Yet, sluggard, wake, and gull thy soul no more With earth's false pleasures, and the world's delight, Whose fruit is fair and… — Francis Quarles Copy Share Image
Men are often so foolish as to boast and value themselves upon their passions, even those that are most vicious. But envy… — Francois de La Rochefoucauld Copy Share Image
“When it can be said by any country in the world, my poor are happy, neither ignorance nor distress is to be… — Thomas Paine Copy Share Image
I find it difficult to believe that I belong to such an idiotic, rotten species - the species that actually boasts of… — Albert Einstein Copy Share Image
It is comparatively a faint and reflected beauty that is admired, not an essential and intrinsic one. It is because the old… — Henry David Thoreau Copy Share Image
The low ceiling that was water stained and boasting spiders so large she half expected Frodo and Sam to appear and fight… — Alexandra Ivy Copy Share Image
The man who has nothing to boast of but his illustrious ancestry is like the potato - the best part under ground. — Thomas Overbury Copy Share Image
If indeed it's a race Then the chicks do the most It isn't a brag Or an estrogen boast It's the women… — Jamie Lee Curtis Copy Share Image
Many of us Christians have become extremely skillful in arranging our lives so as to admit the truth of Christianity without being… — Aiden Wilson Tozer Copy Share Image
A great deal of what passes by the name of patriotism in these days consists of the merest bigotry and narrow-mindedness; exhibiting… — Samuel Smiles Copy Share Image
If I tell you I'm good, probably you will say I'm boasting. But if I tell you I'm not good, you'll know… — Bruce Lee Copy Share Image
Although it was constructed in 1536, the New York subway system boasts an annual maintenance budget of nearly $8, currently stolen, and… — Dave Barry Copy Share Image
Accomplish but do not boast, accomplish without show, accomplish without arrogance, accomplish without grabbing, accomplish without forcing. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
If a fox is unable to befriend a tiger, then the fox should create an illusion of close association with the tiger… — Chin-Ning Chu Copy Share Image
Though the Indian ocean abounds in rich and rare gems, it does not boast a clearer sky nor more unruffled sea. If… — Pietro Metastasio Copy Share Image
And, of all lies (be that one poet's boast) / The lie that flatters I abhor the most. — William Cowper Copy Share Image
Canada appears content to become a second-tier socialistic country, boasting ever more loudly about its economy and social services to mask its… — Stephen Harper Copy Share Image
In lazy apathy let stoics boast, their virtue fixed, 'tis fixed as in a frost. — Alexander Pope Copy Share Image
In victory even the cowardly like to boast, while in adverse times even the brave are discredited. — Sallust Copy Share Image
I hear no one boast, that he hath a knowledge of the Scriptures, but that he owneth a Bible written in golden… — Saint John Chrysostom Copy Share Image
Without infringing on the liberty we so much boast, might we not ask our professional Mayor to call upon the smokers, have… — Harriot Kezia Hunt Copy Share Image
He who stands on tiptoe is not steady. He who strides cannot maintain the pace. He who makes a show is not… — Laozi Copy Share Image
All transitory titles I detest; a virtuous life I mean to boast alone. Our birth's our sires'; our virtues be our own. — Michael Drayton Copy Share Image
It will yet be the proud boast of women that they never contributed a line to the Bible. — George William Foote Copy Share Image
