Latest Quotes - Page 1790

The highest pleasure to be got out of freedom, and having nothing to do, is labour

The more you seat in peace, the less you bleed in war

The larger the island of knowledge, the longer the shoreline of wonder.

The last function of reason is to recognize that there is an infinity of things which surpass it.

The more faithfully you listen to the voice withhin you, the batter you will hear what is sounding outside.And only he who listens can speak.

The laws of life are founded on necessity, its charms on the non-essentials.

The liberty of the individual must be thus far limited: He must not make himself a nuisance to other people.

The lion and the calf shall lie down together, but the calf won''t get much sleep.

The difficulty of speeches is what you are perpetually poised between the ciche and the indiscretion

The great essentials of happiness are: something to do,something to love and something to hope for.

The ear tends to be lazy, craves the familiar and is shocked by the unexpected; the eye, on the other hand, tends to be impatient, craves the novel and is bored by repetition.

The evolution from happiness to habit is one of death''s best weapons.

The first duty of love is to listen.

The first principle of a civilized state is that power is legitimate only wehn it is under contract.

The flowers of life are but illusions. How many fade away and leave no trace; how few yield any fruit and the fruit itself how rarely does it ripen!

The function of genius is to furnish cretins with ideas twenty year later.

The good neighbour looks beyond the external accidents and discerns those inner qualities that make all men human, and therefore, brothers.

The good rain like a bad preacher, does not know when to leave off.

The good things of life are not to be had singly, but come to us with a mixture; like a school boy''s holiday, with a task affixed to the tail of it.

The great advantage of a hotel is that it''s a refuge from home life.

The great despisers are the greater reverers.

The greatest humiliation in life is to work hard on something from which you expect great appreciation, and then fail to get.

The art of life is the avoiding of pain.

The art of showmanship is to give the public what is wants just before it knows what it wants.

The beauty of a strong, lasting commitment is often best understood by a man incapable of it.

The best part of beauty is that which no picture can express

The best prophet is common sense, our native wit.

The bird a nest, the spider a web, man friendship.

The cause of liberty becomes a mockery if the price to be paid is the wholesale destruction of those who are to enjoy liberty.

The civilisation of one epoch becomes the manure of the next.

The cliche that education never ends virtually ensures that it does''nt begin.

The comforter''s head never aches.

The condition upon which God hath given liberty to man is eternal vigilance.

The creation of a thousand forests is in one accorn.

The darkest hour has only 60 minutes

The desire for change is a sign of safety.

The desire of appearing clever often prevents our becoming so.

Superioty and inferiority are individual, not racial or national.

Supicion of one''s own motives is especially necessary for the philanthropist and the executive.

Surprise is the greatest gift which life can grant us.

Suspicion begets suspicion.

Sweet is pleasure after pain

Symanpathy is a supporting atmosphere, and in it we unfold easily and well

Tact is the ability to make a person see the lightning without letting him feel the bolt.

Talkers are no good doers

Teaching may contribute to certain kinds of learning under certain circumstances.

The art of writing is the art of restraint.

The hand of liberality is stronger than the arm of power.

The ability to laugh together is the essence of love.

The ability to simplify means to eliminate the unnecessary so that the necessary may speak.