May Quotes

20575 May quotes by 7930 unique authors

One's home is like a delicious piece of pie you order in a restaurant on a country road one cozy evening - the best piece… — Daniel Handler
One may make their house a palace of sham, or they can make it a home, a refuge. — Mark Twain
Hospitals are only an intermediate stage of civilization, never intended ... to take in the whole sick population. May we hope that the day will… — Florence Nightingale
Do not judge men by mere appearances; for the light laughter that bubbles on the lip often mantles over the depths of sadness, and the… — Edwin Hubbel Chapin
It may be those who do most, dream most. — Stephen Leacock
There is no need to sally forth, for it remains true that those things which make us human are, curiously enough, always close at hand.… — Walt Kelly
Let us recollect that peace or war will not always be left to our option; that however moderate or unambitious we may be, we cannot… — Alexander Hamilton
Much may be made of a Scotchman, if he be caught young. — Samuel Johnson
This does not mean that the enemy is to be allowed to escape. The object is to make him believe that there is a road… — Sun Tzu
Laurels grow in the Bay of Biscay, I hope a bed of them may be found in the Mediterranean. — Horatio Nelson
All the sciences have a relation, greater or less, to human nature; and...however wide any of them may seem to run from it, they still… — David Hume
An act cannot be defined by the end sought by the actor, for an identical system of behaviour may be adjustable to too many different… — Emile Durkheim
Thus we have given to man a pedigree of prodigious length, but not, it may be said, of noble quality. — Charles Darwin
There may be in every government a few choice spirits, who may act from more worthy motives. One great error is that we suppose mankind… — Alexander Hamilton
Take mankind in general, they are vicious-their passions may be operated upon. — Alexander Hamilton
In all general questions which become the subjects of discussion, there are always some truths mixed with falsehoods. I confess, there is danger where men… — Alexander Hamilton
We forge gradually our greatest instrument for understanding the world - introspection. We discover that humanity may resemble us very considerably - that the best… — Walter Lippmann
Love what you do. Get good at it. Competence is a rare commodity in this day and age. And let the chips fall where they… — Jon Stewart
Hell, nobody knows where jazz is going to go. There may be a kid right now in Chitlin Switch, Georgia, who is going to come… — Quincy Jones
As labor creates the wealth of the country, we demand the passage of such laws as may be necessary to protect it in all its… — John Peter Altgeld
In its purest form, dating is auditioning for mating (and auditioning means we may or may not get the part). — Joy Browne
Mothers, look after your daughters, keep them near you, keep their confidence - that they may be true and faithful. — Elmina Shepard Taylor
That we may merge into the deep and dazzling darkness, vanish into it, dissolve in it forever in an unbelievable bliss beyond imagination, for absolute… — Gregory of Nyssa
Overcome any bitterness that may have come because you were not up to the magnitude of the pain entrusted to you. Like the mother of… — Vilayat Inayat Khan
All truth is one. In this light, may science and religion endeavor here for the steady evolution of mankind, from darkness to light, from narrowness… — Clifford Stoll

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