Henry W. Fowler, A Dictionary of Modern English Usage (1926) Quote #6079 Author admin Date October 28, 2013 Quotation … A writer expresses himself in words that have been used before because...
Vernon Sanders Law Quote #2653 Author admin Date October 28, 2013 Experience is a hard teacher because she gives the test first, the lesson afterwards.
Stirling Moss Quote #14812 Author admin Date October 28, 2013 I was taught that everything is attainable if you are prepared to give up,...
George Carlin Quote #14603 Author admin Date October 28, 2013 Well, if crime fighters fight crime and fire fighters fight fire, what do freedom...
Dr. Thomas Arnold Bennett Quote #15501 Author admin Date October 28, 2013 No mind, however loving, could bear to see plainly into all the recess of...
Themistocles, from Plutarch, Lives Quote #4292 Author admin Date October 28, 2013 I have with me two gods, Persuasion and Compulsion.
Henry David Thoreau, "Walden" Quote #8823 Author admin Date October 28, 2013 Petty fears and petty pleasures are but the shadow of reality.
Samuel Johnson, Life of Boerhaave Quote #6522 Author admin Date October 28, 2013 Men are generally idle, and ready to satisfy themselves, and intimidate the industry of...
George Bancroft Quote #14736 Author admin Date October 28, 2013 Beauty is but the sensible image of the Infinite. Like truth and justice it...
Indira Gandhi, quoted by Christian Science Monitor, May 17, 1982 Quote #109 Author admin Date October 28, 2013 You cannot shake hands with a clenched fist.