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Edgar Watson Howe: When you are...

Edgar Watson Howe: When you are...

When you are in trouble, people who call to sympathize are really looking for the...

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Charles Dickens: There's milestones on...

Charles Dickens: There's milestones on...

There's milestones on the Dover Road!

Source: (Mr F.'s Aunt) Little Dorrit, Bk i....

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Charles Dickens: Oh Sairey, Sairey,...

Charles Dickens: Oh Sairey, Sairey,...

Oh Sairey, Sairey, little do we know wot lays afore us!

Source: (Mrs Gamp) Martin...

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Charles Dickens: Here's the rule...

Charles Dickens: Here's the rule...

Here's the rule for bargains: Do other men, for they would do you. That's the true business...

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Charles Dickens: Let us be...

Charles Dickens: Let us be...

Let us be moral. Let us contemplate existence.

Source: Martin Chuzzlewit, Ch....

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Madeleine L'Engle: The great thing...

Madeleine L'Engle: The great thing...

The great thing about getting older is that you don't lose all the other ages you've been.

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Madeleine L'Engle: When we were...

Madeleine L'Engle: When we were...

When we were children, we used to think that when we were grown-up we would no longer be vulnerable. But to grow up...

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George Eliot: Ignorance. . ....

George Eliot: Ignorance. . ....

Ignorance. . . is a painless evil; so, I should think, is dirt, considering the merry faces that go along with...

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Jane Austen: From politics, it...

Jane Austen: From politics, it...

From politics, it was an easy step to silence.

Source: In Webster's Electronic...

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Jane Austen: If there is...

Jane Austen: If there is...

If there is anything disagreeable going on, men are sure to get out of it.

Source:...

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E M Forster: Tolerance is a...

E M Forster: Tolerance is a...

Tolerance is a very dull virtue. It is boring. Unlike love, it has always had a bad press. It is negative. It merely...

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Doug Horton: No one can...

Doug Horton: No one can...

No one can drive us crazy unless we give them the keys.

Source: In The Ultimate...

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Doug Horton: Growing old is...

Doug Horton: Growing old is...

Growing old is not growing up.

Source: In The Ultimate Success Quotations...

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Henry David Thoreau: Some circumstantial evidence...

Henry David Thoreau: Some circumstantial evidence...

Some circumstantial evidence is very strong, as when you find a trout in the milk.

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Henry David Thoreau: I only desire...

Henry David Thoreau: I only desire...

I only desire sincere relations with the worthiest of my acquaintance, that they may give me an opportunity once in a...

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Henry David Thoreau: Behave so the...

Henry David Thoreau: Behave so the...

Behave so the aroma of your actions may enhance the general sweetness of the atmosphere.

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Henry David Thoreau: I have no...

Henry David Thoreau: I have no...

I have no time to read newspapers. If you chance to live and move and have your being in that thin stratum in which...

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Henry David Thoreau: The knowledge of...

Henry David Thoreau: The knowledge of...

The knowledge of an unlearned man is living and luxuriant like a forest, but covered with mosses and lichens and for...

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Henry David Thoreau: The really efficient...

Henry David Thoreau: The really efficient...

The really efficient laborer will be found not to crowd his day with work, but will saunter to his task surrounded by...

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Henry David Thoreau: The universe seems...

Henry David Thoreau: The universe seems...

The universe seems bankrupt as soon as we begin to discuss the characters of individuals.

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