There are few sorrows, however poignant, in which a good income is of no avail. Great short quote and quotation by: Logan Pearsall Smith, Afterthoughts (1931) “Life and Human Nature” , (1865 – 1946)
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 fine ideals which are not realisable, and yet we do not refrain from teaching them. Great short quote and quotation by: Peretz Smolenskin ,
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 of which a wise man might wish to be ignorant. Great short quote and quotation by: Ralph Waldo Emerson , US essayist & poet (1803 – 1882)
There are no thanks for a kindness, which has been delayed. Great short quote and quotation by: Anonymous ,
Alexis de Tocqueville, Democracy in America 1835
There are now two great nations in the world, which starting from different points, seem to be advancing toward the same goal: the Russians and the Anglo-Americans…Each seems called by some secret design of Providence one day to hold in its hands the destinies of half the world. Great short quote and quotation by: Alexis […]
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There are pauses amidst study, and even pauses of seeming idleness, in which a process goes on which may be likened to the digestion of food. In those seasons of repose, the powers are gathering their strength for new efforts; as land which lies fallow recovers itself for tillage. Great short quote and quotation by: […]
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There are situations in which torture is not merely permissible but morally mandatory. Great short quote and quotation by: Michael Levin ,
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There are three arts which are concerned with all things: one which uses, another which makes, and a third which imitates them. Great short quote and quotation by: Plato, The Republic , Greek author & philosopher in Athens (427 BC – 347 BC)
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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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