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Alexander Pope: Be not the...

Alexander Pope: Be not the...

Be not the first by whom the new are tried,
Nor yet the last to lay the old aside.


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Alexander Pope: And you, brave...

Alexander Pope: And you, brave...

And you, brave Cobham! to the latest breath
Shall feel your ruling passion strong in...

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Alexander Pope: At every trifle...

Alexander Pope: At every trifle...

At every trifle take offense, that always shows great pride or little sense.

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Alexander Pope: Hills peep o'er...

Alexander Pope: Hills peep o'er...

Hills peep o'er hills, and Alps on Alps arise!

Source: An Essay on Criticism,...

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Alfred, Lord Tennyson: Oh yet we...

Alfred, Lord Tennyson: Oh yet we...

Oh yet we trust that somehow good
Will be the final goal of ill!


Source: In...

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Rupert Brooke: Oh! Death will...

Rupert Brooke: Oh! Death will...

Oh! Death will find me long before I tire
Of watching you; and swing me suddenly
Into the shade and loneliness...

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Alexander Pope: Trust not yourself,...

Alexander Pope: Trust not yourself,...

Trust not yourself, but your defects to know. Make use of every friend and every foe.

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Samuel Goldwyn: Don't pay any...

Samuel Goldwyn: Don't pay any...

Don't pay any attention to the critics -- don't even ignore them.

Source: In...

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Woody Allen: Capital punishment would...

Woody Allen: Capital punishment would...

Capital punishment would be more effective as a preventive measure if it were administered prior to the...

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Woody Allen: I will not...

Woody Allen: I will not...

I will not eat oysters. I want my food dead -- not sick, not wounded -- dead.

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Abraham Lincoln: I don't like...

Abraham Lincoln: I don't like...

I don't like that man. I must get to know him better.

Source:
-- Abraham...

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Abraham Lincoln: A universal feeling,...

Abraham Lincoln: A universal feeling,...

A universal feeling, whether well or ill founded, cannot be safely disregarded.

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Abraham Lincoln: When you have...

Abraham Lincoln: When you have...

When you have got an elephant by the hind legs and he is trying to run away, it's best to let him...

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Abraham Lincoln: That some should...

Abraham Lincoln: That some should...

That some should be rich, shows that others may become rich, and, hence, is just encouragement to industry and...

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John Lennon: I don't know...

John Lennon: I don't know...

I don't know how much money I've got . . . I did ask the accountant how much it came to. I wrote it down on a bit of...

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Virtue is too...

Virtue is too...

Virtue is too often merely local.

Source: The Idler, no. 53, in Universal Chronicle...

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To keep your...

To keep your...

To keep your secret is wisdom; but to expect others to keep it is folly.

Source:...

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Why Sir, it...

Why Sir, it...

Why Sir, it is much easier to say what it is not. We all know what light is; but it is not easy to tell what it...

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Worth seeing? yes;...

Worth seeing? yes;...

Worth seeing? yes; but not worth going to see.

Source: Referring to the Giant's...

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HURRY, n. The...

HURRY, n. The...

HURRY, n. The dispatch of bunglers.

Source: The Devil's Dictionary, 1911.
--...

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