In this country it’s a good thing to kill an admiral now and then to encourage the others. Voltaire
In this country it’s a good thing to kill an admiral now and then to encourage the others.Army and NavyQuotations by Voltaire
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A frenzied passion for art is a canker that devours everything else. Charles Baudelaire
A frenzied passion for art is a canker that devours everything else.Arts and ArtistsQuotations by Charles Baudelaire
The pursuit of perfection, then, is the pursuit of sweetness and light. Matthew Arnold
The pursuit of perfection, then, is the pursuit of sweetness and light.LightQuotations by Matthew Arnold
No one every listened themselves out of a job. Calvin Coolidge
No one every listened themselves out of a job.ListeningQuotations by Calvin Coolidge
The greatest gift you can give another is the purity of your attention. Richard Moss
The greatest gift you can give another is the purity of your attention.ListeningQuotations by Richard Moss
When everyone is against you, it means you are absolutely wrong — or you are absolutely right. Albert Guinon
When everyone is against you, it means you are absolutely wrong — or you are absolutely right.Literary CriticismQuotations by Albert Guinon
Our American professors like their literature clear and cold and pure and very dead. Sinclair Lewis
Our American professors like their literature clear and cold and pure and very dead.LiteratureQuotations by Sinclair Lewis
Leisure without literature is death and burial alive. Seneca
Leisure without literature is death and burial alive.LiteratureQuotations by Seneca
Logic is the anatomy of thought. John Locke
Logic is the anatomy of thought.LogicQuotations by John Locke
I was never less alone than when by myself. Edward Gibbon
I was never less alone than when by myself.LonelinessQuotations by Edward Gibbon
I celebrate myself, and sing myself. Walt Whitman
I celebrate myself, and sing myself.LonelinessQuotations by Walt Whitman
Take care to sell your horse before he dies. The art of life is passing losses on. Robert Frost
Take care to sell your horse before he dies. The art of life is passing losses on.Losers and LosingQuotations by Robert Frost
When I lose a match, I know that I lose on the court and not in life. Gabriela Sabatini
When I lose a match, I know that I lose on the court and not in life.Losers and LosingQuotations by Gabriela Sabatini
Wicked men obey from fear; good men, from love. Aristotle
Wicked men obey from fear; good men, from love.LoveQuotations by Aristotle
The fate of love is that it always seems too little or too much. Amelia E. Barr
The fate of love is that it always seems too little or too much.LoveQuotations by Amelia E. Barr
Love is the immortal flow of energy that nourishes, extends and preserves. Its eternal goal is life. Smiley Blanton
Love is the immortal flow of energy that nourishes, extends and preserves. Its eternal goal is life.LoveQuotations by Smiley Blanton
Love is life. And if you miss love, you miss life. Leo Buscaglia
Love is life. And if you miss love, you miss life.LoveQuotations by Leo Buscaglia
Love is blind. Geoffrey Chaucer
Love is blind.LoveQuotations by Geoffrey Chaucer
The way to a woman’s heart is through your wallet. Frank Dane
The way to a woman’s heart is through your wallet.LoveQuotations by Frank Dane
Love is a ocean of emotions entirely surrounded by expenses. Lord Drewar
Love is a ocean of emotions entirely surrounded by expenses.LoveQuotations by Lord Drewar
We don’t believe in rheumatism and true love until after the first attack. Marie E. Eschenbach
We don’t believe in rheumatism and true love until after the first attack.LoveQuotations by Marie E. Eschenbach
A coward is incapable of exhibiting love; it is the prerogative of the brave. Mahatma Gandhi
A coward is incapable of exhibiting love; it is the prerogative of the brave.LoveQuotations by Mahatma Gandhi
Love and a cough cannot be hid. George Hebert
Love and a cough cannot be hid.LoveQuotations by George Hebert
Life is the flower for which love is the honey. Victor Hugo
Life is the flower for which love is the honey.LoveQuotations by Victor Hugo
At the beginning and at the end of love, the two lovers are embarrassed to find themselves alone. Jean De La Bruyere
At the beginning and at the end of love, the two lovers are embarrassed to find themselves alone.LoveQuotations by Jean De La Bruyere
It is difficult to know at what moment love begins; it is less difficult to know that it has begun. Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
It is difficult to know at what moment love begins; it is less difficult to know that it has begun.LoveQuotations by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
One does not fall in love; one grows into love, and love grows in him. Karl A. Menninger
One does not fall in love; one grows into love, and love grows in him.LoveQuotations by Karl A. Menninger
In love there are two things — bodies and words. Joyce Carol Oates
In love there are two things — bodies and words.LoveQuotations by Joyce Carol Oates
Love is not love until love’s vulnerable. Theodore Roethke
Love is not love until love’s vulnerable.LoveQuotations by Theodore Roethke
If you wish to be loved; Love! Seneca
If you wish to be loved; Love!LoveQuotations by Seneca
I pray Thee, O God, that I may be beautiful within. Socrates
I pray Thee, O God, that I may be beautiful within.LoveQuotations by Socrates
Love is the strange bewilderment that overtakes one person on account of another person. James Thurber
Love is the strange bewilderment that overtakes one person on account of another person.LoveQuotations by James Thurber
Love will find a way. Indifference will find an excuse. Source Unknown
Love will find a way. Indifference will find an excuse.LoveQuotations by Source Unknown
I’ve only been in love with a beer bottle and a mirror. Sid Vicious
I’ve only been in love with a beer bottle and a mirror.LoveQuotations by Sid Vicious
People who are sensible about love are incapable of it. Douglas Yates
People who are sensible about love are incapable of it.LoveQuotations by Douglas Yates
Pity the selfishness of lovers: it is brief, a forlorn hope; it is impossible. Elizabeth Bowen
Pity the selfishness of lovers: it is brief, a forlorn hope; it is impossible.LoversQuotations by Elizabeth Bowen
Histories are more full of examples of the fidelity of dogs than of friends. Alexander Pope
Histories are more full of examples of the fidelity of dogs than of friends.LoyaltyQuotations by Alexander Pope
Luck marches with those who give their very best H. Jackson Brown Jr.
Luck marches with those who give their very bestLuckQuotations by H. Jackson Brown Jr.
The luck of having talent is not enough; one must also have a talent for luck. Paul Hawken
The luck of having talent is not enough; one must also have a talent for luck.LuckQuotations by Paul Hawken
Luck seeks those who flee and flees those who seek it. German Proverb
Luck seeks those who flee and flees those who seek it.LuckQuotations by German Proverb