There are fine things which you mean to do some day, under what you think will be more favorable circumstances. But the only time that is surely yours is the present, hence this is the time to speak the word of appreciation and sympathy, to do the generous deed, to forgive the fault of a […]
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There are many kinds of smiles, each having a distinct character. Some announce goodness, and sweetness, others betray sarcasm, bitterness, and pride; some soften the countenance by their languishing tenderness, others brighten by their spiritual vivacity. Great short quote and quotation by: Johann Kaspar Lavater ,
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There are many shining qualities on the mind of man; but none so useful as discretion. It is this which gives a value to all the rest, and sets them at work in their proper places, and turns them to the advantage of their possessor. Without it, learning is pedantry; wit, impertinence; virtue itself looks […]
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There are many things that we would throw away if we were not afraid that others might pick them up. Great short quote and quotation by: Oscar Wilde, The Picture of Dorian Gray, 1891 , Irish dramatist, novelist, & poet (1854 – 1900)
There are painters who transform the sun to a yellow spot, but there are others who with the help of their art and their intelligence, transform a yellow spot into the sun. Great short quote and quotation by: Pablo Picasso , Spanish Cubist painter (1881 – 1973)
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There are three classes of intellects: one which comprehends by itself; another which appreciates what others comprehend; and a third which neither comprehends by itself nor by the showing of others; the first is the most excellent, the second is good, and the third is useless. Great short quote and quotation by: Niccolo Machiavelli, The […]
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There are two main human sins from which all the others derive: impatience and indolence. It was because of impatience that they were expelled from Paradise, it is because of indolence that they do not return. Yet perhaps there is only one major sin: impatience. Because of impatience they were expelled, because of impatience they […]
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There art two cardinal sins from which all others spring: Impatience and Laziness. Great short quote and quotation by: Franz Kafka , Austrian (Czechoslovakian-born) author (1883 – 1924)
There is a concept which corrupts and upsets all others. I refer not to Evil, whose limited realm is that of ethics; I refer to the infinite. Great short quote and quotation by: Jorge Luis Borges , Argentine novelist & poet (1899 – 1986)
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There is a healthful hardiness about real dignity that never dreads contact and communion with others, however humble. Great short quote and quotation by: Washington Irving , US essayist, historian, & novelist (1783 – 1859)
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There is as much difference between us and ourselves as there is between us and others. Great short quote and quotation by: Michel de Montaigne , French essayist (1533 – 1592)