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Alfred, Lord Tennyson: The shell must...

Alfred, Lord Tennyson: The shell must...

The shell must break before the bird can fly.

Source: In Webster's Electronic...

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Aeschylus: Every ruler is...

Aeschylus: Every ruler is...

Every ruler is harsh whose laws is new.

Source: In The Ultimate Success Quotations...

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Sean O'Casey: I ofen looked...

Sean O'Casey: I ofen looked...

I ofen looked up at the sky an' assed meself the question - what is the stars, what is the...

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Nathalie Sarraute: Television has lifted...

Nathalie Sarraute: Television has lifted...

Television has lifted the manufacture of banality out of the sphere of handicraft and placed it in that of a major...

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Oscar Wilde: Experience is one...

Oscar Wilde: Experience is one...

Experience is one thing you can't get for nothing.

Source: In The Speaker's...

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Friedrich von Schiller: Truth exists for...

Friedrich von Schiller: Truth exists for...

Truth exists for the wise, beauty for the feeling heart.

Source: In Webster's...

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Charles Dibdin: What argufies pride...

Charles Dibdin: What argufies pride...

What argufies pride and ambition?
Soon or late death will take us in tow:
Each bullet has got its...

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Douglas Jerrold: In this world...

Douglas Jerrold: In this world...

In this world truth can wait; she's used to it.

Source: In The Speaker's Electronic...

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Douglas Jerrold: Happiness grows at...

Douglas Jerrold: Happiness grows at...

Happiness grows at our own firesides, and is not to be picked in stranger's gardens.

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Nicolas Boileau: The wisest man...

Nicolas Boileau: The wisest man...

The wisest man is generally he who thinks himself the least so.

Source: In Correct...

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Nicolas Boileau: However big the...

Nicolas Boileau: However big the...

However big the fool, there is always a bigger fool to admire him.

Source: L'Art...

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Charlotte Bronte: Men judge us...

Charlotte Bronte: Men judge us...

Men judge us by the success of our efforts. God looks at the efforts themselves.

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Lorraine Hansberry: There is always...

Lorraine Hansberry: There is always...

There is always something left to love. And if you haven't learned that, you ain't learned...

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Lorraine Hansberry: [T]here is only...

Lorraine Hansberry: [T]here is only...

[T]here is only one large circle that we march in, around and around, each of us with our own little picture -- in...

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William Wordsworth: The youth who...

William Wordsworth: The youth who...

The youth who daily farther from the east
Must travel, still is Nature's priest,
And by the vision...

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William Wordsworth: But an old...

William Wordsworth: But an old...

But an old age serene and bright,
And lovely as a Lapland night,
Shall lead thee to thy...

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Rupert Brooke: Breathless, we flung...

Rupert Brooke: Breathless, we flung...

Breathless, we flung us on the windy hill,
Laughed in the sun, and kissed the lovely...

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Rupert Brooke: A book may...

Rupert Brooke: A book may...

A book may be compared to your neighbor: if it be good, it cannot last too long; if bad, you cannot get rid of it too...

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Basil Bunting: Always carry a...

Basil Bunting: Always carry a...

Always carry a corkscrew and the wine shall provide itself.

Source: In The...

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Philip James Bailey: Art is man's...

Philip James Bailey: Art is man's...

Art is man's nature: Nature is God's art.

Source: In The Ultimate Success...

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