As a man-of-war that sails through the sea, so this earth that sails through the air. We mortals are all on board… — Herman Melville Copy Share Image
Thus have the gods spun the thread for wretched mortals: that they live in grief while they themselves are without cares; for… — Homer Copy Share Image
There's a certain pattern that exists with geniuses - an eccentricity, a lack of social graces and an inability to really communicate… — John Noble Copy Share Image
Laws, however divine in origin and institution, would be found of little coercion among men, were the administration of them not committed… — Norm MacDonald Copy Share Image
An Italian proverb says, In men every mortal sin is venial; in woman every venial sin is mortal. And a German axiom,… — George Augustus Henry Sala Copy Share Image
Whatever is preached to us, and whatever we learn, we should still remember that it is man that gives, and man that… — Michel de Montaigne Copy Share Image
An income means life to wretched mortals, but it is a terrible fate to die among the waves. — Hesiod Copy Share Image
So passeth, in the passing of a day, Of mortal life, the leaf, the bud, the flower; No more doth flourish after… — Edmund Spenser Copy Share Image
Ought a man to be confident that he deserves his good fortune, and think much of himself when he has overcome a… — Plutarch Copy Share Image
We cannot change the hearts of the people of the South, but we can make war so terrible that they will realize… — William Tecumseh Sherman Copy Share Image
[Bill] Clinton and Vernon Jordan were talking about "the kitty," the pussycat every other sentence. Vernon got Monica [Lewinsky] a gig somewhere… — Rush Limbaugh Copy Share Image
Although the sinner does not believe in Hell, he shall nevertheless go there if he has the misfortune to die in mortal… — Anthony Mary Claret Copy Share Image
You and I may only be mortals, with all the foolishness and fallibility that that state implies, but we're mortals made in… — Steven Pressfield Copy Share Image
No one likes to fail. But we mortals do not become champions without effort and discipline or without making mistakes. — Dieter F. Uchtdorf Copy Share Image
The greatness and efficacy of a magician is measured by his refusal to use magic. The true magician, the greatest, is the… — Cesar Aira Copy Share Image
I grow aware of various forms of man and of myself. I am form and I am formless, I am life and… — Charles Lindbergh Copy Share Image
When I consider the wonderful activity of the mind, so great a memory of what is past, and such a capacity of… — Marcus Tullius Cicero Copy Share Image
Powder snow skiing is not fun. It is life, fully lived, life lived in a blaze of reality. What we experience in… — Dolores LaChapelle Copy Share Image
When your dream dies, create another dream; don't waste your time to resurrect the dead one! Remember that you are mortal and… — Mehmet Murat Ildan Copy Share Image
That is the gods' work, spinning threads of death through the lives of mortal men, an all to make a song for… — Homer Copy Share Image
Mozart resolved his emotions on a level that transformed them into moods uncontaminated by mortal anguish, enabling him to express the angelic… — Yehudi Menuhin Copy Share Image
Once at a potent leader's voice I stayed; Once I went back when a good monarch prayed; Mortals, howe'er we grieve, howe'er… — Maurice Maeterlinck Copy Share Image
The promise of celebrity is a transcendental human state of existence. It's not real. We do know the fact that celebrities as… — George Hickenlooper Copy Share Image
However much faith to obey God we now have, we will need to strengthen it continually and keep it refreshed constantly. We… — Henry B. Eyring Copy Share Image