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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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Oscar Wilde: CECILY. When I...

Oscar Wilde: CECILY. When I...

CECILY. When I see a spade I call it a spade.
GWENDOLEN. I am glad to say I have never seen a spade. It is obvious...

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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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Stephane Mallarme: Dreams have as...

Stephane Mallarme: Dreams have as...

Dreams have as much influence as actions.

Source: In Quotable Business, ed. Louis...

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Robert Bridges: The day begins...

Robert Bridges: The day begins...

The day begins to droop, -
Its course is done:
But nothing tells the place
Of the setting...

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Stevie Smith: I'm sorry to...

Stevie Smith: I'm sorry to...

I'm sorry to say my dear wife is a dreamer,
And as she dreams she gets paler and leaner.
Then be off to your...

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George Moses Horton: Oh! that my...

George Moses Horton: Oh! that my...

Oh! that my soul had winged its flight,
When first I saw the morning light,
To worlds of...

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Delmore Schwartz: Time is the...

Delmore Schwartz: Time is the...

Time is the school in which we learn,
Time is the fire in which we burn.


Source:...

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Ogden Nash: Middle age is...

Ogden Nash: Middle age is...

Middle age is when you've met so many people that every new person you meet reminds you of someone...

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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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Jean Anouilh: Life is very...

Jean Anouilh: Life is very...

Life is very nice, but it lacks form. It's the aim of art to give it some.

Source:...

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Jean Anouilh: Until the day...

Jean Anouilh: Until the day...

Until the day of his death, no man can be sure of his courage.

Source: Beckett,...

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Martial: Too late is...

Martial: Too late is...

Too late is tomorrow's life; live for today.

Source: Epigrammata, I, 15.
--...

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Thomas Tusser: Who goeth a...

Thomas Tusser: Who goeth a...

Who goeth a borrowing
Goeth a sorrowing.
Few lend (but fools)
Their working...

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Miguel de Cervantes: Three things too...

Miguel de Cervantes: Three things too...

Three things too much, and three things too little are pernicious to man: to speak much, and know little; to spend...

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Vita Sackville-West: Women, like men,...

Vita Sackville-West: Women, like men,...

Women, like men, ought to have their youth so glutted with freedom they hate the very idea of...

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Vita Sackville-West: Among the many...

Vita Sackville-West: Among the many...

Among the many problems which beset the novelist, not the least weighty is the choice of the moment at which to begin...

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