VOLTAIRE, attributed,Best Thoughts of Best Thinkers He must be very ignorant for he answers every question he is asked. VOLTAIRE,A Philosophical Dictionary Society therefore is as ancient as the world. VOLTAIRE,A Philosophical Dictionary People must have renounced, it seems to me, all natural inte...
Common sense is the knack of seeing things as they are, and doing things as they ought to be done. — Anonymous Appears in Tryon Edwards (ed.), A Dictionary of Thoughts: Being a Cyclopedia of Laconic Quotations (1891), 77, attributed, without citation, to Calvin Ellis Stowe. However, ...
In the first case, "honesty" would be attributed to you as a trait because you formulate the truth and confidently use your ten seconds. In the second case, there is a possibility that it will not be recognized that you are telling the untruth. As a result, "honesty" will again be at...
All the summer long is the swallow a most instructive pattern of unwearied industry and affection; for, from morning to night, while there is a family to be supported, she spends the whole day in skimming close to the ground, and exerting the most sudden turns and quick evolutions. Avenues...
“To enjoy freedom we have to control ourselves.”–Virginia Woolf “Freedom is something that dies unless it’s used.”–Hunter S. Thompson “Tame birds sing of freedom. Wild birds fly.”–Attributed to John Lennon “As soon as we left the ground, I knew I myself had to fly.”–Ame...
"Nothing is so common as the wish to be remarkable." (attributed to) by William Shakespeare 1x07, "The Fox" "With foxes, we must play the fox." by Thomas Fuller 1x08, "Natural Born Killer" "There is no hunting like the hunting of man, and those who have hunted armed men long ...
As a result, they enjoy in later life the success so often erroneously attributed to good luck. - Grenville Kleiser Add to Favorite List In the realm of ideas, everything depends on enthusiasm; in the real world, all rests on perseverance. - Johann von Goethe Add to Favorite List It ...
and those who matter don't mind.- commonly but falsely attributed to Dr. Seuss,this misquote consists of the Bernard Baruch quote,"Those who mind don't matter, and those who matter don't mind."with additional words added anonymously....
Stephen Fryis an English actor, comedian, author, journalist, broadcaster and film director. He is also a celebrated national treasure, cultural icon and British institution. This is a small collection of quotations attributed to him. “My mother, yes, she believed in me, but everybody’s mot...
- Anonymous (often attributed to Abraham Lincoln) All things share the same breath -the beast, the tree, the man...the air shares its spirit with all the life it supports.- Chief Seattle (attributed) Adventure is not outside man; it is within.- George Eliot Man is least himself when ...