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John Keats: Though man is...

John Keats: Though man is...

Though man is the only beast that can write, he has small reason to be proud of it. When he utters something that is...

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Alexander Pope: There is a...

Alexander Pope: There is a...

There is a certain majesty in simplicity which is far above all the quaintness of wit.

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John Donne: When one man...

John Donne: When one man...

When one man dies, one chapter is not torn out of the book, but translated into a better...

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Friedrich von Schiller: The universe is...

Friedrich von Schiller: The universe is...

The universe is one of God's thoughts.

Source: In The Speaker's Electronic...

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Friedrich von Schiller: It hinders the...

Friedrich von Schiller: It hinders the...

It hinders the creative work of the mind if the intellect examines too closely the ideas as they pour...

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Friedrich von Schiller: Opposition inflames the...

Friedrich von Schiller: Opposition inflames the...

Opposition inflames the enthusiast, never converts him.

Source: In The Speaker's...

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Friedrich von Schiller: The great happiness...

Friedrich von Schiller: The great happiness...

The great happiness of life, I find, after all, to consist in the regular discharge of some mechanical...

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Friedrich von Schiller: The voice of...

Friedrich von Schiller: The voice of...

The voice of the majority is no proof of justice.

Source: In Webster's Electronic...

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Paul Eldridge: Man is ready...

Paul Eldridge: Man is ready...

Man is ready to die for an idea, provided that the idea is not quite clear to him.

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Thomas Tusser: The stone that...

Thomas Tusser: The stone that...

The stone that is rolling can gather no moss;
For master and servant oft changing is...

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Thomas Tusser: Fear God, and...

Thomas Tusser: Fear God, and...

Fear God, and offend not the Prince nor his laws,
And keep thyself out of the magistrate's...

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Miguel de Cervantes: The proof of...

Miguel de Cervantes: The proof of...

The proof of the pudding is in the eating. By a small sample we may judge of the whole...

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Ugo Betti: Mad' is a...

Ugo Betti: Mad' is a...

'Mad' is a term we use to describe a man who is obsessed with one idea and nothing else.

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Shelagh Delaney: Why don't you...

Shelagh Delaney: Why don't you...

Why don't you learn from my mistakes? It takes half your life to learn from your own.

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Hannah Cowley: Every body about...

Hannah Cowley: Every body about...

Every body about me seem'd happy but every body seem'd in a hurry to be happy somewhere...

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Robert Louis Stevenson: To travel hopefully...

Robert Louis Stevenson: To travel hopefully...

To travel hopefully is a better thing than to arrive, and the true success is to labour.

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Robert Louis Stevenson: Keep your fears...

Robert Louis Stevenson: Keep your fears...

Keep your fears to yourself, but share your courage with others.

Source: In The...

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Ann (and Jane) Taylor: Though man a...

Ann (and Jane) Taylor: Though man a...

Though man a thinking being is defined,
Few use the grand prerogative of mind.
How few think justly of the...

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Ann (and Jane) Taylor: One ugly trick...

Ann (and Jane) Taylor: One ugly trick...

One ugly trick has often spoiled
The sweetest and the best;
Matilda, though a pleasant child,
One ugly trick...

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Thomas Middleton: This was a...

Thomas Middleton: This was a...

This was a good week's labor.

Source: Anything for a Quiet Life, act 5, sc....

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