace above all earthly dignities, a still and quiet conscience.PeaceQuotations by William Shakespeare
To be prepared for war is one of the most effective means of preserving peace. George Washington
To be prepared for war is one of the most effective means of preserving peace.PeaceQuotations by George Washington
All the people like us are We, and everyone else is They. Rudyard Kipling
All the people like us are We, and everyone else is They.PeopleQuotations by Rudyard Kipling
What we know of other people’s only our memory of the moments during which we knew them. T. S. Eliot
What we know of other people’s only our memory of the moments during which we knew them.People, OtherQuotations by T. S. Eliot
The artist who aims at perfection in everything achieves it in nothing. Eugene Delacroix
The artist who aims at perfection in everything achieves it in nothing.PerfectionQuotations by Eugene Delacroix
All excellent things are as difficult as they are rare. Baruch (Benedict de) Spinoza
All excellent things are as difficult as they are rare.PerfectionQuotations by Baruch (Benedict de) Spinoza
The greatest efforts in sports came when the mind is as still as a glass lake. Timothy Gallwey
The greatest efforts in sports came when the mind is as still as a glass lake.PerformanceQuotations by Timothy Gallwey
How much we like ourselves governs our performance. Brian Tracy
How much we like ourselves governs our performance.PerformanceQuotations by Brian Tracy
A fool bolts pleasure, then complains of moral indigestion. Minna Antrim
A fool bolts pleasure, then complains of moral indigestion.PleasureQuotations by Minna Antrim
One must be a living man and a posthumous artist. Jean Cocteau
One must be a living man and a posthumous artist.Arts and ArtistsQuotations by Jean Cocteau
Power gravitates to the man who knows how. Orison Swett Marden
Power gravitates to the man who knows how.PowerQuotations by Orison Swett Marden
I’ve always been very zealous about not invading other people’s private spaces. Peter Jennings
I’ve always been very zealous about not invading other people’s private spaces.PrivacyQuotations by Peter Jennings
Reason is the historian, but passions are the actors. Antoine Rivarol
Reason is the historian, but passions are the actors.ReasonQuotations by Antoine Rivarol
The palest ink lasts longer than the most retentive memory. Chinese Proverb
The palest ink lasts longer than the most retentive memory.MemoryQuotations by Chinese Proverb
Don’t remember what you can infer. Harry Tennant
Don’t remember what you can infer.MemoryQuotations by Harry Tennant
Men in general are quick to believe that which they wish to be true. Julius Caesar
Men in general are quick to believe that which they wish to be true.MenQuotations by Julius Caesar
Laws are like sausages. It is better not to see them being made. Otto Von Bismarck
Laws are like sausages. It is better not to see them being made.Law and LawyersQuotations by Otto Von Bismarck