Short quotations about, seems - Page 2

Francois de La Rochefoucauld

What seems to be generosity is ofte…

15 Feb , 2011  

What seems to be generosity is often no more than disguised ambition, which overlooks a small interest in order to secure a great one. Great short quote and quotation by: Francois De La Rochefoucauld , French author & moralist (1613 – 1680)

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John Steinbeck, East of Eden

When a man comes to die, no matter …

15 Feb , 2011  

When a man comes to die, no matter what his talents and influence, and genius, if he dies unloved his life must be a failure to him and dying a cold horror. It seems to me that if you or I must choose between two courses of thought or action, we should remember our dying […]

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When everything seems to be going a…

15 Feb , 2011  

When everything seems to be going against you, remember that the airplane takes off against the wind, not with it. Great short quote and quotation by: Henry Ford , US automobile industrialist (1863 – 1947)

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Miguel De Cervantes, Don Quixote de la Mancha

When life itself seems lunatic, who…

15 Feb , 2011  

When life itself seems lunatic, who knows where madness lies? Perhaps to be too practical may be madness. To surrender dreams, this may be madness. To seek treasures where there is only trash…Too much sanity may be madness, and maddest of all is to see life as it is and not as it should be. […]

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Jacob Riis

When nothing seems to help, I go an…

15 Feb , 2011  

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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Gilda Radner

While we have the gift of life, it …

15 Feb , 2011  

While we have the gift of life, it seems to me that only tragedy is to allow part of us to die – whether it is our spirit, our creativity, or our glorious uniqueness. Great short quote and quotation by: Gilda Radner , US actress & comedienne (1946 – 1989)

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