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William Wordsworth: My apprehensions come...

William Wordsworth: My apprehensions come...

My apprehensions come in crowds;
I dread the rustling of the grass;
The very shadows of the clouds
Have power...

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William Wordsworth: Science appears but...

William Wordsworth: Science appears but...

Science appears but what in truth she is,
Not as our glory and our absolute boast,
But as a succedaneum, and a...

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William Wordsworth: Enough, if something...

William Wordsworth: Enough, if something...

Enough, if something from our hands have power
To live, and act, and serve the future hour;
And if, as toward...

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William Wordsworth: When from our...

William Wordsworth: When from our...

When from our better selves we have too long
Been parted by the hurrying world, and droop,
Sick of its business,...

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William Wordsworth: Still longed for,...

William Wordsworth: Still longed for,...

Still longed for, never seen.

Source: To the Cuckoo
-- William Wordsworth, (Apr...

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William Wordsworth: Thou unassuming common-place<br>Of...

William Wordsworth: Thou unassuming common-place
Of...

Thou unassuming common-place
Of Nature, with that homely face.


Source: To the...

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George Bernard Shaw: The secret of...

George Bernard Shaw: The secret of...

The secret of being miserable is to have leisure to bother about whether you are happy or not. The cure for it is...

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George Bernard Shaw: There is nothing...

George Bernard Shaw: There is nothing...

There is nothing that can be changed more completely than human nature when the job is taken in hand early...

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James Matthew Barrie: A safe but...

James Matthew Barrie: A safe but...

A safe but sometimes chilly way of recalling the past is to force open a crammed drawer. If you are searching for...

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James Matthew Barrie: That is ever...

James Matthew Barrie: That is ever...

That is ever the way. 'Tis all jealousy to the bride and good wishes to the corpse.

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Aeschylus: And even in...

Aeschylus: And even in...

And even in our sleep pain that cannot forget falls drop by drop upon the heart, and in our own despair, against our...

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Oscar Wilde: I am not...

Oscar Wilde: I am not...

I am not young enough to know everything.

Source: The Admirable Crichton
--...

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Oscar Wilde: The fact is,...

Oscar Wilde: The fact is,...

The fact is, the public make use of the classics of a country as a means of checking the progress of Art. They degrade...

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Oscar Wilde: The State is...

Oscar Wilde: The State is...

The State is to make what is useful. The individual is to make what is beautiful.

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G C Lichtenberg: Get your mind...

G C Lichtenberg: Get your mind...

Get your mind accustomed to doubting and your heart to being conciliatory.

Source:...

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G C Lichtenberg: We are obliged...

G C Lichtenberg: We are obliged...

We are obliged to regard many of our original minds as crazy at least until we have become as clever as they...

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Martin H Fischer: We humans are...

Martin H Fischer: We humans are...

We humans are the greatest of earth's parasites.

Source: In Webster's Electronic...

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Benjamin Franklin: He's the best...

Benjamin Franklin: He's the best...

He's the best physician that knows the worthlessness of the most medicines.

Source:...

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Benjamin Franklin: A false friend...

Benjamin Franklin: A false friend...

A false friend and a shadow attend only while the sun shines.

Source: In Webster's...

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Benjamin Franklin: Be civil to...

Benjamin Franklin: Be civil to...

Be civil to all; sociable to many; familiar with few.

Source: In Webster's...

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