An illness is like a journey into a far country; it sifts all one's experience and removes it to a read more
An illness is like a journey into a far country; it sifts all one's experience and removes it to a point so remote that it appears like a vision.
I don't know very much, but what I do know I know better than anybody, and I don't want to read more
I don't know very much, but what I do know I know better than anybody, and I don't want to argue about it. I know what I think about an actor or an actress, and am not interested in what anybody else thinks.
Many people believe that humility is the opposite of pride, when, in fact, it is a point of equilibrium. The read more
Many people believe that humility is the opposite of pride, when, in fact, it is a point of equilibrium. The opposite of pride is actually a lack of self esteem. A humble person is totally different from a person who cannot recognize and appreciate himself as part of this worlds marvels.
Immature love says: 'I love you because I need you.' Mature love says 'I need you because I love you.'
Immature love says: 'I love you because I need you.' Mature love says 'I need you because I love you.'
This sounds like a geography question. I'm a geography major, so you're probably talking to the right guy.
This sounds like a geography question. I'm a geography major, so you're probably talking to the right guy.
I would rather be poor in a cottage full of books than a king without the desire to read.
I would rather be poor in a cottage full of books than a king without the desire to read.
In science, read, by preference, the newest works; in literature,
the oldest. The classic literature is always modern.
read more
In science, read, by preference, the newest works; in literature,
the oldest. The classic literature is always modern.
- Edward George Earle Lytton Bulwer-Lytton, first Baron Lytton,
We lost the American colonies because we lacked the statesmanship to know the right time and the manner of yielding read more
We lost the American colonies because we lacked the statesmanship to know the right time and the manner of yielding what is impossible to keep.
He who hangs on the errors of the ignorant multitude, must not be
counted among great men.
[Lat., read more
He who hangs on the errors of the ignorant multitude, must not be
counted among great men.
[Lat., Qui ex errore imperitae multitudinis pendet, hic in magnis
viris non est habendus.]
I am not sincere, even when I say I am not.
I am not sincere, even when I say I am not.
