May Quote by John of Salisbury Download Open image “He who will not when he may, may not when he will.” — John of Salisbury ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 2.4 out of 5 (8 ratings) Copy quoteShare May
He that will not when he may, When he would, he should have nay. — Miguel de Cervantes Copy Share Image
He who lives, sooner or later, will die. He who does not is already dead and doesn't know it. — Jean Paul Malfatti Copy Share Image
He that leaveth nothing to chance will do few things ill, but he will do very few things. — George Savile Copy Share Image
He willeth to be perceived; and His appearing shall be swiftly sudden; and He willeth to be trusted. For He is full gracious and… — Julian of Norwich Copy Share Image
We are like dwarfs sitting on the shoulders of giants. We see more, and things that are more distant, than they did, not because… — John of Salisbury Copy Share Image
Between a tyrant and a prince there is this single or chief difference, that the latter obeys the law and rules the people by… — John of Salisbury Copy Share Image
The common people say, that physicians are the class of people who kill other men in the most polite and courteous manner. — John of Salisbury Copy Share Image
Accurate reading on a wide range of subjects makes the scholar; careful selection of the better makes the saint. — John of Salisbury Copy Share Image
Verily if with mine own eyes I had seen a priest of God, or any of those who wear the monastic garb, sinning, I… — John of Salisbury Copy Share Image
Just as the soul animates the body, so, in a way, meaning breathes life into a word. — John of Salisbury Copy Share Image
A man is free in proportion to the measure of his virtues, and the extent to which he is free determines what his virtues… — John of Salisbury Copy Share Image
Among all the liberal arts, the first is logic, and specifically that part of logic which gives initial instruction about words. ... [T]he word… — John of Salisbury Copy Share Image
Let him who is not come to logic be plagued with continuous and everlasting filth — John of Salisbury Copy Share Image
Seeking is a necessary preliminary to finding, and one who cannot endure the hardship of inquiry cannot expect to harvest the fruit of knowledge. — John of Salisbury Copy Share Image
“One who comprehends truth is wise, one who loves it good, one who orders his life in accordance with it happy.” — John of Salisbury Copy Share Image
There is something more important than any ultimate weapon. That is the ultimate position-the position of total control over Earth that lies somewhere out… — Lyndon B. Johnson Copy Share Image
Many individuals spend a considerable portion of their lifetimes in terror of one imagined catastrophe or another. The classic is that your immortal soul… — L. Neil Smith Copy Share Image
It is said that history turns on small hinges. A human career, too, results from an accumulating series of decisions about large and small… — Norman Vincent Peale Copy Share Image
You've touched people and known it. You've touched people and never may know it. Either way, you have something to give. It is in… — Laura Schlessinger Copy Share Image
For successful education there must always be a certain freshness in the knowledge dealt with. It must be either new in itself or invested… — Alfred North Whitehead Copy Share Image
So many things beat upon us in a lifetime that simply enduring may seem almost beyond us… But the test a loving God has… — Henry B. Eyring Copy Share Image
the appetite for thinking must be regulated, as all sensible people know, for it may stifle one's life. — Susan Sontag Copy Share Image
Then come to realize that you're making mountains out of molehills. Realize how petty you've become. Sure, it may feel like you can't get… — Jay Asher Copy Share Image
She smiled, if he could see that, and waited for him to ask the real question. But he was silent. He wanted her to… — Sharon Shinn Copy Share Image
A lot of indigenous cultures are deeply involved in working with ancestor spirits, elemental spirits, and demons. Many of these cultures feel that, if… — Daniel Pinchbeck Copy Share Image
If you are well-mannered towards those whose views are similar to yours, you may be said to exhibit a fairly good character. But, if… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
I am convinced that we will never build a democratic state based on rule of law if we do not at the same time… — Vaclav Havel Copy Share Image
