James Boswell, Life of Samuel Johnson, 1791 Quote #1722 Author admin Date October 28, 2013 Men are wise in proportion, not to their experience, but to their capacity for...
Yiddish Proverb Quote #18212 Author admin Date October 28, 2013 Truth never dies, but lives a wretched life.
Bret Harte Quote #6705 Author admin Date October 28, 2013 The only sure thing about luck is that it will change.
Sir Arnold Bax, Farewell my Youth (1943) Quote #5656 Author admin Date October 28, 2013 A sympathetic Scot summed it all up very neatly in the remark, “You should...
Robinson Jeffers Quote #28944 Author admin Date October 28, 2013 The heads of strong old age are beautiful beyond all grace of youth.
Peter Ustinov Quote #32536 Author admin Date October 28, 2013 Her virtue was that she said what she thought, her vice that what she...
Thomas Jefferson Quote #14970 Author admin Date October 28, 2013 Question with boldness even the existence of God; because, if there is one, he...
Margot Asquith Quote #436 Author admin Date October 28, 2013 She tells enough white lies to ice a wedding cake.
Pythagoras Quote #4724 Author admin Date October 28, 2013 Rest satisfied with doing well, and leave others to talk of you as they...
George Santayana, Soliloquies in England, 1922, "War Shrines" Quote #14508 Author admin Date October 28, 2013 There is no cure for birth and death save to enjoy the interval.