Miscellaneous Quotes

222 quotes by 152 authors

If you can't beat them or join them, then do something weird. No matter how much the passengers eat, the weight of the plane stays… — Thomas Sowell
Deception is one of the quickest ways to gain little things and lose big things. — Thomas Sowell
I have sometimes almost wished it had been my destiny to be born two or three centuries hence. — Benjamin Franklin
In America, they do not inquire of a stranger, "What is he?" but, "What can he do?" — Benjamin Franklin
It is a bad temper of mind that takes delight in opposition. — Benjamin Franklin
I would advise you to read with a pen in your hand and enter in a little book short hints of what you feel that… — Benjamin Franklin
Some books we read, tho' few there are that hit the happy point where wisdom joins with wit. — Benjamin Franklin
Can anything be constant in a world which is eternally changing? — Benjamin Franklin
Whenever we attempt to mend the scheme of Providence and to interfere in the Government of the world, we had need be very circumspect lest… — Benjamin Franklin
If any form of government is capable of making a nation happy, ours I think bids fair now for producing that effect. But after all… — Benjamin Franklin
A splendour of miscellaneous spirits. — John Ruskin
We find collected in this book [The Bible] the superstitious beliefs of the ancient inhabitants of Palestine, with indistinct echoes of Indian and Persian fables,… — Max Nordau
There is a sort of man who pays no attention to his good actions, but is tormented by his bad ones. This is the type… — W. Somerset Maugham
The conflict of forces and the struggle of opposing wills are of the essence of our universe and alone hold it together. — Havelock Ellis
Liberalism... is the noblest cry that has ever resounded in this planet. — Jose Ortega y Gasset
Oh, one world at a time! — Henry David Thoreau
I find my joy of living in the fierce and ruthless battles of life, and my pleasure comes from learning something. — August Strindberg
More good things in life are lost by indifference than ever were lost by active hostility. — Robert Menzies
Self-pity is... a sinkhole from which no rescuing hand can drag you because you have chosen to sink. — Elisabeth Elliot
Even the cry from the depths is an affirmation: Why cry if there is no hint of hope of hearing? — Martin E. Marty

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