They that have grown old in a single state are generally found to be morose, fretful and captious; tenacious of their own… — Samuel Johnson Copy Share Image
I will not be doing any FHM or crazy Maxim magazines. I will leave that to the other actresses in Hollywood who… — Michelle Trachtenberg Copy Share Image
Ah! the best righteousness of our man-of-war world seems but an unrealized ideal, after all; and those maxims which, in the hope… — Herman Melville Copy Share Image
False and doubtful positions, relied upon as unquestionable maxims, keep those who build on them in the dark from truth. Such are… — John Locke Copy Share Image
Called to the throne by the voice of the people, my maxim has always been: A career open to talent without distinction… — Napoleon Bonaparte Copy Share Image
“Plants are more courageous than almost all human beings: an orange tree would rather die than produce lemons, whereas instead of dying… — Mokokoma Mokhonoana Copy Share Image
“A premature death does not only rob one of the countless instances where one would have experienced pleasure, it also saves one… — Mokokoma Mokhonoana Copy Share Image
To the young I should offer two maxims: Don't accept superficial solutions of difficult problems. It is better to do a little… — Bertrand Russell Copy Share Image
“Most human beings strongly believe that money is way less important than the life of a human being, but in reality five… — Mokokoma Mokhonoana Copy Share Image
An Associated Press report called the President's antics 'Bible-thumping politics.' Clinton's message was decidedly religious and partisan, as was Governor's Cuomo's remarks… — Gary DeMar Copy Share Image
I remember confuting one of Westminster's favourite maxims, "better the devil you know than the devil you don't". In the annals of… — Coco Chanel Copy Share Image
There are cases where examinations are admitted, namely, before the coroner, and before magistrates in cases of felony. That appears to me… — Sherrilyn Kenyon Copy Share Image
Hey listen -- I've proved a lot of things. That's how I pay my rent. Theories and little observations. A puckish remark… — Woody Allen Copy Share Image
If you participate in life, you don’t see it clearly: you suffer from it too much or enjoy it too much. The… — Gustave Flaubert Copy Share Image
A fondness for power is implanted in most men, and it is natural to abuse it when acquired. This maxim, drawn from… — Alexander Hamilton Copy Share Image
It is a maxim of ours to work in the service of the people, with the good pleasure of the pastors, and… — Vincent de Paul Copy Share Image
“What light is to the outer physical world intellect is to the inner world of consciousness. For intellect is related to the… — Arthur Schopenhauer Copy Share Image
Remember this maxim: When you change the way you look at things, the things you look at change. The way you perceive… — Wayne Dyer Copy Share Image
The maxim is, that whatever can be affirmed (or denied) of a class, may be affirmed (or denied) of everything included in… — John Stuart Mill Copy Share Image
Live according to Nature, runs the maxim of the West; but according to what nature, the nature of the body or the… — Sri Aurobindo Copy Share Image
to tempt and be tempted are closely allied; and in spite of all the finest moral maxims buried in the mind, when… — Catherine the Great Copy Share Image
It is the penalty of fame that a man must ever keep rising. "Get a reputation, and then go to bed," is… — Edwin Hubbel Chapin Copy Share Image
As to the permanent interest of individuals in the aggregated interests of the community, and in the proverbial maxim, that honesty is… — James Madison Copy Share Image
“Most sane human beings who are over the age of six usually act or react not as per what they genuinely feel… — Mokokoma Mokhonoana Copy Share Image
Whatever is not nailed down is mine." This is the motto of the exploiter. "Whatever can be pried loose is not nailed… — David Starr Jordan Copy Share Image
“If we were not impressed by job titles, suits, and jargon, we would demand that financial advisors show us their personal bank… — Mokokoma Mokhonoana Copy Share Image
People always make this totally artificial distinction between what is commercial and what is good. They quote that maxim "Nobody ever lost… — Douglas Adams Copy Share Image
How can children credit the assertions of parents, which their own eyes show them to be false? Few parents act in such… — Samuel Johnson Copy Share Image
All to whom want is terrible, upon whatever principle, ought to think themselves obliged to learn the sage maxims of our parsimonious… — Samuel Johnson Copy Share Image
I would fain coin wisdom,—mould it, I mean, into maxims, proverbs, sentences, that can easily be retained and transmitted. Would that I… — Joseph Joubert Copy Share Image
A maxim is the exact and noble expression of an important and indisputable truth. Good maxims are the germs of all excellence;… — Joseph Joubert Copy Share Image
The highest ideal man can form of his own powers, is that which he is destined to attain. Whatever the soul knows… — Margaret Fuller Copy Share Image
If the Company takes my advice, it will always be preserved through this maxim, for if we are good, we will not… — Vincent de Paul Copy Share Image
Political economy is the science of free society. Its theory and its history alike establish this position. Its fundamental maxims, Laissez-faire and… — George Fitzhugh Copy Share Image
There is no such thing as a happy ending. Every culture has a maxim that makes this point, while nowhere in the… — Eoin Colfer Copy Share Image
“Loneliness tortures many if not most of the elderly more intensely and more frequently than it torments many if not most of… — Mokokoma Mokhonoana Copy Share Image
When the conduct of men is designed to be influenced, persuasion, kind, unassuming persuasion, should ever be adopted. It is an old… — Abraham Lincoln Copy Share Image
“Millions of business people are each constantly forced to choose between their desire to not be a bad person and their desire… — Mokokoma Mokhonoana Copy Share Image
Yes, yes, children must early be made to practise piety, godliness, and propriety; a person of good breeding is one into whom… — Max Stirner Copy Share Image
An idle man has a constant tendency to torpidity. He has adopted the Indian maxim that it is better to walk than… — Richard Cecil Copy Share Image
