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Alexander Smith: I would rather...

Alexander Smith: I would rather...

I would rather be remembered by a song than by a victory.

Source: In Webster's...

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Geoffrey Chaucer: No-wher so bisy...

Geoffrey Chaucer: No-wher so bisy...

No-wher so bisy a man as he ther nas,
And yet he semed bisier than he was.


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Theodore Roethke: A lively understandable...

Theodore Roethke: A lively understandable...

A lively understandable spirit
Once entertained you.
It will come again.
Be...

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Henry John Newbolt: Take my drum...

Henry John Newbolt: Take my drum...

Take my drum to England, hang et by the shore,
Strike et when your powder's runnin' low;
If the Dons sight...

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Edith Sitwell: Why not be...

Edith Sitwell: Why not be...

Why not be oneself? That is the whole secret of a successful appearance. If one is a greyhound why try to look like a...

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Robert Burns: Suspense is worst...

Robert Burns: Suspense is worst...

Suspense is worst than disappointment.

Source: In The Ultimate Success Quotations...

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Wole Soyinka: The hand that...

Wole Soyinka: The hand that...

The hand that dips into the bottom of the pot will eat the biggest snail.

Source:...

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Robert Frost: The brain is...

Robert Frost: The brain is...

The brain is a wonderful organ. It starts working when you get up in the morning, and doesn't stop until you get to...

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Ovid: Everything comes gradually...

Ovid: Everything comes gradually...

Everything comes gradually and at its appointed hour.

Source: In The Speaker's...

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William Cowper: Knowledge is proud...

William Cowper: Knowledge is proud...

Knowledge is proud that he has learned so much;
Wisdom is humble that he knows no...

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Walt Whitman: The art of...

Walt Whitman: The art of...

The art of art, the glory of expression and the sunshine of the light of letters, is...

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William Wordsworth: Come forth into...

William Wordsworth: Come forth into...

Come forth into the light of things, Let nature be your Teacher.

Source: The Tables...

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George Gordon Byron: But words are...

George Gordon Byron: But words are...

But words are things, and a small drop of ink,
Falling like dew, upon a thought, produces
That which makes...

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Pindar: Not every truth...

Pindar: Not every truth...

Not every truth is the better for showing its face undisguised; and often silence is the wisest thing for a man to...

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John Clare: I long for...

John Clare: I long for...

I long for scenes where man has never trod;
. . . There to abide with my Creator, God.


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Dante: Nature is the...

Dante: Nature is the...

Nature is the art of God eternal.

Source: In The New Webster's Dictionary of...

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Sophocles: A short saying...

Sophocles: A short saying...

A short saying oft contains much wisdom.

Source: In The Speaker's Electronic...

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Sophocles: Men of ill...

Sophocles: Men of ill...

Men of ill judgment oft ignore the good that lies within their hands, till they have lost...

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Richard Armour: Beauty is only...

Richard Armour: Beauty is only...

Beauty is only skin deep, and the world is full of thin skinned people.

Source:...

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Allen Ginsberg: Nobody saves America...

Allen Ginsberg: Nobody saves America...

Nobody saves America by sniffing cocaine, Jiggling yr knees blankeyed in the rain, When it snows in yr nose you catch...

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