Second Quotes

6250 Second quotes by 3939 unique authors

Often you must turn your stylus to erase, if you hope to write anything worth a second reading. — Horace
Not gods, nor men, nor even booksellers have put up with poets' being second-rate. — Horace
There is first the literature of knowledge, and secondly, the literature of power. The function of the first is--to teach; the function of the second… — Thomas de Quincey
The first condition of human goodness is something to love; the second, something to reverence. — George Eliot
Hope is the second soul of the unhappy. — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
It is as good as second life to be able to look back upon our past life with pleasure — Martial
He wrongly accuses Neptune, who makes shipwreck a second time. — Publilius Syrus
Look for the stars, you'll say that there are none; / Look up a second time, and, one by one, / You mark them twinkling… — William Wordsworth
A fool hath no dialogue within himself, the first thought carrieth him without the reply of a second. — E. F. L. Wood, 1st Earl of Halifax
Preferment goes by letter and affection, And not by old gradation, where each second Stood heir to th's first. — William Shakespeare
Mercy is not itself, that oft looks so; Pardon is still the nurse of second woe. — William Shakespeare
In man's life, the absence of an essential component usually leads to the adoption of a substitute. The substitute is usually embraced with vehemence and… — Eric Hoffer
Quite often in history action has been the echo of words. An era of talk was followed by an era of events. The new barbarism… — Eric Hoffer
France, freed from that monster, Bonaparte, must again become the most agreeable country on earth. It would be the second choice of all whose ties… — Thomas Jefferson
Waterloo is a battle of the first rank won by a captain of the second — Victor Hugo
Newspapers. . . give us the bald, sordid, disgusting facts of life. They chronicle, with degrading avidity, the sins of the second-rate, and with the… — Oscar Wilde
Why do 'slow down' and 'slow up' mean the same thing? Why is the third hand on the watch called the second hand? — George Carlin
Indulgent gods, grant me to sin once with impunity. That is sufficient. Let a second offence bear its punishment. — Unknown Author
There are three aspects to perspective. The first has to do with how the size of objects seems to diminish according to distance: the second,… — Leonardo da Vinci
When rumours increase, and when there is an abundance of noise and clamour, believe the second report. — Alexander Pope
I think if you look at any facet of nature in enough detail, you find it fascinating. How could you not? The universe is so… — Diane Ackerman
Your life is the one place you have to spend yourself fully--wild, generous, drastic--in an unrationed profligacy of self ... And in that split second… — Robin Morgan
It was far too cold. The second I got out I had this incredible headache, I'm just not used to it. The last time I… — Socrates
You've got to be on the ball from the minute you step out into that spotlight. You gotta know exactly what you're doing every second… — Frank Sinatra
Over time, as the daily routines become second nature, discipline morphs into habit. — Twyla Tharp

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