Sayings Quotes

132 quotes by 119 authors

I have read in Plato and Cicero sayings that are wise and very beautiful; but I have never read in either of them: Come unto… — Saint Augustine
The heart of a mother is a deep abyss at the bottom of which you will always find forgiveness. — Honore de Balzac
The mother's heart is the child's schoolroom. — Henry Ward Beecher
The moment a child is born, the mother is also born. She never existed before. The woman existed, but the mother, never. A mother is… — Rajneesh
Eleonora Duse said, "Tell me about Deirdre and Patrick," and made me repeat to her all their little sayings and ways, and show her their… — Isadora Duncan
Among the sayings and discourses imputed to him (i.e. Jesus) by his biographers, I find many passages of fine imagination, correct morality, and of the… — Thomas Jefferson
There are but few proverbial sayings that are not true, for they are all drawn from experience itself, which is the mother of all sciences. — Miguel de Cervantes
A man's women folk, whatever their outward show of respect for his merit and authority, always regard him secretly as an ass, and with something… — H. L. Mencken
[The canonization of the Koran involved the] attribution of several, partially overlapping, collections of logia [sayings] (exhibiting a distinctly Mosaic imprint) to the image of… — John Wansbrough
Preserve the sayings of those people who are indifferent to the world. They say only that what Allah wishes them to say. — Umar
Sayings remain meaningless until they are embodied in habits. — Khalil Gibran
The only perfect love to be found on earth is not sexual love, which is riddled with hostility and insecurity, but the wordless commitment of… — Germaine Greer
There are very few profound sayings in the world. — Jeff Rich
My contributions were many: First clown director, with witty sayings and flashily dressed, now called master of ceremonies. — Jelly Roll Morton
Many have died; you also will die. The drum of death is being beaten. The world has fallen in love with a dream. Only sayings… — Kabir
You have been asked to take notice of the sayings of dying menâ€”this is mine: that a life spent in the service of God and… — Matthew Henry
California belongs to Joan Didion. Not the California where everyone wears aviator sunglasses, owns a Jacuzzi and buys his clothes on Rodeo Drive. But California… — Michiko Kakutani
Make yourselves nests of pleasant thoughts. None of us knows what fairy palaces we may build of beautiful thought-proof against all adversity. Bright fancies, satisfied… — John Ruskin
We should have much more peace if we would not busy ourselves with the sayings and doings of others. — Thomas a Kempis
All words and sayings gently turn, returning to the self. — Bassui Tokusho

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