When nothing seems to help, I go and look at a stonecutter hammering away at his rock perhaps a hundred times without as much as a crack showing in it. Yet at the hundred and first blow it will split in two, and I know it was not that blow that did it, but all […]
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When the destroyer comes, his first act will be to destroy all the books. Great short quote and quotation by: Thomas More ,
When you give up drinking, you have to deal with that wonderful personality that started you drinking in the first place. Great short quote and quotation by: Oscar Levant , (1906 – 1972)
When you have a number of disagreeable duties to perform, always do the most disagreeable first. Great short quote and quotation by: Josiah Quincy ,
Whenever evil befalls us, we ought to ask ourselves, after the first suffering, how we can turn it into good. So shall we take occasion, from one bitter root, to raise perhaps many flowers. Great short quote and quotation by: Leigh Hunt , English author & editor (1784 – 1859)
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Where does the violet tint end and the orange tint begins? Distinctly we see the difference of the colors, but where exactly does the one first blending enter into the other. So with sanity and insanity. Great short quote and quotation by: Herman Melville , US novelist & sailor (1819 – 1891)
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While one should always study the method of a great artist, one should never imitate his manner. The manner of an artist is essentially individual, the method of an artist is absolutely universal. The first is personality, which no one should copy; the second is perfection, which all should aim at. Great short quote and […]
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Whom the gods would destroy, they first make mad. Great short quote and quotation by: Euripides , Greek tragic dramatist (484 BC – 406 BC)
Women are at last becoming persons first and wives second, and that is as it should be. Great short quote and quotation by: May Sarton ,
Women remember the first kiss, men remember the last. Great short quote and quotation by: Unknown , Quotations by unknown authors
You cannot be really first-rate at your work if your work is all you are. Great short quote and quotation by: Anna Quindlen, A Short Guide to a Happy Life ,