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Alexander Pope: For observations which...

Alexander Pope: For observations which...

For observations which ourselves we make,
We grow more partial for th'observer's sake.


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Virgil: Believe one who...

Virgil: Believe one who...

Believe one who has tried it.

Source: In Reader's Digest.
-- Virgil, (Oct 15...

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Anne Bradstreet: Youth is the...

Anne Bradstreet: Youth is the...

Youth is the time of getting, middle age of improving, and old age of spending.

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Anne Bradstreet: I am obnoxious...

Anne Bradstreet: I am obnoxious...

I am obnoxious to each carping tongue
Who says my hand a needle better fits,
A poet's pen all scorn I should...

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Alfred, Lord Tennyson: To strive, to...

Alfred, Lord Tennyson: To strive, to...

To strive, to seek, to find, and not to yield.

Source: In My Favorite Quotations,...

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Thornton Wilder: Ninety-nine per cent...

Thornton Wilder: Ninety-nine per cent...

Ninety-nine per cent of the people in the world are fools and the rest of us are in great danger of...

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James Matthew Barrie: Those who bring...

James Matthew Barrie: Those who bring...

Those who bring sunshine into the lives of others, cannot keep it from themselves.

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James Matthew Barrie: What is algebra...

James Matthew Barrie: What is algebra...

What is algebra exactly; is it those three-cornered things?

Source: Quality Street,...

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Helena Rubinstein: Leave the table...

Helena Rubinstein: Leave the table...

Leave the table while you still feel you could eat a little more.

Source: In Words...

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John Maynard Keynes: I do not...

John Maynard Keynes: I do not...

I do not know which makes a man more conservative -- to know nothing but the present, or nothing but the...

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Andrew Carnegie: You cannot push...

Andrew Carnegie: You cannot push...

You cannot push anyone up the ladder unless he is willing to climb himself.

Source:...

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Sylvia Porter: One of the...

Sylvia Porter: One of the...

One of the soundest rules to remember when making forecasts in the field of economics is that whatever is to happen is...

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Sydney Biddle Barrows: If you want...

Sydney Biddle Barrows: If you want...

If you want an expert on war, you get a retired general. I'm not exactly a general, but I am...

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They were all...

They were all...

They were all churning out operas of mine. It was clearly impossible for me to work under such conditions, so I hired...

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Inspiration may be...

Inspiration may be...

Inspiration may be a form of super-consciousness, or perhaps of subconsciousness -- I wouldn't know. But I am sure it...

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Any great work...

Any great work...

Any great work of art . . . revives and readapts time and space, and the measure of its success is the extent to which...

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Music first and...

Music first and...

Music first and last should sound well, should allure and enchant the ear. Never mind the inner...

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We must learn...

We must learn...

We must learn which ceremonies may be breached occasionally at our convenience and which ones may never be if we are...

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The great composer...

The great composer...

The great composer does not set to work because he is inspired, but becomes inspired because he is...

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There is a...

There is a...

There is a growing strength in women, but it's in the forehead, not the forearm.

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