Chinese Proverb Quote #2570 Author admin Date October 28, 2013 The gem cannot be polished without friction, nor man perfected without trials.
William Golding Quote #27895 Author admin Date October 28, 2013 Among the virtues and vices that make up the British character, we have one...
Alexander Hamilton Quote #21284 Author admin Date October 28, 2013 It has been observed that a pure democracy if it were practicable would be...
George Bernard Shaw, Major Barbara (1907) act 3 Quote #8321 Author admin Date October 28, 2013 He knows nothing; and he thinks he knows everything. That points clearly to a...
Steven Wright Quote #5349 Author admin Date October 28, 2013 They say the sun never sets over the British Empire, but it rises every...
Marie Curie, letter to her brother, 1894 Quote #1553 Author admin Date October 28, 2013 One never notices what has been done; one can only see what remains to...
Archimedes, from Pappus of Alexandria, Collectio Quote #4482 Author admin Date October 28, 2013 Give me where to stand, and I will move the earth.
William Shakespeare, "The Tempest", Act 5 scene 1 Quote #4863 Author admin Date October 28, 2013 Merrily, merrily shall I live now, Under the blossom that hangs on the bough.
Stephen Leacock, "Nonsense Novels",1911 Quote #4824 Author admin Date October 28, 2013 Lord Ronald said nothing; he flung himself from the room, flung himself upon his...
James Joseph Sylvester Quote #9535 Author admin Date October 28, 2013 May not Music be described as the Mathematics of sense, and Mathematics as the...