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Don't look back. Something might be gaining on you. Satchel Paige Age is a question of mind over matter. If you don't mind, it doesn't matter. Satchel Paige - More Quotations Be careful how you act. The toe you stepped on yesterday may be connected to the ass you have to kiss today. Vincent "Buddy" Cianci Crime like virtue has its degrees; and timid innocence was never known to blossom suddenly into extreme license. Jean Racine They who are in the highest places, and have the most power, have the least liberty, because they are most observed. John Tillotson Of all the tyrannies on human kind The worst is that which persecutes the mind. John Dryden Beware the fury of a patient man. John Dryden Here lies my wife: so let her lie! Now she's at rest, and so am I. Epitaph intended for his wife - John Dryden New opinions are always suspected, and usually opposed, without any other reason but because they are not already common. John Locke No man's knowledge here can go beyond his experience. John Locke The only fence against the world is a through knowledge of it. John Locke Peace is not the absence of war, it is a virtue, a state of mind, a disposition for benevolence, confidence, justice. Benedict Baruch Spinoza Fear cannot be without hope nor hope without fear. Spinoza Those who are believed to be the most object and humble are usually most ambitious and envious. Spinoza Nearly all men die of their remedies, and not of their illnesses. Moliere Things are always at their best in their beginning. Blaise Pascal True Eloquence takes no heed of eloquence, true morality takes no heed of morality...To take no heed of philosophy is truely to philosophize. Blaise Pascal I lay it down as a fact that if all men knew what others say of them, there would not be four friends in the world. Blaise Pascal Man is neither angel or beast; and the misfortune is that he who would act the angel acts the beast. Blaise Pascal To ridicule philosophy is really to philosophize. Blaise Pascal Racine will go out of stile like coffee. Marie De Rabutin-Chantal Marquise De Sevigre (1626-1696) In a calm sea every man is a pilot. John Ray If wishes were horses beggars might ride. John Ray Youth is the time of getting, middle age of improving, and old age of spending; a negligent youth is usually attended by an ignorant middle age, and both by an empty old age. He that hath nothing to feed on but vanity and lies must needs lie down in the bed of sorrow. Anne Bradstreet Our virtues are most frequently but vices in disguise. Francois Duc De La Rochefoucauld The love of justice in most men is simply the fear of suffering injustice. Francois Duc De La Rochefoucauld Silence is the best tactic for him who distrusts himself. Francois Duc De La Rochefoucauld Quarrels would not last long if the fault were only on one side. Francois Duc De La Rochefoucauld He makes his cook his merit, and the world visits his dinners and not him. Jean Baptiste Poquelin Moliere One must eat to live, and not live to eat. Moliere If everyone were clothed with integrity, if every heart were just, frank, kindly, the other virtues would be well-nigh useless, since their chief purpose is to make us bear with patience the injustice of our fellows. Moliere There is nothing either good or bad, but thinking makes it so. Hamlet To the noble mind Rich gifts wax poor when givers prove unkind. Hamlet A man may fish with a worm that hath eat of a king, and eat of the fish that hath fed of that worm. Hamlet The web of our life is a mingled yarn, good and ill together. All's Well that ends Well The hardest knife ill-used doth lose his edge. Shakespeare Sonnet 95 Sweets grown common lose their dear delight. Shakespeare Sonnet 102 Gather ye rosebuds while ye may, Old Time is still a-flying, And this same flower that smiles today Tomorrow will be dying. Robert Herrick One cannot conceive anything so strange and so implausible that it has not already been said by one philosopher or another. Rene Descartes Among other evils which being unarmed brings you, it causes you to be despised. Niccolo Machiavelli When neither their property nor their honor is touched, the majority of men live content. Machiavelli There is no other way of guarding oneself against flattery than by letting men understand that they will not offend you by speaking the truth; but when everyone can tell you the truth, you lose their respect. Machiavelli Companion none is like unto the mind alone; For many have been harmed by speech; Through thinking, few or none. Sir Thomas Vaux They are never alone that are accompanied with noble thoughts. Sir Philip Sidney There is no vice so simple but assumes Some mark of virtue on his outward parts. The Merchant of Venice If God did not exist, it would be necessary to invent him. Volaire Doth thou love life? Then do not squander Time; for that's the stuff Life is made of. Benjamin Franklin The world is a comedy to those that think, a tragedy to those that feel. Horace Walpole The first blow is half the battle. Oliver Goldsmith There is, however, a limit at which forbearance ceases to be a virtue. Edmund Burke Judging by the virtues expected of a servant, does your Excellency know many masters who would be worthy valets? Pierre DeBeaumarchais "Le Barbier de Seville" Who does not love wine, women, and song Remains a fool his whole life long. Johann Heinrich Voss When you send a clerk on business to a distant province, a man of rigid morals is not your best choice. Ihara Saikaku To think twice in every matter and follow the lead of others is no way to make money. Ihara Saikaku Do not seek to follow in the footsteps of the men of old; seek what they sought. Matsuo Basho There are but three events in a man's life: birth, life, and death. He is not conscious of being born, he dies in pain, and he forgets to live. Jean De La Bruyere None so blind as those that will not see. Mathew Henry She wears her clothes, as if they were thrown on her with a pitchfork. Jonathan Swift That's as well said, as if I had said it myself. Jonathan Swift Marry'd in haste, we may repent at leisure. William Congreve True happiness is of a retired nature, and an enemy to pomp and noise; it arises, in the first place, from the enjoyment of one's self; and, in the next, from the friendship and conversation of a few selected friends. Joseph Addison The woman that deliberates is lost. Joseph Addison There is no defense against reproach but obscurity. Joseph Addison Those not present are always wrong. Philippe Nericault Destouches Life is a jest; and all things show it. I thought so once; but now I know it. "My Own Epitaph" John Gay In this world, you must be a bit too kind in order to be kind enough. Pierre Carlet De Chamblain De Marivaux All seems infected that th' infected spy, As all looks yellow to the jaundic'd eye. Alexander Pope Blessed is he who expects nothing, for he shall never be disappointed. Alexander Pope Satire should, like a polished razor keen, Wound with a touch that's scarcely felt or seen. Lady Mary Wortley Montagne Wear your learning, like your watch, in a private pocket: and do not pull it out and strike it, merely to show that you have one. Philip Dormer Standhope Earl of Chesterfield The secret of being a bore is to tell everything. Francois Marie Arouet Voltaire A poet can survive anything but a misprint. Oscar Fingal O'Flahertie Wells Wilde We are all in the gutter, but some of us are looking at the stars. Oscar Wilde In this world there are only two tragedies. One is not getting what one wants, and the other is getting it. Oscar Wilde I suppose society is wonderflly delightful. To be in it is merely a bore. To be out of it is simply a tragedy. Oscar Wilde Yet each man kills the thing he loves, By each let this be heard, Some do it with a bitter look, Some with a flattering word. The coward does it with a kiss, The brave man with a sword. Oscar Wilde The saying is true, "The empty vessel makes the greatest sound." Henry IV (Shakespeare) All the world's a stage, And all the men and women merely players: They have their exits and their entrances; And one man in his time plays many parts. As You Like It Not drunk is he who from the floor Can rise alone and still drink more; But drunk is he who prostrate lies, Without the power to drink or rise. Thomas Love Peacock (1785-1866) How convenient it would be to many of our great men and great families of doubtful origin, could they have the privilege of the heroes of yore, who, whenever their origin was involved in obscurity, modestly announced themselves descended from a god. Washington Irving Friendship is Love without his wings. George Noel Gordon, Lord Byron Hatred comes from the heart; contempt from the head; and neither feeling is quite within our control. Arthur Schopenhauer Every man takes the limits of his own field of vision for the limits of the world. Arthur Schopenhauer If there's another world, he lives in bliss; If there is none, he made the best of this. Robert Burns, Epitaph on Wm. Muir Necessity is the plea for every infringement of human freedom. It is the argument of tyrants; it is the creed of slaves. William Pitt He who has done his best for his own time has lived for all times. Johann Christoph Friedrich Von Schiller Love is the whole history of a woman's life, it is but an episode in a man's. Madame De Stael Germaine Baronne De Stael-Holstein A man must know how to defy opinion; a woman how to submit to it. Madame De Stael The battle of Waterloo was won on the playing fields of Eton. Arthur Wellesley, Duke of Wellington An Army's effectiveness depends on its size, training, experience, and morale... and morale is worth more than all other factors combined. Napoleon A wise woman never yields by appointment. It should always be an unforseen happiness. Stendhal (Henri Beyle) It has been said of ladies when they write letters, that they put their minds in their postscripts - let out the real objects of their writing, as if it were a second thought, or a thing comparatively indifferent. Leigh Hunt A dirge for her the doubly dead in that she died so young. "Lenore" Edgar Alln Poe Those who dream by day are cognizant of many things which escape those who dream only by night. Edgar Allen Poe While the angels, all pallid and wan, uprising, unveiling, affirm That the play is the tragedy, "Man," And its hero, the Conqueror Worm. Edgar Allen Poe There is something in the unselfish and self-sacrificing love of a brute, which goes directly to the heart of him who has had frequent occasion to test the paultry friendship and gossamer fidelity of mere man. "The Black Cat" Edgar Allen Poe Perverseness is one of the primitive impulses of the human heart. Edgar Allen Poe From childhood's hour I have not been As others were - I have not seen As others saw. "Alone" Edgar Allen Poe In this world nothing can be said to be certain, except death and taxes. Benjamin Franklin Quotes Using This Quote Life is not always a matter of holding good cards, but sometimes, playing a poor hand well. Jack London When a toxic person can no longer control you, they will try to control how others see you. The misinformation will feel unfair, but stay above it, trusting that other people can eventually see the truth, just like you did. Anonymous If you're on the track and you've got everything under control, you're not going fast enough. 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