Compass Quote by Colley Cibber Download Open image “Prithee don't screw your wit beyond the compass of good manners.” — Colley Cibber ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 2.7 out of 5 (9 ratings) Copy quoteShare Compass Good man Good manners Manners Screw you Screws Wit
Sometimes we meet a fool with wit, never one with discretion. — Francois de La Rochefoucauld Copy Share Image
... you must hasten to oppose pernicious pride of mind, before it penetrates into the marrow of your bones. Resist it, curb the quickness of your mind and humbly subject your opinion to the opinions of others. Be a fool for the love of God, if you wish to be wiser than Solomon: 'If any man among you seem to… — Lorenzo Scupoli Copy Share
It is having in some measure a sort of wit to know how to use the wit of others. — Stanisław I Leszczyński Copy Share Image
The more wit you have, the more good nature you must show, to induce people to pardon your superiority, for that is no easy… — Bill Vaughan Copy Share Image
Yet here I stand poor fool what more, not one wit wiser than before. — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Copy Share Image
Yet you must not cling to the words of the old sages either; they, too, may not be right. Even if you believe them,… — Dogen Copy Share Image
When we are conscious of the least comparative merit in ourselves, we should take as much care to conceal the value we set upon… — Colley Cibber Copy Share Image
“Tea! thou soft, thou sober, sage, and venerable liquid,... thou female tongue-running, smile-smoothing, heart-opening, wind-tippling cordial, to whose glorious insipidity I owe the happiest… — Colley Cibber Copy Share Image
The happy have whole days, and those they choose. The unhappy have but hours, and those they lose. — Colley Cibber Copy Share Image
The aspiring youth that fired the Ephesian domeOutlives in fame the pious fool that rais'd it. — Colley Cibber Copy Share Image
What have I done? What horrid crime committed? To me the worst of crimes-outliv'd my liking. — Colley Cibber Copy Share Image
Then let not what I cannot have My cheer of mind destroy. Whilst thus I sing, I am a king, Although a poor blind… — Colley Cibber Copy Share Image
It signified nothing that the raw, male magnetism that emanated from him probably made compasses malfunction in his presence. — Gaelen Foley Copy Share Image
Whether you are buying a car or casting a ballot, choosing a job or planning a family, follow your moral compass. Don't let others… — Denis Hayes Copy Share Image
Families are the compass that guide us. They are the inspiration to reach great heights, and our comfort when we occasionally falter. — Brad Henry Copy Share Image
The only two good words that can be said for a hurricane are that it gives sufficient warning of its approach, and that it… — Gertrude Atherton Copy Share Image
put the car in "d" set the compass to "n" and get the "f"out of there — Seth Grahame-Smith Copy Share Image
I take no pleasure in seeing DeLay swing gently in the wind. But the thing I believe in the most is ethics. If someone… — Tom DeLay Copy Share Image
There is an ancient Indian saying: "We do not inherit the earth from our ancestors; we borrow it from our children." If we use… — Patricia Schroeder Copy Share Image
People who do not know the Bible well have been gulled into thinking it is a good guide to morality. This mistaken view may… — Richard Dawkins Copy Share Image
I have told you of the Spaniard who always put on his spectacles when about to eat cherries, that they might look bigger and… — Robert Southey Copy Share Image
We must be born with an intuition of mortality. Before we know the word for it. Before we know that there are words. Out… — Tom Stoppard Copy Share Image
